HAY, Gilbert 11th Earl of Erroll ^{1 2}

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Gilbert married Catherine CARNEGIE, daughter of James CARNEGIE 2nd Earl of Southesk, 'the Black Earl' and Mary KER, on 7 January 1658 in Kinnaird, Gowrie, Perthshire, Scotland.^{1 2} The marriage ended in divorce. (Catherine CARNEGIE was born about 1635 and died on 3 October 1693 in St Germain en Laye, near Paris, France ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"He (Gilbert Hay) married at Kinnaird, 7 January 1658, Catherine, youngest daughter of James, second Earl of Southesk, but by her had no issue. She survived him, and was in 1689 chief governess to Prince James Francis, Prince of Wales, at St. Germain, where she died 3 October 1693, aged fifty-six."

from Scots Peerage (vol 3)




"Catherine, married to Gilbert, Earl of Erroll, 7 January 1658. Her tocher was 50 or 60 thousand merks. There was no issue of this marriage. He divorced her. She was chief Governess to James, Prince of Wales, at St. Germains, at the time of her death in October 1693."

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