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Scottish countesses
Agnes Keith, Countess of Moray, Jean Gordon, Countess of Bothwell, Margaret of Mar, 31st Countess of Mar, Anne Hamilton, Countess of Huntly, Elizabeth Keith, Countess of Huntly, Elizabeth Hay, Countess of Erroll, Agnes Leslie
ISBN/EAN: 9781155277059
Umbreit-Nr.: 7547342
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Englisch
Umfang: 24 S.
Format in cm: 0.2 x 24.6 x 18.9
Einband:
kartoniertes Buch
Erschienen am 01.12.2014
Auflage: 1/2014
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- Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 23. Chapters: Agnes Keith, Countess of Moray, Jean Gordon, Countess of Bothwell, Margaret of Mar, 31st Countess of Mar, Anne Hamilton, Countess of Huntly, Elizabeth Keith, Countess of Huntly, Elizabeth Hay, Countess of Erroll, Agnes Leslie, Countess of Morton, Edith Abney-Hastings, 12th Countess of Loudoun, Agnes Douglas, Countess of Argyll, Matilda of Chester, Countess of Huntingdon, Alice Comyn, Countess of Buchan, Elizabeth Lyon, Countess of Strathmore, Idina Sackville, Agnes Duff, Countess Fife, Mary Stewart, Countess of Buchan, Elizabeth Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland, Isabel Douglas, Countess of Mar, Isabella MacDuff, Countess of Buchan, Diana Hay, 23rd Countess of Erroll, Mary Hay, 14th Countess of Erroll, Elizabeth Sutherland, 24th Countess of Sutherland, Katherine Clifton, 2nd Baroness Clifton, Barbara Abney-Hastings, 13th Countess of Loudoun, Jean Ker, Countess of Roxburghe, Anne Lyon, Countess of Kinghorne, Flora Mure-Campbell, Marchioness of Hastings, Edith Rawdon-Hastings, 10th Countess of Loudoun, Mary O'Brien, 3rd Countess of Orkney, Winifred Maxwell, Countess of Nithsdale, Elizabeth Stewart, Countess of Crawford, Mary FitzMaurice, 4th Countess of Orkney, Anne O'Brien, 2nd Countess of Orkney. Excerpt: Agnes Keith, Countess of Moray (c. 1540 - 16 July 1588) was a Scottish noblewoman. She was the wife of James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, Regent of Scotland and the illegitimate half-brother of Mary, Queen of Scots, making her a sister-in-law of the Scottish queen. As the wife of the regent, Lady Moray was the most powerful woman in Scotland from 1567 until her husband's assassination in 1570. She was married secondly to Sir Colin Campbell, heir presumptive to the earldom of Argyll. When he succeeded his brother as the 6th earl in 1573, Agnes was henceforth styled Countess of Argyll. During her second marriage, Lady Argyll became embroiled in a litigation over Queen Mary's jewels which had earlier fallen into her keeping. It was her refusal to hand the jewels over to the Scottish Government that sparked a feud between the Earl of Argyll and the Regent Morton. Dunnottar Castle, the birthplace of Agnes KeithLady Agnes Keith was born in Dunnottar Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland in about 1540, the eldest daughter of William Keith, 4th Earl Marischal and Margaret Keith. Her paternal grandparents were Robert Keith, Master of Marischal, and Lady Elizabeth Douglas, and her maternal grandparents were Sir Wiliam Keith and Janet Gray. Agnes was a descendant of King James I of Scotland and his consort Jane Beaufort, who was in her turn the great-granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She had two brothers, William Keith, Master of Marischal (died 1580), and Hon. Robert Keith, 1st Lord Altrie (died 1596); and six younger sisters. These were Elizabeth, wife of Sir Alexander Irvine of Drum; Alison, wife of Alexander, Lord Salton; Mary, wife of Sir John Campbell of Calder; Beatrice, wife of John Allardice of Allardice; Janet, wife of James Crichton of Frendraght; and Margaret, wife of Sir John Kennedy of Balquhan. Her aunt was Elizabeth Keith, wife of George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly who would lead an unsuccessful rebellion against Mary, Queen of Scots in 1562. Her first cousi