The lost Tudor princess : a life of Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox

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The lost Tudor princess : a life of Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox

Title remainder

a life of Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox

Statement of responsibility

Alison Weir

Creator

• Weir, Alison, 1951-

Subject

• Countesses -- Great Britain -- Biography
• Great Britain -- Court and courtiers | History -- 16th century
• Biography
• Lennox, Margaret Douglas, Countess of, 1515-1578
• Great Britain -- History -- Henry VIII, 1509-1547

Genre

• Biography

Language

eng

Summary

Her mother was a queen, her father an earl, and she herself was the granddaughter, niece, cousin and grandmother of monarchs. Mary Douglas, Conuntess of Lennox ranked high at the court of her uncle, Henry VIII, and was lady of honour to five of his wives. Beautiful and tempestuous, she created scandal, not just once, but twice, by falling in love with unsuitable men. A born political intriguer, she was imprisoned in the Tower of London on three occasions, once under sentence of death. She helped to bring about one of the most notorious royal marriages of the 16th century, but it brought her only tragedy. Her son and her husband were brutally murdered, and there were rumours that she herself was poisoned. However, she was instrumental in securing the Stuart succession to the throne of England for her grandson. This is the biography of an extraordinary life that spanned five Tudor reigns

Biography type

individual biography

Cataloging source

StDuBDS

Dewey number

• 942'.052'092
• 942.052092

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography