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unusual facts about Margaret Stewart, Countess of Angus



Margaret Stewart, Countess of Angus

:See also Margaret Stewart.

By an illicit affair with William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas, husband of the Earl of Mar's sister, she became the mother of George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus (c. 1380-1403), and secured a charter of her estates for her son, to whom in 1389 the title was granted by King Robert II.

Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France

The marriage took place 25 June 1436 in the afternoon in the chapel of the castle of Tours and was presided by the Archbishop of Reims.


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