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The countess seems to have been quickly returned to royal favour. Like many courtiers she gave Anne of
Denmark clothes as New Year's Day gifts. On 1 January 1609, she gave the queen a satin petticoat embroidered round about the hem and up the front with grapes, roses, pansies, birds, clouds, and bats
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In 1606, when
Christian IV was preparing to leave London, he had an argument with the Earl of Nottingham aboard ship about time and tide. The Danish king insisted it was two o'clock and waved two fingers at the Earl. Nottingham or the countess thought he had made a joke about their age difference. An
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found fault with
Christian IV. He heard that Christian IV had written to Anne of Denmark to complain about the Countess of Nottingham's letter to him, which did "some hurt". Carleton thought that Christian IV had shown two fingers to the Earl of Nottingham, who took no offence. The Countess was
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was aware of the quarrel, and wrote of the age difference between Lady
Nottingham and the Admiral. He describes the argument centering on a clock and the time of departure. Christian IV two or three times indicated the time two o'clock with his fingers. The Countess, who was pregnant, thought
335:. Margaret insisted in a letter to Sinclair that Christian IV should know "that I deserve as little that name he gave me as either the mother of himself or his children". Sinclair had to pass the letter on to Christian IV. Anne of Denmark asked James to banish her from court.
410:. He noted a confrontation between the French ambassador's wife and the Countess of Nottingham. As the ambassador's wife was directed to a place at dinner deemed inappropriate by the Countess, she grasped her hand and would not let her go all through the meal.
139:, would marry Moray's sister in a double marriage. Moray's sister, perhaps Margaret Stewart, had recently joined the queen's court. The marriage plans were abandoned at this time, but the scheme suggested by the "4 Stewarts" was adopted.
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stones, a variety of silver plate including a lemon squeezer and dishes for sausages and eggs, a silver sugar box shaped like a scallop shell, and bed curtains of velvet and of "China stuff." A portrait of the countess attributed to
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Christian IV and Anne of
Denmark were laughing at her. Boderie knew that Margaret had written to Sinclair, and Anne of Denmark had expelled her from court, berating her as the grandchild of an illegitimate son of
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Charles, the Princess Elizabeth and Her Husband, Frederick, King of Bohemia, and from Their Son, Prince Frederick Henry
378:. King James was carried to bed and Christian IV was so "disguised" or drunk that he tried to seduce the Countess of Nottingham, causing a quarrel with the Earl of Nottingham, "And
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Stewart may have become the subject of marriage negotiations in Scotland in July 1602. A committee of "4 Stewarts" to arbitrate in the feuds and disagreements between the
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gave him a diamond and gold feather jewel for his hat, and other jewellery and gilt plate. The countess was given a gold chain with diamonds and portraits of Philip III and
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963:, vol. 51 no. 1 (March, 2017), on-line supplement, pp. 42-43 citing Cambridge University Library MS Dd.I.26, f. 21r.
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Edmondes described their meeting during dancing organised by the queen at
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Herald's funeral certificates, The National Archives TNA SP16/360/11.
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refused to give her precedence. One solution suggested was to make
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was so disguised, as he would have lain with the Countess of
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797:The Wisest Fool: The Lavish Life of James VI and I
303:and the subsequent ratification of the treaty at
873:(Camden Society: London, 1840), pp. 467-470 and
390:; which caused a deep discontent between them".
613:(Edinburgh, 1835), pp. xliv-vi: Leeds Barroll,
935:Secret History of the Court of James the First
922:Dudley Carleton to John Chamberlain, 1603-1624
730:The Stuart Court Masque and Political Culture
461:After her first husband's death, she married
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892:Ambassades de M. de La Boderie en Angleterre
523:, vol. 13 (Edinburgh, 1969), pp. 1048, 1111.
399:described as "fruits batts or flindermyse".
46:Margaret Howard, Countess of Nottingham, by
869:, Egerton MSS, printed in J. Payne Collier,
717:Medieval & Renaissance Drama in England
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521:Calendar State Papers Scotland: 1597-1603
509:Calendar State Papers Scotland: 1597-1603
474:Katherine Villiers, Duchess of Buckingham
426:Dorothy Percy, Countess of Northumberland
666:, vol. 3 (Oxford, 1838), pp. 19, 39, 40.
552:(Manchester, 2020), pp. 123, 146 fn. 21.
472:With other Chelsea residents, including
288:" which was thought to require surgery.
235:that the Lord Admiral had been to visit
1002:vol. 2 (Philadelphia, 1939), pp. 232-3.
