Margaret Howard, Countess of Nottingham


The Countess of Nottingham
Margaret Howard, Countess of Nottingham, by Cornelius Johnson, (Dunrobin Castle)
Bornc. 1591
Died4 August 1639 (aged 47–48)
Spouse
IssueCharles Howard, 3rd Earl of Nottingham
Anne Howard
FatherJames Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray
MotherElizabeth Stuart, 2nd Countess of Moray

Margaret Stuart (or Stewart) (c. 1591 – 4 August 1639), Scottish aristocrat and courtier in England. She served as lady-in-waiting to the queen consort of England, Anne of Denmark. She was the daughter of James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray, and Elizabeth Stuart, 2nd Countess of Moray. The sailor and patron of Ben Jonson, Sir Frances Stuart was her brother.