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Margaret Stewart,
Margaret was a courtier in the household of Anne or Anna of Denmark and looked after the royal children. On 1 February 1591 she was listed as a member of the household of Anne of Denmark with her daughters Mary, Martha, and Jean. On 11 October 1603 Margaret Stewart was given a royal pension of 300 and later 700 merks annually for her service to Anne of Denmark and her children from 1590 to 1603, and especially for looking after Lady Margaret who died at fifteen months, Duke Robert died at the age of four months, and Prince Charles before he was put in the keeping of Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline.
Margaret Stewart was called the "Mistress of Ochiltree" after she married Andrew Stewart, Master of Ochiltree in 1567, eldest son of Andrew Stewart, 2nd Lord Ochiltree and Agnes Cunningham. After his death in 1578 she married Uchtred Macdowall of Garthland, but was still called, and signed her name, "Margaret, Mistress of Ochiltree".
Her children also formed links at court, particularly as ladies in waiting in the household of Anne of Denmark, where she was the senior lady in waiting. Her second son Josias Stewart sided with the rebel Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell, but was pardoned for his treason. Her children were;
Andrew Stewart, who became the 3rd Lord Ochiltree, and then by an exchange of titles, Baron Castle Stuart.
His brother, Josias Stewart of Bonington, was a supporter of Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell. In 1595 he revealed information to the Privy Council of Scotland about a band or league between the Earl and the Catholic rebel Northern earls.
Mary (or Margery) Stewart (d. 1606) was a lady in waiting in the household of Anne of Denmark, she married Sir Roger Aston an English favourite of James VI .
Anne Stewart, married Andrew Kerr, Lord of Jedburgh, who had been Captain of the King´s Guard.
Jean Stewart, also in the household of Anne of Denmark, married Gilbert Kennedy younger of Bargany.
Margaret Stewart, also in the queen´s household, married in January 1596 Sir John Stewart younger of Traquair. Their son John Stewart of Traquair inherited, and was made Lord Stewart of Traquair, and thenEarl of Traquair in 1633.
Martha Stewart, married Nicholas Rutherford of Hundalee.