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Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus

1489–1557

Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, was a powerful Scottish nobleman who married Margaret Tudor, widow of James IV, in 1514. Their turbulent marriage drew him into struggles over the regency and control of the young James V. Angus and his Douglas relatives dominated the king for several years, but James escaped their custody in 1528 and drove them into exile.

Angus returned after the king’s death and remained influential until his own death in 1557. Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus was born in Lanark and died in Tantallon Castle.

Alison Weir’s The Princess of Scotland places Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, within the fractured family history of Margaret Douglas. His marriage to Margaret Tudor makes him the heroine’s father and turns the conflict between Margaret Tudor, Angus and the Scottish political establishment into a force shaping Margaret Douglas’s divided upbringing between Scotland, England and the Tudor succession.

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Historical novels and book series featuring Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus (1 series)

Six Tudor Queens in Order

by Alison Weir 21 books 4.2(79,643)

The Six Tudor Queens sequence retells the lives of Henry VIII’s wives through six full-length novels. Twelve companion stories shift attention to relatives, servants, artists and courtiers affected by the same events, while Six Tudor Queens: Writing a New Story explains the project’s historical method. In the Shadow…

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