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Brief Life History of Elizabeth. When Elizabeth Stewart Countess of Moray was born on 3 August 1565, in Edinburgh, Scotland, her father, James Stewart 1st Earl of Moray, was 34 and her mother, Agnes Anna Keith, was 35. She married James Stewart 2nd Earl of Moray on 23 January 1580, in Fife, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and ...
Elizabeth Keith, Countess of Huntly ( fl. 1566), was a Scottish noblewoman and the wife of George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly, Scotland's leading Catholic magnate during the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots. In 1562, Elizabeth encouraged her husband to raise forces against Queen Mary which led to his being outlawed, and after his death, his titles ...
16 de jul. de 2021 · 16th July 1588 saw the death of Agnes Keith Countess of Moray. I don’t normally cover minor nobility in my posts, but it’s a wee bit quiet today and Lady Agnes is an interesting character who did well in a male orientated world.
As the wife of the regent, Agnes was the most powerful woman in Scotland from 1567 until her husband's assassination in 1570. Agnes Keith, Countess of Moray 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.
Brief Life History of Agnes. When Lady Agnes Keith was born on 14 July 1530, in Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland, her father, William Keith 4th Earl of Marischal, was 23 and her mother, Lady Margaret Keith of Inverugie, was 19. She married James Stewart 1st Earl of Moray on 8 February 1562, in Holyrood, Midlothian, Scotland.
Agnes Keith, Countess of Moray, kept jewels to cover her husband's expenses, Hans Eworth, Darnaway Castle. After Regent Moray was assassinated in January 1570, Mary wrote from Tutbury and Sheffield Castle to his widow, Agnes Keith, asking for "our H", the "Great H of Scotland" and other pieces.
Moray was succeeded by his eldest daughter and heir, Elizabeth Stewart, 2nd Countess of Moray, whose husband, James Stewart of Doune acquired the earldom on their marriage. Moray was succeeded as Regent by King James VI's paternal grandfather, Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox. Moray's wife, Agnes Keith, was buried beside him on her death in ...
