STEWART, John Lord Stewart, then Earl of Traquair, Sir 1
- Born: About 1600 1
- Marriage (1): CARNEGIE, Katherine 14 September 1620(contract) 1
- Died: 27 March 1659 1
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John married Katherine CARNEGIE, daughter of David CARNEGIE Earl of Southesk, Lord Carnegie of Kinnaird and Leuchars and Margaret LINDSAY, 14 September 1620(contract).1 (Katherine CARNEGIE was born about 1605.)
Marriage Notes:
"Katherine, married (contract 14 September 1620) to Sir John Stewart of Traquair, with a tocher of 20,000 merks Scots. Sir John Stewart was created Earl of Traquair in 1633." (page 67)
"The Earl married (contract 14 September 1620, tocher 20,000 merks) Catherine, third daughter of David, first Earl of Southesk. Whatever may have been Traquair's political and domestic misfortunes, his choice of a wife was not one of them, as there are letters extant from her to him in 1651, when he was imprisoned in England, all of which breathe a spirit of most dutiful affection.' By her he had issue..." (page 405)
from Scots Peerage (vol 8) 1
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