Margaret Tudor (28 November 1489 – 18 October 1541) was
Queen of Scots from 1503 until 1513 as the wife of
King James IV of Scotland and then
Regent for their son
King James V. She was born at
Westminster Palace as the elder surviving daughter of
King Henry VII of England and
Elizabeth of York. As
Queen Dowager (Queen Mother) she married
Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus. Through her first and second marriages, respectively, Margaret was the grandmother of both
Mary, Queen of Scots, and Mary's second husband,
Lord Darnley. Margaret's marriage to James IV foreshadowed the
Union of the Crowns – their great-grandson, King
James VI of Scotland, the child of Mary and Darnley, became
King James I of England and Ireland on the death of Margaret's fraternal niece, Queen
Elizabeth I of England in 1603.