ROBBINS-AGNEW:Information about Countess of Mar Margaret
Countess of Mar Margaret (b. 1332, d. Nov 1393)
Notes for Countess of Mar Margaret:Margaret, Countess of Mar1 (F)
b. before 1332, d. between March 1391 and November 1393, #109488
Pedigree
Father Donald, 8th Earl of Mar1 b. before 1306, d. 12 August 1332
Mother Isabella Stewart1 b. circa 1300, d. 1347
Last Edited 29 Oct 2005
Consanguinity Index 0.4%
Margaret, Countess of Mar was born before 1332. She was the daughter of Donald, 8th Earl of Mar and Isabella Stewart.1 She married, firstly, William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas, son of Sir Archibald Douglas and Beatrice Lindsay, before 13 November 1357.1 She married, secondly, Sir John Swinton between 1385 and July 1388.1 She died between March 1391 and November 1393, without surviving male issue.1
As a result of her marriage, Margaret, Countess of Mar was styled as Countess of Douglas on 26 January 1358. She succeeded to the title of 10th Countess of Mar circa 1374, suo jure.2
Family 1 William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas b. circa 1330, d. May 1384
Children James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas+ b. c 1358, d. 14 Aug 13881
Isabel Douglas, Countess of Mar b. c 1360, d. 14083
Family 2 Sir John Swinton b. before 1378, d. 14 September 1402
Citations [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume IV, page 431. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume VIII, page 407.
[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume IV, page 433.
Children of Countess of Mar Margaret and William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas are:
- +James Douglas, b. 1358, d. 14 Aug 1388.
- Isabel Douglas, Countess of Mar.