Graham, Margaret (d. 1380)

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Graham, Margaret (d. 1380)

Countess of Menteith. Name variations: Mary Graham; countess of Albany. Acceded as countess of Menteith on April 29, 1360. Born before 1334; died in 1380; interred at Inchmahome Priory, Perthshire; daughter of Sir John Graham of Abercorn and Mary de Menteith (d. 1346), countess of Menteith; married John Murray, lord of Bothwell, after 1348; married Thomas, earl of Mar, around 1354 (divorced 1359); married John Drummond of Concraig, around 1359; married Robert Stewart of Fife (c. 1339–1420), 1st duke of Albany (r. 1398–1420), prime minister to his brother Robert III, king of Scotland, and regent to James I, around September 9, 1361; children: (fourth marriage) Murdoch (b. around 1362), duke of Albany; Isabel Stewart (fl. 1390–1410, who married Alexander Leslie and Walter of Dirleton); Joan Stewart (who married Robert Stewart of Lorn, 1st Lord Lorn); Beatrice Stewart (d. around 1424, who married James Douglas, 7th earl of Douglas); Mary Stewart (who married William Abernethy); Janet Stewart (betrothed as a child on July 20, 1371, to David, infant son of Sir Bartholomew de Loen and Lady Philippa Mowbray but marriage probably did not take place); Margaret Stewart (who married John Swinton). Following Margaret Graham's death, Robert married Muriel Keith and had five more children.

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