HAY, Egidia ^{1 2 4}

   Another name for Egidia was HAY, Giles.²

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Egidia married Sir Alexander SETON, THEN GORDON Earl of Huntly, son of Sir Alexander SETON of that Ilk, Lord of Gordon and Elizabeth GORDON heiress of Gordon, by 8 January 1426(1427).^{1 2 3} The marriage ended in annulled before 26 march 1438. (Sir Alexander SETON, THEN GORDON Earl of Huntly was born before 1410, died on 15 July 1470 in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ^{1 3} and was buried in 1470 in Elgin Cathedral, Moray, Scotland ^{1 3}.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Alexander, Earl of Huntly, married first, according to the various genealogies, Jean Keith, daughter and heir of Sir Robert Keith, the grandson and heir-apparent of Sir William, the Marshal of Scotland. Of this marriage we can find no record, and, as the Earl had married Egidia Hay when he was only seventeen years of age, there is grave reason to doubt the connection, notwithstanding the fact that it was a characteristic of the age, for the sons and daughters of great families to marry remarkably young. It has been alleged that the Earl of Huntly acquired great estates through Jean Keith, who is said to have died without issue - but we have already shewn how the Fraser-Keith estates came into his possession through his mother and grandmother.

The Earl's first wife was Egidia Hay, daughter and heiress of John Hay of Tullibody. They appear to have been married before 8th January 1426, for the king on that date, upon the resignation of Egidia, granted to them and their heirs the lands of the barony of Tullibody; the lands of the forests of Boyne and Enzie and barony of Kilsaurle; and the lands of Kinmundy in the barony of Kinedward. Of this marriage there appears to have been a son, Alexander, who succeeded to the Tullibody estates of his mother, and became ancestor of the Setons of Abercorn. As before stated, the Earl divorced Egidia Hay, and in a liferent charter which she granted him of the lands of Tullibody, &c., dated at Aberdeen, 26th November 1438, she styled him 'her beloved kinsman. Sir Alexander Seton, son of Sir Alexander Seton, Lord Gordon.' Sir Robert Gordon states that the Earl was divorced from Lady Hay, 'and for satisfaction of all the patrimonie that he had with her in marriage, he gave unto the son begotten between them the lands of Tough and Tullibody.' On 7th August 1440, at Dingwall, Egidia Hay, Lady of Tullibody, in her pure widowhood, for the many faithful services rendered to her by Sir William Forbes, knight, grants him a charter of the lands of Achonwery with the pertinents. Whom she married after her divorce from Huntly has not yet been ascertained."

from Records of Aboyne




"The first Earl of Huntly married, on or about 8 January 1426-27, Egidia, daughter and heiress of John Hay of Tullibody. On that day King James I. granted to Alexander Seton and Egidia Hay, whom he shall marry, the barony of Tullibody, the forests of Boyne and Enzie, and barony of Kilsaurle, with the lands of Kinmundy in the barony of Kinedward. The marriage was annulled some years later, it is said, at the instance of Sir William Crichton, afterwards Chancellor, though he was not actually Chancellor when the separation took place, before 26 November 1438, when Egidia Hay granted to her 'cousin' Sir Alexander Seton the lands of Tullibody, but came into office in the following April or May.7."

from Scots Peerage (vol 4)




"Egidia or Giles, only daughter and heiress, married, as first wife, in or about 8 January 1426-27, Alexander (Seton), first Earl of Huntly. This marriage was annulled some years later before 26 March 1438. She had a son, ancestor of the Setons of Touch, etc."

from Scots Peerage (vol 8) ^{1 2 3}