Margaret Stewart, Lady Gordon

Margaret Stewart, Lady Gordon (born 1498) was the daughter of James IV of Scotland and his mistress Margaret Drummond.

Early life

Margaret Stewart was born in 1498. Her mother, Margaret Drummond, was the daughter of John Drummond of Cargill, Lord Drummond, and his wife Elizabeth Lindsay. The Spanish ambassador Pedro de Ayala reported that the king kept Margaret Drummond in great state in a castle, and afterwards had her married.[1] There is no record of her marriage, but she was given the rents of land in Strathearn. Margaret Drummond died in 1502 and was buried at Dunblane Cathedral.

As a child, and known as "Lady Margaret", she lived at Edinburgh Castle in the care of Sir Patrick Crichton and his wife, Katrine Turing, where her attendants and companions included Marjory Lindsay and the African servants who were called the "More lasses", Margaret and Ellen More.[2]

In February 1505, Lady Margaret started dancing lessons with a drummer called Guilliam.[3] There were records of her clothing, including, in June 1506; a gown of brown or russet cloth bordered with velvet, with velvet sleeves lined with taffeta, a satin kirtle or skirt, a hat and a tippet, a veil of "crisp", and ribbons for her hair.[4]

Marriages and Family

She married, first, John Gordon, Lord Gordon, the son of Alexander Gordon, 3rd Earl of Huntly. Lord Gordon's aunt Catherine Gordon's first husband was Perkin Warbeck. She rode from the lowland royal court north over the Mounth towards Huntly Castle with her servants John Sinclair and Margaret Prestoun on 19 November 1512. It has been suggested that Margaret Prestoun was the sister of Ellen More.[5] Their children included:

She married, secondly, in 1531, Sir John Drummond of Innerpeffray.[6] After their marriage, James V of Scotland made John Drummond Forester of the Royal Forest of Glenartney in Strathearn. A charter making Innerpeffray a free barony in 1536 recognises Margaret Stewart as "sororis regis", the sister of the king.[7]

Margaret and Sir John Drummond had five daughters, including:

  • Agnes Drummond, m. (1) Hugh Campbell of Loudon, (2) Montgomerie, 3rd Earl of Eglinton, (3) Patrick Drummond
  • Isabell Drummond, m. Matthew Campbell of Loudoun
  • Margaret Drummond, m. Robert Elphinstone, 3rd Lord Elphinstone
  • Jean Drummond, m. James Chisholm of Cromlix

The National Museums of Scotland has a group of carved oak panels, which include the heraldry of John Drummond and Margaret Stewart and may have decorated their residence in Edinburgh.[8]

Ancestors

Ancestors of Margaret Stewart, Lady Gordon
8. James II of Scotland
4. James III of Scotland
9. Mary of Guelders
2. James IV of Scotland
10. Christian I of Denmark
5. Margaret of Denmark
11. Dorothea of Brandenburg
1. Margaret Stewart, Lady Gordon
12. Sir Malcolm Drummond of Cargill and Stobhall
6. John Drummond, 1st Lord Drummond
13. Mariota Murray
3. Margaret Drummond
14. Alexander Lindsay, 4th Earl of Crawford
7. Elizabeth Lindsay
15. Margaret Dunbar

References

  1. ^ Adrian William Jaime, Valeria Tapia Cruz, Mairi Cowan, "Tudor England and Stewart Scotland Through Spanish Eyes: A Complete Transcription and Translation of Pedro de Ayala's Letter of 1498 to King Ferdinand of Castile and Queen Isabella of Aragon", Renaissance Studies (2026), p. 41 & fn. 135. doi:10.1111/rest.70019
  2. ^ Miranda Kaufmann, Black Tudors (London, 2017), pp. 17–18: Accounts of the Treasurer of Scotland, vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1900), pp. li, 330, 478: Mairi Cowan & Laura Walkling, 'Growing up with the court of James IV', Janay Nugent & Elizabeth Ewan, Children and Youth in Premodern Scotland (Boydell, 2015), pp. 20–1: Accounts of the Treasurer of Scotland, vol. 3 (Edinburgh, 1901), lxxxv, 114, 155, 172, 175, 310–11, 321–2, 336, 361, 371, 387: Accounts of the Treasurer of Scotland, vol. 4 (Edinburgh, 1902), pp. 339, 324, 401, 404.
  3. ^ Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer of Scotland, vol. 3 (Edinburgh, 1901), pp. 117, 129.
  4. ^ Accounts of the Treasurer of Scotland, vol. 3 (Edinburgh, 1901), pp. 114–15.
  5. ^ Accounts of the Treasurer, vol. 4 (Edinburgh, 1902), pp. 398, 427.
  6. ^ Malcolm, David, A Genealogical Memoir of the Most Noble and Ancient House of Drummond and of the Several Branches That Have Sprung From it (Edinburgh, 1808), p. 78.
  7. ^ David Hay Fleming, Register of the Privy Seal of Scotland, 2 (Edinburgh: HMSO, 1921), p. 342 no. 2298: Joseph Anderson, Oliphants in Scotland, with a selection of original documents from the charter chest at Gask (Glasgow, 1879), pp. 44, 46
  8. ^ Stephen Jackson, Scottish Furniture, 1500–1914 (National Museums of Scotland, 2024), pp. 12–14.
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