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Mary Stewart, Countess of Arran

Mary Stewart, Countess of Arran

Female 1453 - 1488  (35 years)


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  • Name Mary Stewart 
    Title Countess of Arran 
    Birth 13 May 1453  Sterlingshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    FSID LTLQ-V37 
    Burial 1488  Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 16 May 1488  Refrewshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I7103  footsteps | Bangs, Byrd, Campbell, Carroll, Harrison, Hayne, Bruce, Stewart, Lady Godiva, Charlamagne, Conqueor, Robert Capet II
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2025 

    Father James Stewart, King of Scotland , II,   b. 16 Oct 1430, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Aug 1460, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mary Of Guelders Van Egmond, Queen Consort Of Scotland ,   b. 17 Jan 1431, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Dec 1463, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 3 Jul 1449  Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1953  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton ,   b. 1415, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Nov 1479, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Marriage 1440  Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Elizabeth Hamilton, Countess Of Lennox ,   b. Mar 1473, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Apr 1531, Refrewshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +2. James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran ,   b. 25 Apr 1475, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 1529, West Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F695  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1440 - Lanarkshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 13 May 1453 - Sterlingshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1488 - Lanarkshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 16 May 1488 - Refrewshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 


    • Mary Stewart, Countess of Arran (13 May 1453 - May 1488) was the eldest d a u g h t er of King James II of Scotland and Mary of Guelders. Her brother w a s K i n g J ames III of Scotland. She married twice: firstly, to Thomas Bo y d , 1 s t E arl of Arran; secondly, to James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton. I t w a s t h r ough her children by her second husband that the Hamilton Earl s o f A r r a n and the Stewart Earls of Lennox derived their claim to the K in gd o m o f S cotland.

      Mary was born at Stirling Castle on 13 May 1453, the eldest daughter of J a m e s I I o f Scotland and Mary of Guelders. She had five siblings, includ i n g J a m es III, who ascended the Scottish throne in 1460 upon their fath e r ' s a c cidental death by an exploding cannon. Mary's mother died in 146 3 , l e a v ing her an orphan at the age of ten.


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