Margaret Wotton, Marchioness of Dorset

Margaret Wotton
Marchioness of Dorset
Sketch of Margaret by Hans Holbein the Younger
Born	1485 Boughton Malherbe, Kent
Died	1541 England
Spouse(s)	William Medley Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset
Issue	George Medley Lady Elizabeth Grey Lady Katherine Grey Lady Anne Grey Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk Lord John Grey Lord Thomas Grey Leonard Grey Lady Mary Grey
Father	Sir Robert Wotton
Mother	Anne Belknap

Margaret Wotton, Marchioness of Dorset (1485 – 1541) was the second wife of Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset, and the mother of his children, including Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, with whom she engaged in many quarrels during his minority over money and his allowance. Her lack of generosity to Henry shocked her peers as unmotherly, and inappropriate behaviour toward a high-ranking nobleman, relative^[1] of King Henry VIII of England.

In 1534, she was compelled to answer to the charges that she was an "unnatural mother".^[2]

On 10 September 1533, she stood as one of the godmothers of the future Queen Elizabeth I of England. She was the subject of two portraits by Hans Holbein the Younger. One of her many grandchildren was Lady Jane Grey.