MAITLAND, William of Lethington 1
William married Janet MENTEITH. (Janet MENTEITH was born about 1530.) William next married Mary FLEMING one of the 'Four Maries', daughter of Malcolm FLEMING 3rd Lord Fleming, Lord Chamberlain of Scotland and Janet STEWART 'La Belle Ecossaise'.1 (Mary FLEMING one of the 'Four Maries' was born about 1542.) Marriage Notes: "The Earl of Roxburghe married, first, Margaret, only daughter of William Maitland of Lethington, Queen Mary's famous Secretary, by his second marriage to Mary Fleming (' the flower of the Queen's Maries '), daughter of Malcolm, third Lord Fleming." |