DOUGLAS, Margaret ^{1 2}

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Margaret married Sir David STEWART 4th of Rosyth, son of Sir David STEWART 3rd of Rosyth and Marion HERRIES, probably 1484(charter).¹ (Sir David STEWART 4th of Rosyth was born about 1465.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Margaret (Douglas), married, first, probably in 1484, when she had a charter from him of the lands of Laidgreen, co. Perth, to Sir David Stewart of Rosyth"

from Scots Peerage (vol 6) ¹

Margaret next married Henry MERCER of Meiklour and Aldie, son of Sir Laurence MERCER of Meikleour and Aldie and Isobel WARDLAW, 1496(dispensation).^{1 2} (Henry MERCER of Meiklour and Aldie was born about 1476 and died on 9 September 1513 in Battle of Flodden Field, Northumberland, England ².)

  Marriage Notes:

"Margaret (Douglas), married .... secondly, to Henry Mercer of Meiklour. They had a dispensation to marry in 1496, having already had numerous children."

from Scots Peerage (vol 6)




"Sir Henry (Mercer), the elder son, married Margaret Douglas of Lochleven, and was killed at Flodden. His son, Laurence, carried on the main line, from which branched off the Mercers of Melgins and Saline, in 1588. Sir James, last of the Adlie line, died in 1671. He was one of his majesty's ordinary gentleman ushers."

from Electric Scotland ^{1 2}