Queen Margaret of Scotland (1489-1541)

I'd meant to include the real Princess Margaret, (not that bratty thing from "The Tudors,") I just didn't get around to creating her until now. I actually liked this green brocade gown she's got on, though orange wouldn't have been my first choice as an under-skirt. The hardest part was her headdress. I used a French hood from the game & built on it w/ beads, though the difficulty came in the fact that the Queen's hood is 3 different colors, and is decorated in gold & rubies (at least I think those are rubies). Though after working on the last image of Margaret, this was "easier."

As you can see from the painting (I'm annoyed there weren't any larger versions of it, it's such a pretty image), that Margaret suffered from obesity problems like her brother, Henry VIII. However, being overweight wasn't necessarily seen as a bad thing in the Renaissance. It meant you had a prosperous livelihood & could afford to have food on your table every evening, whereas the hard-working peasants were lucky if they could keep from starving every week.

People also didn't understand the importance of physical activity for their health. Noble & royal women sat a lot for most occasions, save for dancing or walking around palaces & gardens.

Also, Queens in particular during this time period basically became baby-making machines, and their figures were usually ruined from having so many pregnancies in such close succession (especially since they had to keep up with the 70% infant mortality rate by having lots of children & making sure their husbands had a male heir).

Speaking of heirs, it was Queen Margaret's grandson, James VI, who became King of England after Queen Elizabeth I died in 1603.

I made this using the Tudors Scene-Maker www.dolldivine.com/the-tudors-… on Doll Divine.