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Mary Stewart, Countess of Arran (13 May 1453 – May 1488) [citation needed] was the elder daughter of King James II of Scotland and Mary of Guelders. King James III of Scotland was her eldest brother. She married twice: firstly, to Thomas Boyd, 1st Earl of Arran; secondly, to James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton.
May 7, 2024 · Mary Stewart, Princess of Scotland was born before 16 May 1452. She was the daughter of James II Stewart, King of Scotland and Marie von Geldern. She married, firstly, Thomas Boyd, 1st Earl of Arran, son of Robert Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd of Kilmarnock and Mariot Maxwell, before 26 April 1467.
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Princess Mary Stewart. Mary and Thomas Boyd were married when she was 13 before 26 April 1467. Her dowry was the Isle of Arran and she was the Countess of Arran. Thomas, and his father, Robert Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd, were falsely accused of treason by the enemies of the Clan Boyd, but Mary's brother, King James II, believed the false charges....
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Mary Stewart was the eldest daughter of James II of Scotland and Marie of Guelders, his queen-consort. The exact date of her birth is unknown but thought to have been shortly before May 1452, which is the first time she is mentioned in a payment of her expenses at Falkland in May, 1452 on a journey from Stirling to St Andrews .There are frequent references to her after this time. Mary had four brothers: James III of Scotland; Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany, Earl of March, and Lord of Annan...
Marriage to Thomas Boyd
Robert Boyd, who had in 1466 kidnapped the young king and taken him to Edinburgh Castle where he would be under Boyd's control, later himself became the guardian of James III and his younger brothers and assumed the positon of Lord Chamberlain of Scotland. In April 1467 Boyd arranged a marriage between Mary Stewart and his own eldest son, Thomas Boyd, thereby creating a stronger alliance between his family and the crown.On 26 April of that same year, Thomas Boyd was created Earl of Arran. Whe...
Marriage to James Hamilton
Mary's second marriage, arranged by her brother the king, was to James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton, who was 28 years older than she and one of her brother's most loyal supporters. There were several charters granted to them and their heirs male dated 12 July 1474, which contained special provisions for any daughters born of their marriage. A papal dispensation for their marriage was granted retroactively on 25 April 1476.This dispensation was necessary because his (former) wife Euphame and Ma...
Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families,5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), vol. 1,...Burnett, George (ed). Rotuli Scaccarii Regum Scotorum (Exchequer Rolls of Scotland). Edinburgh: General Register House (1883), vol. 6 (1455-1460), preface, pp.cxxvi-cxxvii, footnote 3.Burnett, George (ed). Rotuli Scaccarii Regum Scotorum (Exchequer Rolls of Scotland). Edinburgh: General Register House (1882), vol. 5 (1437-1454), p. 537.Paul, Sir James Balfour. The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1908), vol. 5, p. 148.Click the Changes tab to see edits to this profile. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this profile.
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When Mary Stewart Countess of Arran was born on 13 May 1453, in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland, her father, James II King of Scotland, was 22 and her mother, Mary of Guelders Queen Consort of Scotland, was 22. She married Sir Thomas Boyd 1st Earl of Arran on 26 April 1467, in Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Mary Stewart, Countess of Arran. James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran and 2nd Lord Hamilton (c. 1475 – 1529) was a Scottish nobleman, naval commander and first cousin of James IV of Scotland. He also served as the 9th Lord High Admiral of Scotland.
Mary Stewart, Countess of Arran (13 May 1453 – May 1488) was the eldest daughter of King James II of Scotland and Mary of Guelders. King James III of Scotland was her eldest brother. She married twice: firstly, to Thomas Boyd, 1st Earl of Arran; secondly, to James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton.
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