Lady Margaret Sackville (1562–1591)
When his father was principal commissioner at the Conference held at York in October 1568 to determine the judicial and political situation of Mary, Queen of Scots, the Scottish statesman William Maitland of Lethington met privately with Norfolk, where he suggested to the Duke the possibility of a future marriage between Margaret and the infant King James VI, Mary's only surviving son, as well as the marriage between Norfolk and the former Scottish Queen.[3] Howard, a Catholic with a Protestant education, was arrested in 1569 for being involved in intrigues against Queen Elizabeth, mainly because of the Duke's intention to marry Mary.After their father's death, Margaret and her brothers Philip, Thomas and William were placed in the care of their uncle, Henry Howard, who also took charge of their education.[9] Robert Southwell's Triumphs over Death (published in 1596, after the poet's execution) was dedicated to her and her surviving children;[10] it was supposedly written and sent to her half-brother, the Earl of Arundel, in prison, to comfort him.The year after her death, her husband married the twice-widowed Anne, daughter of Sir John Spencer of Althorp.