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Margaret Wotton, Marchioness of Dorset

Marchioness of Dorset (1485-1541) · Lived 1487 to 1541 · aged 54

Margaret Wotton, Marchioness of Dorset was the second wife of Thomas Grey, Marquess of Dorset, and the mother of his children, including Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, with whom she engaged in many quarrels during his minority over money and his allowance.

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Her lack of generosity to Henry shocked her peers as unmotherly, and inappropriate behaviour toward a high-ranking nobleman, relative of King Henry VIII of England.

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Lived 1487 to 1541 · aged 54