Margaret Douglas

Henry VIII's Scottish niece

Margaret Douglas (1515 – ), daughter of Queen Dowager Margaret Tudor, Henry VIII’s sister. Margaret would be grandmother to James VI of Scotland, the first Stuart king of England.

The story so far…

Week 31: Salvage (Part 1/3)

The king’s niece is waiting on Jane Seymour when she appears at court. She stoops to pick up a love knot that has detached itself from the queen’s garments. Margaret is now high in the line of succession, a matter that leaves her uncle full of concerns.

Week 33: Salvage (Part 3/3)

Unexpectedly, Lady Meg accompanies the court to Hackney to see Henry reunited with his daughter.

Week 34: Wreckage (II) (Part 1/2)

Call-Me uncovers Margaret’s marriage to Tom Truth. She admits it and needs her friend Mary Fitzroy to protect her and make her appreciate the gravity of the situation. She and Tom Truth are put in the Tower.

Week 35: Wreckage (II) (Part 2/2)

In July, Tom Truth is attainted. The king remains undecided on the fate of his niece. With Richmond dead, Cromwell visits Meg in the tower. He shows her some of her recent verses: ‘You have chosen an evil hour to fall in love.’ He tells her she must accept the conceit that she was beguiled and misled.

Week 43: Nonsuch

After the deaths of Jane Seymour and Tom Truth, Meg Douglas is allowed back to court.

If through the first week of November her face is swollen and blurred by tears, we need not take it that she was still attached to the late Lord Thomas; we can interpret it as sorrow for our gentle mistress.