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Isabel Seton

Also Known As: "Countess of Perth"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Death: November 02, 1638 (44)
Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Robert Seton, 1st Earl of Winton and Margaret Montgomerie
Wife of James Drummond, 1st Earl of Perth and Francis Stewart, Lord Stewart and Bothwell
Mother of Lady Jean Gordon (Drummond); Charles Stewart; Robert Stewart; Margaret Stewart; Elizabeth Stewart and 1 other
Sister of Robert Seton, 2nd Earl of Winton; George Seton, 3rd Earl of Winton; Alexander Montgomerie, 6th Earl of Eglinton; John Seton of St. Germains and Sir Thomas Seton of Olivestob, Kt.

Managed by: Oliver Marcus Stedall
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About Isabel Seton

DAME ISOBEL SETON Countess of Perth

Isobel Seton (1619) Dame Isobel Setoun, Countess of Perth (1623) Isobel Seton (1632)

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

31 January and 1 February 1623: Tack by tutors of Charles Stewart, eldest son of Francis Stewart, eldest son of deceased Francis, sometime earl of Bothwell, and dame Isobel Setoun, countess of Perth, his spouse, to Andrew Scot of Aikwode, of teinds of lands of Aikwode, etc., for 19 years. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Scott Family of Harden, Lords Polwarth, Berwickshire, reference GD157/222

Biographical Summary by Darryl Lundy;s Peerage

Lady Isabel Seton was born on 30 November 1593. She married, firstly, James Drummond, 1st Earl of Perth, son of Patrick Drummond, 3rd Lord Drummond and Lady Elizabeth Lindsay, on 19 April 1606. She married, secondly, Francis Stewart, Master of Bothwell, son of Francis Stewart, 1st and last Earl of Bothwell and Lady Margaret Douglas, on 2 August 1614. She was the daughter of Robert Seton, 1st Earl of Winton and Lady Margaret Montgomerie.

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Isabel Seton's Timeline

1593
November 30, 1593
Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
1609
1609
Dunrobin Castle, Sutherlandshire, Scotland, Golspie, Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom
1619
January 15, 1619
Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland, (Present UK)
April 1, 1619
Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland
April 1, 1619
probably at Tranent, East Lothian, Kingdom of Scotland (not yet part of the United Kingdom)
1632
September 12, 1632
probably at Inveresk and Mussleburgh, Midlothian, Kingdom of Scotland (not yet part of the United Kingdom)
1638
November 2, 1638
Age 44
Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
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