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Margaret Stewart
(Abt 1424 - 16 Aug 1445)
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== Biography ==Margaret was born about 1425 (on the papal dispensation for her marriage in 1436 her age is given as eleven years),Douglas Richardson. ''Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families,'' 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), vol. 1, pp. 658-659 BRUS 12.i. Margaret Stewart the eldest daughter of [[Stewart-419|James I]] of Scotland and his queen-consort, [[Beaufort-20|Joan Beaufort]].Paul, James Balfour. ''The Scots Peerage.'' Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1904), [https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun01paul/page/19/mode/1up vol. 1, p. 19].Dunbar, Sir Archibald H. ''Scottish Kings: A Revised Chronology of Scottish History 1005-1625.'' Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1899), [https://archive.org/stream/scottishkingsre00dunbuoft#page/191/mode/1up p. 191].
She married at the Cathedral of Tours 24 June 1436 (by a dispensation granted the previous day) [[Valois-276|Louis XI]], Dauphin (and later the king) of France. Burnett, George (ed). ''Rotuli Scaccarii Regum Scotorum'' (Exchequer Rolls of Scotland). Edinburgh: General Register House (1880), [https://archive.org/details/rotuliscaccariir04grea/page/n111/mode/1up vol. 4, preface p.cviii]. The bride was eleven years old and her groom was thirteen, their marriage formed the basis of a political alliance between France and Scotland.Tait, James. [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Margaret_(1425%3F-1445) Margaret of Scotland]. ''Dictionary of National Biography Online,'' vol. 36. Because they were so young, the couple did not actually begin living together until July 1437. It does not appear to have been a happy relationship: historians have noted that Louis disliked her intensively from the moment of their first meeting,AEneas Silvius, ''Commentarii,'' p.163; Comines, ii.274, cited in Tait, James. [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Margaret_(1425%3F-1445) Margaret of Scotland]. ''Dictionary of National Biography Online,'' vol. 36. and there were no children from the marriage. One of the king's councillor's began spreading rumors that Margaret was unfaithful to Louis, and upset by this she became "melancholic," spending more and more time with girls of her own age and reading poetry. On 7 August 1445, while on a visit to a neighboring shrine, she took a chill which rapidly led to a fatal imflammation of the lungs.
Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of the Viennois, died 16 August 1445 (at the age of twenty) at Châlons-sur-Marne in Champagne, and was buried in the Chapel of Saint-Sépulcre in the church of the Abbey of Saint-Laon in Thouars (Vienne). Her last known words were "Fi de la vie! Qu'on ne m'en parle plus."MacKenzie, Agnes Mure. ''The Rise of the Stewarts.'' Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd Ltd. (1935), p. 171.
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== Biography ==Margaret was born about 1425 (on the papal dispensation for her marriage in 1436 her age is given as eleven years),Douglas Richardson. ''Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families,'' 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), vol. 1, pp. 658-659 BRUS 12.i. Margaret Stewart the eldest daughter of [[Stewart-419|James I]] of Scotland and his queen-consort, [[Beaufort-20|Joan Beaufort]].Paul, James Balfour. ''The Scots Peerage.'' Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1904), [https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun01paul/page/19/mode/1up vol. 1, p. 19].Dunbar, Sir Archibald H. ''Scottish Kings: A Revised Chronology of Scottish History 1005-1625.'' Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1899), [https://archive.org/stream/scottishkingsre00dunbuoft#page/191/mode/1up p. 191].
She married at the Cathedral of Tours 24 June 1436 (by a dispensation granted the previous day) [[Valois-276|Louis XI]], Dauphin (and later the king) of France. Burnett, George (ed). ''Rotuli Scaccarii Regum Scotorum'' (Exchequer Rolls of Scotland). Edinburgh: General Register House (1880), [https://archive.org/details/rotuliscaccariir04grea/page/n111/mode/1up vol. 4, preface p.cviii]. The bride was eleven years old and her groom was thirteen, their marriage formed the basis of a political alliance between France and Scotland.Tait, James. [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Margaret_(1425%3F-1445) Margaret of Scotland]. ''Dictionary of National Biography Online,'' vol. 36. Because they were so young, the couple did not actually begin living together until July 1437. It does not appear to have been a happy relationship: historians have noted that Louis disliked her intensively from the moment of their first meeting,AEneas Silvius, ''Commentarii,'' p.163; Comines, ii.274, cited in Tait, James. [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Margaret_(1425%3F-1445) Margaret of Scotland]. ''Dictionary of National Biography Online,'' vol. 36. and there were no children from the marriage. One of the king's councillor's began spreading rumors that Margaret was unfaithful to Louis, and upset by this she became "melancholic," spending more and more time with girls of her own age and reading poetry. On 7 August 1445, while on a visit to a neighboring shrine, she took a chill which rapidly led to a fatal imflammation of the lungs.
Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of the Viennois, died 16 August 1445 (at the age of twenty) at Châlons-sur-Marne in Champagne, and was buried in the Chapel of Saint-Sépulcre in the church of the Abbey of Saint-Laon in Thouars (Vienne). Her last known words were "Fi de la vie! Qu'on ne m'en parle plus."MacKenzie, Agnes Mure. ''The Rise of the Stewarts.'' Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd Ltd. (1935), p. 171.
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==Acknowledgments==Click the changes tab to see edits to this profile. Thank you to everyone who has contributed.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1424 | Perth, Perthshire, , Scotland | |||
| Death | 16 Aug 1445 | Châlons, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France | |||
| Reference No | 1523212 | ||||
| Reference No | 1548431 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Father | James "King of Scotland, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick" Stewart (1394 - 1437) |
| Mother | Joan Beaufort (1404 - 1445) |
| Sibling | Annabella "Princess of Scotland" Stewart (1432 - 1509) |
| Sibling | Annabella "Princess of Scotland" Stewart (1435 - 1509) |
| Sibling | James Stewart (1430 - 1460) |
| Sibling | Mary Stewart ( - 1465) |
| Sibling | Isabella "Elizabeth, Isabel" Stewart (1426 - 1498) |
| Sibling | Joan Stewart (1428 - 1493) |
| Sibling | Eleanor Stewart (1429 - 1480) |
| Sibling | Alexander Stewart (1430 - ) |