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On 3rd March 1528 Margaret, Dowager Queen of Scots, married Henry Stewart, Lord Methven as her third husband, despite the disapproval of her son, James V. Margaret had first been married, aged nearly fourteen in 1503, to James IV of Scotland, in fulfilment of the Treaty of Perpetual Peace between the two countries. Widowed when the king was killed at the Battle of Flodden on 9th September 1513, she had married, to the displeasure of the vast majority of the Scots nobles, her second husband, Archibald Douglas, Earl of Angus, by whom she had one daughter, Lady Margaret Douglas.The marriage to Angus quickly broke down, and was annulled in 1527. However, her third husband treated her no better than Angus had. The couple were based at Methven Castle.

Picture is of Methven Castle

On 2nd March 1619, Anna of Denmark, Queen of Scots and Queen of England, died at her favourite palace of Hampton Court. Anna was a cultured and educated woman, particularly fond of drama and the arts flourished at her court. Before they were married. her husband, James VI of Scotland, had travelled to Denmark himself to fetch her, leading to the witch hunts of the late 16th century.

Queen Anna by Marcus Gheerhaerts the Younger

On 1st March 1516 the scholar, Desidirius Erasmus of Rotterdam, published the New Testament in Greek, under the title 'Novem Instrumentum Omne'.The book, printed in Basle by Johann Froben, contained both Greek and Latin texts. The work was probably begun in July 1515 and was well-received by many eminent scholars – Bishop Fisher of Rochester, Sir Thomas More and Archbishop Warham of Canterbury in England, as well as by the Bishop of Basle and Pope Leo X. One of the Cambridge Colleges, however, expressed concerns, forbidding it to be brought into the College. Erasmus treated this with contempt – condemning as fools those who would condemn a work unread.

Erasmus by Hans Holbein the Younger