877:A select Collection of Original Letters
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265:In January 1604 she played the part of
225:Alexander Stewart, 1st Earl of Galloway
82:Elizabeth Stuart, 2nd Countess of Moray
24:Margaret Howard, Countess of Nottingham
575:The Court and Times of James the First
219:Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Nottingham
170:Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham
35:Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Nottingham
1041:William Shaw & G. Dyfnallt Owen,
911:, vol. 1 (London, 1835), pp. 215-217.
838:(Oxford, 1994), pp. 211-217, 282-284.
757:(Philadelphia, 2001), pp. 92-93, 101.
413:In July 1614, she was a godparent to
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1098:Henderson, Thomas Finlayson (1898).
573:Thomas Birch (Folkestone Williams),
1043:HMC 77 Viscount De L'Isle Penshurst
937:, vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1811), p. 387.
894:, vol. 1 (Paris, 1750), pp. 307-309
810:If I lose Mine Honour I Lose Myself
770:, vol. 2 (London, 1936), pp. 423-5.
579:Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke
463:William Monson, 1st Viscount Monson
422:Alethea Howard, Countess of Arundel
366:Catastrophe of the House of Stuarts
313:Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain
1079:Sir Robert Lane, Westminster Abbey
879:, vol. 1 (London, 1755), pp. 67-68
836:The Letters of Lady Arbella Stuart
690:The Vision of the Twelve Goddesses
678:, vol. 20 (London, 1968), pg. 305.
476:she was a partner in Lady Lane of
430:Helena, Marchioness of Northampton
402:There was another incident at the
272:The Vision of the Twelve Goddesses
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905:Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer
766:E. K. Purnell & A. B. Hinds,
585:, vol. 1 (London, 1778), pg. 379.
1111:Dictionary of National Biography
1045:, vol. 5 (London, 1961), p. 441.
664:Illustrations of British History
632:Illustrations of British History
617:(Philadelphia, 2001), pp. 92-93.
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172:. She attended the trial of Sir
78:James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray
1101:"Stewart, James (d.1592)"
1000:The Letters of John Chamberlain
851:, vol. 2 (London, 1654), pg. 94
732:(Cambridge, 2008), pp. 102-103.
653:, vol. (London, 1828), pg. 258.
634:, vol. 3 (London, 1838), pg. 27
168:In September 1603, she married
989:, vol. 2 (London, 1828), p. 8.
863:Lives of the Queens of England
638:Letters of Lady Arbella Stuart
323:Misunderstanding on the Thames
262:and a yearly pension of £600.
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1011:See the Morton papers in the
974:Progresses of James the First
651:Progresses of James the First
340:Antoine Lefèvre de la Boderie
328:angry correspondence ensued.
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1174:Household of Anne of Denmark
1164:17th-century Scottish people
1017:National Library of Scotland
706:, 42.2 (2012), pp. 250, 256.
704:English Literary Renaissance
536:(Manchester, 2020), pg. 134.
231:Arbella Stuart wrote to the
131:. However, in February 1603
118:Alexander Stewart of Garlies
84:. The sailor and patron of
1159:17th-century Scottish women
1139:Daughters of Scottish earls
1055:HMC 4th Report: De La Warre
924:(Rutgers UP, 1972), pg. 90.
812:(Toronto, 2017), pp. 87-89.
1200:
1032:(London, 2019), pp. 13-14.
849:Cabala: Sive Scrinia Sacra
692:(London, 1880), pp. 30, 60
583:Miscellaneous State Papers
319:and other perfumed goods.
180:in November 1603 with the
114:Walter Stewart of Blantyre
76:. She was the daughter of
1144:English ladies-in-waiting
1030:Fringe, Frog & Tassel
823:Crisis of the Aristocracy
301:Somerset House Conference
108:. The four Stewarts were
799:(Birlinn, 2023), p. 265.
640:(Oxford, 1994), pg. 183.
1169:Court of James VI and I
1057:(London, 1874), p. 306.
998:Norman Egbert McClure,
825:(Oxford, 1965), p. 665.
786:(Oxford, 2024), p. 249.
719:, 26 (2013), pp. 24–25.
601:(Oxford, 2024), p. 272.
281:The Masque of Blackness
214:They had two children:
197:Christian IV of Denmark
1069:(London, 1863), p. 68.
950:(London, 1652), p. 64.
808:Courtney Erin Thomas,
676:HMC Salisbury Hatfield
338:The French ambassador
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333:Sir Andrew Sinclair
182:Countess of Suffolk
144:Union of the Crowns
120:, and the Tutor of
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1019:MS 78 nos. 96, 97.
1015:GD150/2838/3, and
871:The Egerton Papers
861:Agnes Strickland,
834:Sara Jayne Steen,
349:Henry IV of France
241:Princess Elizabeth
233:Earl of Shrewsbury
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