scotianostra:The wife of James III, Margaret of Denmark died on July 14th 1486 at Stirling.I could h

scotianostra:The wife of James III, Margaret of Denmark died on July 14th 1486 at Stirling.I could have posted about Margaret yesterday the date of her marriage to King James III, but rather than going over the same ground waited for todays anniversary.Margaret of Denmark was born on 23rd June 1456 as the daughter of Christian I, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, and Dorothea of Brandenburg. She had been named after Queen Margaret I, who had ruled Denmark, Norway and Sweden in her own right. There is very little information on Margaret’s youth.In 1468, the Scottish embassy to Denmark set out. King James III was in need of a wife. King Christian provided his only daughter with a dowry of 60,000 florins of the Rhine. He couldn’t pay the entire sum at once, so he handed over 10,000 florins and pledged his lands and rights in Orkney and Shetland as security for the rest. The dowry was never paid off in full. In return, James settled upon his future wife Linlithgow Palace, Doune Castle and a third of his royal revenues. The marriage treaty was signed on 8 September 1468.It was too late in the year for Margaret to travel to Scotland and so her departure was delayed until the next spring. She was brought to Scotland by the King’s brother-in-law, the Earl of Arran and  probably met her future husband for the first time shortly before their wedding in the Abbey of Holyrood on July 13th 1469.They went on progress to the north of Scotland and then settled into a routine of moving between the principal residences of Holyroodhouse, Linlithgow, Stirling and Falkland. Margaret gave birth to their first child on 1t7 March 1473. He was the future James IV. He was followed by the birth of two more sons in 1476 and 1479, called James and John. And yes they named their first two boys James, these Stewarts found a name they liked and stuck to it! Scottish historians praised the Queen’s beauty, gentleness and understanding and considered her sensible. She was very popular in Scotland. Margaret’s biographer suggested she only had sex with her husband for procreation possibly leading James to seek mistresses. They do not seem to have been on the most affectionate of terms but Margaret seems to have always respected James’ position as monarch. James may have been difficult to deal with.Margaret was quite the fashionable lady and there are records that she had at least 15 gowns, of them six were black, two were purple and two were crimson.She probably played an important role in the events of 1482, where James was deprived of his power by his brother for a few months. It was probably Margaret who gave the order to besiege Edinburgh Castle to liberate her husband. After these events, they lived mostly separate lives. Margaret preferred to live at Stirling, while James stayed in Edinburgh.She became ill during the summer of 1486, the usual rumours of poisoning were circulated at this time but it may have been enemies of James who spread the rumours. She died at Stirling on 14th July that year.aged only 30 years old. Even though they were practically estranged, James was deeply affected by her death and endowed daily masses for her soul. He even sent a supplication to the Pope asking for her to be made a saint.She is buried at Cambuskenneth Abbey, her husband joined her two years later. It is thought the grave was destroyed during the destructive Reformation years following the discovery of two coffins under the site of the high altar during restoration in 1865 that were believed to contain the remains of the royal couple.  Queen Victoria paid for the restoration and marker that is in place there now. -- source link
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