Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox NPG D31814

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Joseph Brown, printed by McQueen (Macqueen), published by The Granger Society, after Francis Ross

Grandmother of James VI of Scotland, later James I of England; her diplomacy was instrumental in his succession to the English throne. She was brought up with, and was a lifelong friend to, King Henry VIII's daughter by Katherine of Aragon, Princes Mary, later Queen Mary I. After Mary's death and the succession of Protestant Queen Elizabeth I in 1558, Margaret Douglas retired from Westminster Palace to Yorkshire, where she became involved with Roman Catholic plotting. In 1566 Elizabeth sent... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.

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