Margaret Tudor

Margaret Tudor
Portrait by Daniel Mytens, c. 1620–1638
Queen consort of Scotland
Tenure	8 August 1503 – 9 September 1513
Coronation	8 August 1503
Queen regent of Scotland
Regency	1513–1515 1524–1525
Monarch	James V
Born	28 November 1489 Palace of Westminster, London, England
Died	18 October 1541 (aged 51) Methven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
Burial	Perth Charterhouse
Spouses	James IV of Scotland ​ ​ (m. 1503; died 1513)​ Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus ​ ​ (m. 1514; ann. 1527)​ Henry Stewart, 1st Lord Methven ​ ​ (m. 1528)​
Issue more...	James V Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox
House	Tudor
Father	Henry VII of England
Mother	Elizabeth of York

Margaret Tudor (28 November 1489 – 18 October 1541) was Queen of Scotland from 1503 until 1513 by marriage to King James IV. She then served as regent of Scotland during her son's minority, and fought to extend her regency. Margaret was the eldest daughter and second child of King Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York, and the elder sister of King Henry VIII of England. By her line, the House of Stuart eventually acceded to the throne of England and Ireland, in addition to Scotland.

Margaret married James IV at the age of 13, in accordance with the Treaty of Perpetual Peace between England and Scotland. Together, they had six children, though only one of them reached adulthood. Margaret's marriage to James linked the royal houses of England and Scotland, which a century later resulted in the Union of the Crowns. Following the death of James IV at the Battle of Flodden in 1513, Margaret, as queen dowager, was appointed as regent for their son James V. A pro-French party took shape among the nobility, urging that the king's closest male relative, John Stewart, Duke of Albany, should replace Margaret as regent. In seeking allies, Margaret turned to the Douglases, and in 1514 she married Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, with whom she had one daughter, Margaret Douglas. Margaret's marriage to Angus alienated other powerful nobles and saw Albany take her place as regent. In 1524, Margaret, with the help of the Hamiltons, removed Albany from power in a coup d'état while he was in France, and was recognised by Parliament as regent, then later as chief counsellor to James V when he came of age.

In 1527, Pope Clement VII approved Margaret's divorce from Angus. The following year, she married Henry Stewart, whom the King created Lord Methven. Through her first and second marriages, Margaret was the grandmother of both Mary, Queen of Scots, and Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley.