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LENNOX, See also:MARGARET, COUNTESS OF (1515-1578) , daughter of See also:Archibald See also:Douglas, 6th See also:earl of See also:Angus, and Margaret Tudor, daughter of See also:Henry VII. of See also:England and widow of See also:James IV. of See also:Scotland, was See also:born at Harbottle See also:Castle, See also:Northumberland, on the 8th of See also:October 1515. On See also:account of her nearness to the See also:English See also:crown, See also:Lady Margaret Douglas was brought up chiefly at the English See also:court in See also:close association with the Princess See also:Mary, who remained her fast friend throughout See also:life. She was high in Henry VIII.'s favour, but was twice disgraced; first for an See also:attachment to See also:Lord See also:Thomas See also:Howard, who died in the See also:Tower in 1537, and again in 1541 for a similar affair with See also:Sir See also:Charles Howard, See also:brother of See also:Queen See also:Catherine Howard. In 1544 she married a Scottish See also:exile, See also:Matthew See also:Stewart, 4th earl of Lennox (1516-1571), who was See also:regent of Scotland in 1570-1571. During Mary's reign the countess of Lennox had rooms in See also:Westminster See also:Palace; but on See also:Elizabeth's See also:accession she removed to See also:Yorkshire, where her See also:home at See also:Temple Newsam became a centre for See also:Catholic intrigue. By a See also:series of successful manoeuvres she married her son Henry Stewart, Lord See also:Darnley, to Mary, queen of Scots. In 1566 she was sent to the Tower, but after the See also:murder of Darnley in 1567 she was released. She was at first loud in her denunciations of Mary, but was eventually reconciled with her daughter-in-See also:law. In 1574 she again aroused Elizabeth's anger by the See also:marriage of her son Charles, earl of Lennox, with Elizabeth See also:Cavendish, daughter of the earl of See also:Shrewsbury. She was sent to the Tower with Lady Shrewsbury, and was only pardoned after her son's See also:death in 1577. Her See also:diplomacy largely contributed to the future See also:succession of her See also:grandson James to the English See also:throne. She died on the 7th of See also:March 1578.

The famous Lennox See also:

jewel, made for Lady Lennox as a memento of her See also:husband, was bought by Queen See also:Victoria in 1842.

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