#OTD 8 Oct 1515

#LadyMargaretDouglas was born to #MargaretTudor & #ArchibaldDouglas

She fell out of Uncle #HenryVIII's favour by a secret betrothal & affair with a Howard

Her marriage to #MatthewStewart produced #HenryStuart husband to #MaryQueenofScots so Grandmother to #JamesVIandI

#OTD 29 Sept 1564

#RobertDudley became Earl of Leicester

#ElizabethI had a cunning plan a title made him more worthy as a suitor for #MaryQueenofScots although neither were keen!

An attempt to control Mary, instead she married her cousin #HenryStuart #LordDarnley which didn't end well