Catherine (Seton) Seton Lady Maxwell (abt. 1414 - bef. 1478)

Born about 1414 in Seton, East Lothian ,Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of Alan (Stewart) Stewart of Darnley — married 1429 in Darnley, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Wife of Herbert (Maxwell) Maxwell First Lord Maxwell — married after 1439 in Scotland

Descendants

Died before 7 Feb 1478 before about age 64 in Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

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Biography

Catherine Seton was the daughter of Sir William Seton of Seton and Janet Dunbar.^[1]

She married, firstly, Sir Alan Stuart of Darnley, son of Sir John Stewart, 1st Seigneur d'Aubigny and Elizabeth of Lennox, circa 1429.^[1] They had issue:

1. Alexander Stewart^[2] d. a 13 Mar 1450
2. John Stuart, 10th Earl of Lennox+^[3] b. b 1430, d. bt 8 Jul 1495 - 11 Sep 1495

She married, secondly as his second wife, Herbert Maxwell, 1st Lord Maxwell, son of Sir Herbert de Maxwell and Katherine Stewart.^{[1] [4]} They had the following children:

1. George, ancestor of Maxwells of Carnsalloch in the county of Dumfries^[4]
2. David^[4]
3. Adam, ancestor of Maxwells of Southbar in Renfrewshire^[4]
4. John^[4]
5. WIlliam^[4]

1. Janet^[4]
2. Marriot^[4]

Catherine died between 19 Jul 1468 and 4 Feb 1478.

"Katherine Seton, Lady Maxwell outlived her second husband Lord Maxwell, She was a widow for fully 15 years"^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Volume 1, page 1285.
2. ↑ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Volume 2, page 2764.
3. ↑ 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 328.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7} Fraser, Sir William. "Book of Carlaverock: Memoirs of the Maxwells, Earls of Nithsdale, Lords of Maxwell & Herries", Edinburgh: private, 1873, Vol. I, Archive.org, p. 125
5. ↑ Fraser, Sir William. "Book of Carlaverock: Memoirs of the Maxwells, Earls of Nithsdale, Lords of Maxwell & Herries", Edinburgh: private, 1873, Vol. I, Archive.org, p. 139

Research Note

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