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STEWART, Robert II King of Scots
(1315-1390)
MURE, Elizabeth 'of Rowallan'
(About 1320-1355)
DRUMMOND, John of Stobhall, Sir
(About 1308-1361)
MONTEFICHET, Mary
(1325-)
STEWART, John [ruled as Robert III] King of Scots
(1336-1406)
DRUMMOND, Annabella Queen of Scots
(Between 1349/1354-1401)
STEWART, Mary
(About 1376-About 1458)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. DOUGLAS, George Earl of Angus

2. KENNEDY, James of Dunure, Sir
3. CUNNINGHAM, William Earl of Glencairn, Sheriff of Ayr, Sir
4. GRAHAM, William of Dundaff, Sir
5. EDMONSTONE, William, Sir

STEWART, Mary 1 3

  • Born: About 1376
  • Marriage (1): DOUGLAS, George Earl of Angus in 1397 1 2 3
  • Marriage (2): KENNEDY, James of Dunure, Sir in 1405 2 3
  • Marriage (3): CUNNINGHAM, William Earl of Glencairn, Sheriff of Ayr, Sir July 1409(papal dispensation) and married 13 November 1413 4 5
  • Marriage (4): GRAHAM, William of Dundaff, Sir by 15 May 1416 4 6
  • Marriage (5): EDMONSTONE, William, Sir in 1425 1 6
  • Died: About 1458 1 6
  • Buried: Strathblane, Stirlingshire, Scotland 1 6

   Other names for Mary were STEWART, Mariota 6 and STEWART, Marjory.4

   User ID: K143.


Mary married George DOUGLAS Earl of Angus, son of William DOUGLAS Earl of Douglas, 'Earl of Mar', jure uxoris and Margaret STEWART co-heiress, Countess of Angus and Mar, in 1397.1 2 3 (George DOUGLAS Earl of Angus was born about 1377 and died after 14 September 1402 in England 1.). The cause of his death was plague.


  Marriage Notes:

"Mary, who was married, first, in 1397, to George Douglas, Earl of Angus ; second, in 1409, to Sir James Kennedy ; third, to William, Lord of Graham ; and fourth, in 1425, to Sir William Edmonston of Culloden. She was dead in 1458, and was buried in the parish church of Strathblane." (page 18)

from Scots Peerage (vol 1)

(referring to
Scots Peerage, volume 1, in "The Kings of Scotland")

"p. 18, 1. 16, for ' 1409' read '1405.'

p. 18, 1. 17, after 'Kennedy; ' add 'In July 1409 there was a papal dispensation for her marriage with Sir William Cunningham of Kilmaurs (cf. vol. iv. 230).'

p. 18, 1. 17, delete ' third,' and insert ' on 13 November 1413 she was married.'

from Scots Peerage (vol 9 Addenda et Corrigenda)




"Mary Stewart was the second daughter of King Robert III., and was widow, first, of George Douglas, first Earl of Angus, and secondly, of James Kennedy, younger of Dunure, who was killed before 8 November 1408."

from Scots Peerage (vol 4)



"Agnes (Maxwell) married, before 1384, Sir Gilbert Kennedy of Dunure. Their eldest son was Sir James Kennedy of Dunure, who married in 1405 the Princess Mary, daughter of King Robert III., relict of George first Earl of Angus."

from Memoirs of the Maxwells 2 3 4

Mary next married Sir James KENNEDY of Dunure, son of Sir Gilbert KENNEDY of Dunure and Agnes MAXWELL, in 1405.2 3 (Sir James KENNEDY of Dunure was born about 1382 and died before 8 November 1408 4.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Agnes (Maxwell) married, before 1384, Sir Gilbert Kennedy of Dunure. Their eldest son was Sir James Kennedy of Dunure, who married in 1405 the Princess Mary, daughter of King Robert III., relict of George first Earl of Angus."

from Memoirs of the Maxwells




"Mary, who was married, first, in 1397, to George Douglas, Earl of Angus ; second, in 1409, to Sir James Kennedy ..." (page 18)

from Scots Peerage (vol 1)

(referring to
Scots Peerage, volume 1, in "The Kings of Scotland")

"p. 18, 1. 16, for ' 1409' read '1405.' "

from Scots Peerage (vol 9 Addenda et Corrigenda)




"Mary Stewart was the second daughter of King Robert III., and was widow, first, of George Douglas, first Earl of Angus, and secondly, of James Kennedy, younger of Dunure, who was killed before 8 November 1408."

from Scots Peerage (vol 4) 1 2 3 4

Mary next married Sir William CUNNINGHAM Earl of Glencairn, Sheriff of Ayr July 1409(papal dispensation) and married 13 November 1413.4 5 (Sir William CUNNINGHAM Earl of Glencairn, Sheriff of Ayr was born about 1355 and died by December 1415 4.)


  Marriage Notes:

"She (Margaret Danielston) died some time before July 1409, when he (William Cunningham) had a Papal Dispensation to marry Marjory (Mary) Stewart, widow of James Kennedy, notwithstanding Margaret his first wife was related to Marjory in the second and third degrees. Mary Stewart was the second daughter of King Robert III., and was widow, first, of George Douglas, first Earl of Angus, and secondly, of James Kennedy, younger of Dunure, who was killed before 8 November 1408. There is no clear evidence that the marriage with Sir William Cunningham took place, though it is not improbable. Her third or fourth marriage with Sir William Grahame is first referred to on 15 May 1416, when he and she had a charter of certain lands."

from Scots Peerage (vol 4) 4

Mary next married Sir William GRAHAM of Dundaff, son of Sir Patrick GRAHAM of Kincardine and Dundaff and Matilda, by 15 May 1416.4 6 (Sir William GRAHAM of Dundaff was born about 1365.)


  Marriage Notes:

"He (Sir William Graham) married, secondly, before 1416, the Princess Mary (or Mariota) Stewart, daughter of Robert III., and widow of George, Earl of Angus, and of Sir James Kennedy of Dunure, and perhaps also of Sir William Cunningham of Kilmaurs."

from Scots Peerage (vol 6)
6

Mary next married Sir William EDMONSTONE in 1425.1 6 (Sir William EDMONSTONE was born about 1375.)


  Marriage Notes:

"After the death of Sir William de Graham, Princess Mary was married in 1425, for the fourth or fifth time, to Sir William Edmonstone, by whom she was ancestress of the Edmonstones of Duntreath. She died after 1458, and was buried in the parish church of Strathblane."

from Scots Peerage (vol 6) 6

Sources


1 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 1 (1904).

2 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 9 (1914) Addenda et Corrigenda.

3 e-books, Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok vol.1 by William Fraser (1863).

4 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 4 (1907).

5 e-books.

6 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 6 (1909).

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