Margaret Graham, Countess of Menteith

Margaret Graham, Countess of Menteith was born before 1334, the daughter of Sir John Graham & Mary Menteith, Countess of Menteith.

She married,

• firstly, Sir John Moray, Lord of Bothwell, son of Sir Andrew Moray & Lady Christina Bruce, after 21 November 1348
• secondly, Thomas, 9th Earl of Mar, son of Donald, 8th Earl of Mar & Isabella Stewart, between 15 August 1352 and 29 May 1354. (She and Thomas, 9th Earl of Mar were divorced circa 1359.)
• thirdly, Sir John Drummond circa 1359.
• fourthly, Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, son of Robert II Stewart, King of Scotland & Elizabeth Mure of Rowallan, after 9 September 1361, by Papal dispensation.

She died between 20 July 1372 and 4 May 1380.3 She was buried at Inchmahone Priory, Perthshire, Scotland. [ThePeerage.com]

She succeeded to the title of Countess of Menteith on 29 April 1360, suo jure (in her own right).

Children of Margaret Graham, Countess of Menteith and Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany

• Janet Stewart
• Mary Stewart+
• Margaret Stewart
• Joan Stewart+
• Beatrice Stewart d. c 1424
• Isabella Stewart+
• Lady Marjorie Stewart+ d. b Aug 1432
• Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany+ b. 1362, d. 24 May 1425

Origins

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_II,_Countess_of_Menteith

Mary II, Countess of Menteith was a Scottish noblewoman. Her father was Alan II, Earl of Menteith,[1] who died c. 1330. She is believed to have agreed with her kinsman Muireadhach III, in 1330, that he should hold the Earldom, but when he was killed in August 1332, Mary assumed the title. She married Sir John Graham (d. 28 February 1347), who in her right became Earl of Monteith and assumed the title in May 1346.[2] She died sometime prior to 29 April 1360. She was the mother of Margaret Graham, Countess of Menteith.[3]

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY%20LATER.htm#_To...

(Alan, son of Alan & Marjory, was Mary’s father)

Earl Alan & his wife had one child:

i) MARY de Menteith (-before 29 Apr 1360). She succeeded her uncle as Ctss of Menteith, suo iure. m (before 1334, Papal dispensation 1 May 1334) JOHN Graham, son of --- (-hanged 28 Feb 1347). Balfour Paul states that, according to Fraser, John de Graham Earl of Menteith was a younger son of Patrick de Graham[93], but also cites a contrary view[94]. From a chronological point of view, it seems unlikely that John could have been the son of Patrick de Graham and his wife Annabella, whose marriage has been dated to [1251/60], given the date of John’s own marriage. Earl of Menteith, de iure uxoris.

John & his wife had one child:

(a) MARGARET Graham (-[21 Jul 1372/4 May 1380]). Ctss of Menteith. John of Fordun’s Scotichronicon (Continuator) records that "Thomam comitem de Marr", son of "Dovenaldum comitem", married "heredem de Meneteth" but that he divorced her[95]. m firstly (Papal dispensation 21 Nov 1348) JOHN Moray Lord of Bothwell, son of ANDREW Moray Lord of Bothwell & his [first wife ---] (-[20 Apr/5 Sep] 1351). m secondly (Papal dispensations 15 Aug 1352 and 29 May 1354, divorced before Feb 1359) as his first wife, THOMAS Earl of Mar, son of DONALD Earl of Mar & his wife Isabel Stewart ([1330]-[22 Oct 1373/21 Jun 1374]). m thirdly (Papal dispensation 1360) JOHN Drummond of Concraig, son of --- (-after 17 May 1360). m fourthly (Papal dispensation 9 Sep 1361) as his first wife, ROBERT Stewart, son of ROBERT Earl of Strathearn [later ROBERT II King of Scotland] & his wife his first wife Elizabeth Mure ([1340]-3 Sep 1420). Earl of Menteith 1361, de iure uxoris. Duke of Albany 28 Apr 1398.