Mariota Herries (abt. 1435 - aft. 1497)

Born about 1435 in Teregles, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

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Descendants

Died after 11 Sep 1497 after about age 62 in Clackmannanshire, Scotland [uncertain]

Biography

Mariota Herries was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Mariota Herries is a member of Herries Clan.

Mariota was the daughter of Sir John Herries^[1] and Egidia Somerville born at of Terregles, Scotland.

She married firstly, Sir David Stewart, 3rd of Rosyth, son of David Stewart, 2nd Laird of Rosyth and Marion Ogilvy.^[2] They had issue:

1. Janet, m. Sir Alexander Bruce of Birgham^[2]

She married, before 1497, as his second wife, Sir David Bruce, son of John Bruce, 5th Baron O'Lack Manor and Elizabeth Stewart. ^[1] They had issue:

1. Sir David, Baron O'Lack Manor d. a 1505^[1]
2. Alexander^[1]
3. Margaret^[1]
4. Christian^[1]

Mariota was still living on 11 Sep 1497.^[1]

Research Notes

• Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, 1938 ed., by Sir Bernard Burke, p., 927

• Marlyn_Lewis

• http://www.ourfamilyhistories.org/getperson.php?personID=I106847

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} 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, 1906, Vol. III, Archive.org, p. 471
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Rymer, Thomas, "Rosyth. Dumferline: A Romanes & Son, 1917, Archive.org, Sir David Stewart, pp. 32-3