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Sir Robert Douglas of Lochleven
Sir Robert Douglas of Lochleven was married to Lord Erskine’s daughter, Margaret, one time mistress to James V, by whom she had 6 children. She was mother of James Stewart, Mary Queen of Scots’ half-brother, her First Minister who later became Regent Moray. Margaret was also mother of Catherine Douglas who married David Durie of that Ilk in 1506. Her brother George Douglas, known as the Postulate, was also married to a Margaret Durie. He was the murderer of Mary Queen of Scots’ Italian secretary Rizzio using her husband Lord Darnley's knife.
Father: Thomas Douglas Mother: Elizabeth Boyd Marriage 1 Margaret (of Mar) Erskine
William became jailor to Mary, Queen of Scots, and George assisted with her escape. Christina Stewart, Countess of Buchan in her own right, succeeded her grandfather, John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Buchan, in 1551. In that year she was, as heir to her father, enfeoffed in the lands, jurisdictions, and offices enumerated in her grandfather's charter of 1547. She was only three years of age at her mother's death, and was placed under the guardianship of Margaret Erskine, wife of Sir Robert Douglas of Lochleven. See also:
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Catherine
(of Morton) Douglas