Margaret
Fleming Countess of Atholl
formerly Fleming
Born about in Boghall castle, Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Ancestors 
Sister of
William Fleming, Janet Fleming, John Fleming [half], Johanna (Fleming) Crawford, James (Fleming) Fleming Fourth Lord Fleming, Elizabeth Fleming, John (Fleming) Fleming Fifth Lord Fleming, Agnes (Fleming) Fleming Lady Livingston, Mary (Fleming) Meldrum and Henri (de Valois) Valois [half]
Wife of
Robert (Graham) Graham Master of Graham
— married
about 1545 [location unknown]
Wife of
Thomas Erskine
— married
30 Jan 1549 in Erskine, Midlothian, Scotland
Wife of
John (Stewart) Fourth Earl of Atholl
— married
1 Apr 1557 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
John (Graham) Graham Third Earl of Montrose, Catherine Graham, Janet Stewart, Grizel (Stewart) Stewart Countess of Crawford and John Stewart
Died about
at about age 59
in Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland
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Biography
Margaret (Fleming) Fleming Countess of Atholl is a member of Clan Fleming.
Margaret (Fleming) Fleming Countess of Atholl is Notable.
Margaret Fleming was born c. 1528, daughter to Malcolm Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming and his wife Janet Stewart, natural daughter of King James IV. by Isabel Stewart, Countess of Bothwell, daughter of James, third Earl of Buchan.[1]
She married firstly, Robert Graham, Master of Graham, who was killed at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh on 10 Sep 1547[1] along with her father and a brother in law. This marriage likely occurred c. 1545.
She married, secondly (contract 30 Jan 1549), Thomas Erskine, Master of Erskine, without issue.[1] She had a charter in her viduity (widowhood) in liferent from John Cunningham of Drumquhassell on 1 March 1549 in implement of her marriage-contract with Thomas, Master of Erskine.
She married, thirdly, (contract 1 Apr 1557), to John Stewart, 4th Lord of Atholl Lord Chancellor.[2][3] They had a charter of the lands of Inglassey. They had issue:
She is said to have possessed powers of incantation, and at the birth of James VI. cast the pains of labour from the Queen on the Lady Hires.
She was dead before 15 Mar 1587.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1911, Vol. VIII, Archive.org, p. 540
- ↑ Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1911, Vol. VIII, Archive.org, p. 541
- ↑ Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904, Vol. I, Archive.org, p. 445
- ↑ MacGregor, Gordon, The Red Book of Scotland, Scotland, private, 2022, Ed. 3, Vol. III, p. 112
- ↑ Drummond, William, The Genealogy of the Most Noble and Ancient House of Drummond, Glasgow, Private, 1889, Archive.org, p. 249
See also:
- Wikipedia: Margaret Fleming, Countess of Atholl
- Wikidata: Item Q91232179, en:Wikipedia
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