Mary of Menteith, Countess of Menteith

Mary I, Countess of Menteith

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The tomb effigies of Mary and her husband, Walter Bailloch, at Inchmahome Priory in Menteith.

Maire inghean Mhuireadhaich or Mary, daughter of Muireadhach II, Mormaer of Menteith, was Countess of Menteith, successor to her sister Isabella (Iosbail). She inherited the title from her father, and married Walter Bailloch, son of Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland.

By the time of the death of Walter Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, jure uxoris Earl of Menteith in 1258, she (Isabella)! may have already been married. In 1260, Isabella was arrested (along with her new husband, an English knight called John Russell) for the poisoning of her late husband;

By the month of April 1261, Walter and Mary were ruling the province as Count and Countess.

She died before her husband, but the exact year is not known. Her husband may have been alive as late as 1294. She and he had two sons, Alexander, the next ruler of the province, and John, the famous betrayer of William Wallace.

[edit]Bibliography

Brown, Michael, The Wars of Scotland, 1214-1371, (Edinburgh, 2004)

Paul, James Balfour, The Scots Peerage, Vol. VI, (Edinburgh, 1909)

Preceded by

Isabella Countess of Menteith

fl. 1261-x1295 Succeeded by

Alexander

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Mormaers or Earls of Menteith

[Known] Mormaers/Earls of Menteith line (to 1425)

Gille Críst · Muireadhach I · Muireadhach II · Mary I with Walter Comyn · Isabella with Walter Bailloch Stewart · Alexander · Alan · Muireadhach III · Mary II with John de Graham · Margaret with Robert Stewart · Muireadhach IV

Graham Earls (1427-1694)

Malise Graham · Alexander Graham · William Graham · John Graham · William Graham · John Graham · William Graham · William Graham

Maire inghean Mhuireadhaich or Mary, daughter of Muireadhach II, Mormaer of Menteith, was Countess of Menteith, successor to her sister Isabella (Iosbail). She inherited the title from her father, and married Walter Bailloch, son of Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland. By the time of the death of Walter Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, jure uxoris Earl of Menteith in 1258, she may have already been married. In 1260, Isabella was arrested (along with her new husband, an English knight called John Russell) for the poisoning of her late husband; by the month of April 1261, Walter and Mary were ruling the province as Count and Countess.

She died before her husband, but the exact year is not known. Her husband may have been alive as late as 1294. She and he had two sons, Alexander, the next ruler of the province, and John, the famous betrayer of William Wallace.
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Lady Mary Menteith Stewart
BIRTH 1220
Perth and Kinross, Scotland
DEATH 1286 (aged 65–66)
East Ayrshire, Scotland
BURIAL
Inchmahome Priory
Aberfoyle, Stirling, Scotland
MEMORIAL ID 54738042

Family Members
Spouse
Walter Earl of Menteith, jure uxoris Stewart
1212–1295

Children
Margaret Jane Stewart Abernathy
unknown–1324
John Menteith
1250–1329

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