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Margaret Stewart
countess of Angus
She was the widow of Thomas, Earl of Mar.
After an affair with William Douglas, Earl of Douglas. She had an illegitimate child, George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus (c. 1380-1403), and successfully secured a charter of her estates for her son, to whom in 1389 the title was granted by King Robert II.