Biography of Margaret Stewart 1st Countess Nottingham 1591-1639

In July 1563 [her future husband] Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham (age 27) and Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham (age 13) were married. They were half first cousin twice removed.

On 23rd January 1581 [her father] James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl of Moray (age 16) and [her mother] Elizabeth Stewart 2nd Countess Moray (age 15) were married. She by marriage Lord Doune. He by marriage 2nd Earl Moray. She the daughter of [her grandfather] James Stewart 1st Earl of Moray Regent and [her grandmother] Agnes Keith Countess Moray and Mar (age 50). They were third cousins. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

In 1591 Margaret Stewart 1st Countess Nottingham was born to James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl of Moray (age 26) and Elizabeth Stewart 2nd Countess Moray (age 25). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

On 18th November 1591 [her mother] Elizabeth Stewart 2nd Countess Moray (age 26) died.

On 7th February 1592 [her father] James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl of Moray (age 27) was murdered. His son [her brother] James (age 1) succeeded 3rd Earl Moray.

Moray, in expectation of a summons to the court, had arrived at Donibristle, a house on the Fife coast owned by his mother [her grandmother] Margaret Campbell (deceased). The house was suddenly beset by the followers of George Gordon 1st Marquess Huntly (age 30), who called on him to surrender. He declined to do so, and the house was set on fire. Moray escaped but was subsequently killed.

The next day, the corpses of the earl and of Dunbar, Sheriff of Moray, who had also been killed in the attack, were brought to Leith by the earl's mother Margaret Campbell. She intended to confront King James VI (age 25) and demand that Huntly be brought to justice. The body displayed in the St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh; a 'vendetta portrait' showing his wounds was commissioned.

The body remained on display for five years. He was eventually buried on the orders of King James.

James Stewart 3rd Earl of Moray: Before 1591 he was born to James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl of Moray and Elizabeth Stewart 2nd Countess Moray. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland. On 2nd October 1607 James Stewart 3rd Earl of Moray and Anne Gordon Countess Moray were married. She by marriage Countess Moray. She the daughter of George Gordon 1st Marquess Huntly and Henrietta Stewart Marchioness Huntly. He the son of James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl of Moray and Elizabeth Stewart 2nd Countess Moray. They were half third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland. On 6th August 1638 James Stewart 3rd Earl of Moray died. His son James succeeded 4th Earl Moray.

Margaret Campbell: In 1544 she was born to Archibald Campbell 4th Earl Argyll and Margaret Graham Countess Argyll. On 10th January 1563 James Stewart 1st Lord Doune and she were married. There was a masque involving courtiers and musicians dressed in white taffeta as shepherds. She the daughter of Archibald Campbell 4th Earl Argyll and Margaret Graham Countess Argyll. They were half third cousin once removed. In February 1592 Margaret Campbell died.

In September 1603 Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham (age 67) and Margaret Stewart 1st Countess Nottingham (age 12) were married. She by marriage Countess Nottingham. The difference in their ages was 55 years. She the daughter of James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl of Moray and Elizabeth Stewart 2nd Countess Moray. They were half fourth cousin twice removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

On 25th December 1610 [her son] Charles Howard 3rd Earl Nottingham was born to [her husband] Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham (age 74) and Margaret Stewart 1st Countess Nottingham (age 19).

In 1612 [her daughter] Anne Howard was born to [her husband] Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham (age 76) and Margaret Stewart 1st Countess Nottingham (age 21).

On 28th November 1615 [her step-son] William Howard 3rd Baron Howard of Effingham (age 37) died.

On 22nd April 1620 [her step-son] Charles Howard 2nd Earl Nottingham (age 40) and Mary Cockayne 1st Countess Nottingham were married. She by marriage Countess Nottingham. She the daughter of William Cockayne (age 59) and Mary Morris Countess Dover (age 55). He the son of [her husband] Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham (age 84) and Katherine Carey Countess Nottingham.

On 14th December 1624 [her husband] Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham (age 88) died. His son [her step-son] Charles (age 45) succeeded 2nd Earl Nottingham, 3rd Baron Howard of Effingham. Mary Cockayne 1st Countess Nottingham by marriage Countess Nottingham.

Before 30th June 1627 [her son] Charles Howard 3rd Earl Nottingham (age 16) and [her daughter-in-law] Arabella Smith Countess Nottingham were married. He the son of [her former husband] Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham and Margaret Stewart 1st Countess Nottingham (age 36).

On 29th December 1627 [her son-in-law] Alexander Stewart (age 18) and [her daughter] Anne Howard (age 15) were married. She the daughter of [her former husband] Charles Howard 1st Earl Nottingham and Margaret Stewart 1st Countess Nottingham (age 36). He the son of Alexander Stewart 1st Earl Galloway (age 47).

On 23rd August 1628 [her future husband] William Monson 1st Viscount Monson (age 29) was created 1st Viscount Monson of Castlemaine in Kerry, 1st Baron Bellingnard of Limerick. Margaret Stewart 1st Countess Nottingham (age 37) by marriage Viscountess Monson of Castlemaine in Kerry.

Before 4th August 1639 William Monson 1st Viscount Monson (age 40) and Margaret Stewart 1st Countess Nottingham (age 48) were married. She the daughter of James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl of Moray and Elizabeth Stewart 2nd Countess Moray.

On 4th August 1639 Margaret Stewart 1st Countess Nottingham (age 48) died at her house in Covent Garden [Map].

Around 1672 [her former husband] William Monson 1st Viscount Monson (age 73) died at Fleet Prison [Map].