Magdalen Livingstone
Scottish courtier
Magdalen Livingstone (floruit 1560–1613) was a Scottish courtier. She was a favoured lady-in-waiting to Mary, Queen of Scots, and later was a member of the household of Prince Henry.
Mary, Queen of Scots
She was a daughter of Alexander Livingston, 5th Lord Livingston and Agnes Douglas, daughter of John Douglas, 2nd Earl of Morton. Her older sister Mary Livingston was also a lady-in-waiting of the queen, and one of the well-known "four Maries."
She was a lady-in-waiting to Mary, Queen of Scots until 1567. She was for a time highly in favour among the queen's courtier. She appears as "young Livingstone" with the other maidens in the household menu of 1562. The other maids of honour in 1566 were Lucrece Beaton, who married David Beaton of Melgund, Mademoiselle de Thoré (or Nicolas Wardlaw), and Barbara Sandilands.
Her first husband was Arthur Erskine of Blackgrange, a son of John Erskine, 5th Lord Erskine. The queen gave her a skirt of cloth of gold and matching sleeves for her wedding in January 1562. In May 1563 Mary gave her a black taffeta gown with wide sleeves bordered with velvet.
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