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What happened to “the four Marys” (Beaton, Seton, Fleming, and Livingston) after the death of their lady, Mary, Queen of Scots?
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What happened to “the four Marys” (Beaton, Seton, Fleming, and Livingston) after the death of their lady, Mary, Queen of Scots?

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Throughout his adult life Robert Stedall has been fascinated by genealogy, researching in detail both his own family tree and that of his wife, Elizabeth Clay. It was in his wife’s ancestry, that he discovered a number of connections to the personalities surrounding Mary Queen of Scots and her son, James VI, in particular the Earls of Mar, her maternal grandmother’s family.

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  • Home
  • Author
  • Books
    • Mary Queen of Scots
      • Mary Queen of Scots Downfall
      • The Challenge to the Crown
      • The Survival of the Crown
      • Mary Queen of Scots’ Secretary
    • Elizabeth I
      • Elizabeth I’s Secret Lover
      • Elizabeth I’s Final Years
    • Other Books
      • Men of Substance
      • The Roots of Ireland’s Troubles
      • Hunting from Hampstead
  • People
  • Family Trees
    • Family Tree’s 1-8
      • Introduction to the Family Trees
      • 1. The Royal Tudor Succession
      • 2. The Royal Stewart Succession
      • 3. The Hamiltons of Arran
      • 4. The Stuarts of Lennox
      • 5. The Morton Succession
      • 6. The Douglases of Angus
      • 7. The Gordons of Huntly & Sutherland
      • 8. The Campbells of Argyll, Kennedys of Cassillis and Stewarts of Doune (later Earls of Moray)
    • Family Tree’s 9-16
      • 9. The Stewarts of Atholl and the Murrays of Tullibardine
      • 10. The Lindsays of Crawford
      • 11. The Leslies of Rothes
      • 12. The Hepburns of Bothwell
      • 13. The Erskines of Mar and Stewarts of Moray
      • 14. The Cunninghams of Glencairn
      • 15. The Hays of Erroll
      • 16. The Keiths, Earls Marischal and the Ogilvys of Boyne
    • Family Tree’s 17-24
      • 17. The Lords Drummond and the Grahams of Montrose
      • 18. The Montgomeries of Eglinton, The Lords Sempill and Cathcart
      • 19. The Lords Ruthven, later Earls of Gowrie
      • 20. The Sinclairs of Caithness and the Lords Sinclair
      • 21. The Lords Lindsay of the Byres and the Stewarts of Innermeath
      • 22. The Lords Seton and the Maitlands of Thirlestane
      • 23. The Stewarts of Avandale, Ochiltree, Methven and Doune (later Earls of Moray)
      • 24. The Lords Gray and the Lyons of Glamis
    • Family Tree’s 25-32
      • 25. The Flemings of Biggar and the Livingstones of Callendar
      • 26. The Lords Home and the Lords Herries
      • 27. The Boyds of Kilmarnock
      • 28. The Kers of Cessford, Kerrs of Newbottle (later Earls of Lothian) and Scotts of Buccleuch
      • 29. The Kerrs of Ferniehirst (Lords Jedburgh, Earls of Ancram and Lothian) and Hays of Yester
      • 30. The Melvilles of Raith and the Kirkcaldys of Grange
      • 31. The Bethunes of Balfour
      • 32. The Bethunes of Creich and the Balfours of Burleigh
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