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Margaret, Coontess o Mar

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Margaret o Mar (died c. 1391) wis Coontess o Mar frae 1374 tae 1391, an auncient Earldom in Scotland, in her awn richt.

She wis a dochter o Domhnall II o Mar an efter the daith o her childless brither Thomas became Coontess o Mar. She haed marriet William Douglas, 1st Earl o Douglas, who wis succeedit bi thair son, James Douglas, 2nt Earl o Douglas an Earl o Mar an Garioch in right o his mither, an whan he fell, leadin the Scots at the battle o Otterburn.

She wis succeedit bi her dochter, Isabel, who became Coontess o Mar, possessed the Lairdship o the Garioch, an an aw became the Coontesss o the unentailed lands o the Hoose o Douglas.

Precedit bi
Thomas
Coontess o Mar
1374–1391
Succeedit bi
Isabella

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