Mary Ruthven, Dowager Countess of Atholl

Lady Mary Ruthven was the daughter of William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie and Dorothea Stewart.[1] She married, firstly, John Stewart, 5th Earl of Atholl, son of John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl and Margaret Fleming, on 24 January 1579/80 at Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.[1] She married by contract, secondly, John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl, son of James Stewart, 5th Lord Innermeath and Helen Ogilvy, on 31 March 1596.[1] She married, thirdly, James Stewart, son of James Stewart, Master of Buchan and Christian Strang, before 30 August 1613.[1]

From 24 January 1579/80, her married name became Stewart. As a result of her marriage, Lady Mary Ruthven was styled as Countess of Atholl on 24 January 1580.[1] As a result of her marriage, Lady Mary Ruthven was styled as Dowager Countess of Atholl on 25 August 1595.

Children of Lady Mary Ruthven and John Stewart, 5th Earl of Atholl

• Lady Dorothea Stewart+[2] d. b 6 Aug 1628
• Lady Margaret Stewart[3]
• Lady Jean Stewart+[3] d. 19 Jul 1623
• Lady Anne Stewart+[4] d. c 15 Oct 1635
• Lady Mary Stewart[5] b. b 1588

Citations

• [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 314. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
• [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume XII/2, page 64.
• [S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 2767. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
• [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume III, page 96.
• [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume I, page 315.

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John Stewart, 8th Lord Innermeath, 25th Earl of Atholl was born circa 1566.1 A contract for the marriage of John Stewart, 8th Lord Innermeath, 25th Earl of Atholl and Margaret Lindsay was signed on 6 October 1580.1 A contract for the marriage of John Stewart, 8th Lord Innermeath, 25th Earl of Atholl and Mary Ruthven was signed on 31 March 1596.1,2 John Stewart, 8th Lord Innermeath, 25th Earl of Atholl died between August 1603 and October 1603 at Kincardine, Strathern, Scotland; Age about 37.1

MARY RUTHVEN

The Scots Peerage IV: 265-66