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STEWART, John 3rd Earl of Atholl
(1507-About 1542)
RATTRAY, Grizel
(About 1508-After 1537)
GORDON, George 4th Earl of Huntly
(About 1514-1562)
KEITH, Elizabeth Countess of Huntly
(About 1510-)
STEWART, John 4th Earl of Atholl, Lord Chancellor
(About 1533-1579)
GORDON, Elizabeth
(About 1535-Before 1557)
STEWART, Elizabeth
(About 1553-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. FRASER, Hugh 5th Lord Fraser of Lovat

2. STEWART, Robert Earl of Lennox (1572 creation), then Earl of March
3. STEWART, James of Bothwellmuir, then Earl of Arran, Lord Chancellor of Scotland, Captain

STEWART, Elizabeth 2

  • Born: About 1553
  • Marriage (1): FRASER, Hugh 5th Lord Fraser of Lovat 24 December 1567(contract) 1
  • Marriage (2): STEWART, Robert Earl of Lennox (1572 creation), then Earl of March on 6 December 1578 1 2
  • Marriage (3): STEWART, James of Bothwellmuir, then Earl of Arran, Lord Chancellor of Scotland, Captain on 6 July 1581 1 2

   Another name for Elizabeth was STUART, Elizabeth.1

   User ID: C440.


Elizabeth married Hugh FRASER 5th Lord Fraser of Lovat, son of Alexander FRASER 4th Lord Fraser of Lovat and Janet CAMPBELL, 24 December 1567(contract).1 (Hugh FRASER 5th Lord Fraser of Lovat was born about 1545 1 and died January 1576(1577) 1.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Elizabeth, married, first, to Hugh, sixth Lord Lovat ... "

from Scots Peerage (vol 1)

Note:
Hugh Fraser was 5th, not 6th, Lord Lovat.




He (Hugh Fraser) married (contract dated 24 December 1567) Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of John, fourth Earl of Atholl. She had a jointure of 7000 Scots a year. Lord Lovat and his wife lived a quiet country life at Bunchrew and Kinmilies, and there their family was born.

from Scots Peerage (vol 5) 1 2

Elizabeth next married Robert STEWART Earl of Lennox (1572 creation), then Earl of March, son of John STEWART 3rd Earl of Lennox and Elizabeth(2) STEWART, on 6 December 1578.1 2 The marriage ended in annulled 19 may 1581. (Robert STEWART Earl of Lennox (1572 creation), then Earl of March was born about 1517.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Elizabeth (Stewart), married .... secondly, 6th December 1578, to Robert, Earl of Lennox and March, which marriage was annulled on 19 May 1581..."

from Scots Peerage (vol 1)




"She (Elizabeth Stewart) was married, secondly, 6 December 1578, to Robert, Earl of Lennox and March"

from Scots Peerage (vol 5) 1 2

Elizabeth next married Captain James STEWART of Bothwellmuir, then Earl of Arran, Lord Chancellor of Scotland, son of Andrew STEWART 2nd Lord Ochiltree and Unknown, on 6 July 1581.1 2 (Captain James STEWART of Bothwellmuir, then Earl of Arran, Lord Chancellor of Scotland was born about 1546 and died 1595(1596) 3.). The cause of his death was attack and killing by James Douglas of Parkhead.


  Marriage Notes:

"Elizabeth (Stewart), married .... thirdly, 6 July 1581, Captain James Stewart, created Earl of Arran."

from Scots Peerage (vol 1)




"She (Elizabeth Stewart) was married .... thirdly, 6 July 1581, to James Stewart, Earl of Arran."

from Scots Peerage (vol 5) 1 2

Sources


1 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 5 (1908).

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

3 e-books, The heraldry of the Stewarts by George Harvey Johnston (1906).

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