Margaret (Fraser) de Hay (abt. 1291)

Born about 1291 in Scotland [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Gilbert (Haye) Hay of Locherworth — married about 1308 in Scotland

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Scotland [uncertain]

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Biography

Margaret (Fraser) de Hay is a member of Clan Fraser.

Birth

Margaret was the daughter of Simon Fraser by his wife Maria of unknown parentage. This marriage produced two daughters,^[1] including Joanna (possibly) who married into the Fleming family of Wigton.^[2][3] Margaret's date of birth has been roughly estimated based upon the estimated birthdate of her father, Simon Fraser, who swore fealty to Edward I in 1291.^[1] Assuming Simon had reached his majority at this time, the assumption is that he was born before 1270. Margaret's birthdate, therefore, would likely have occurred around 1291.

Marriage

In 1308, Margaret Fraser married Sir Gilbert of Tweeddale and Locherworth, son of Sir William Hay of Tweeddale and grandson of Sir John of Locherworth.^[2][4][5] Their marriage produced the following issue:^[5]

• Thomas, who succeeded his father to the lands of Tweeddale (d. c. 1350). He married Christiana Wardlaw, daughter of the laird of Torreburne in Fife and sister of the Cardinal of Glasgow;
• Malitius, who died at the battle of Poitiers in France;
• James, who died at the battle of Poitiers in France;
• Marjory, married to Alexander Montgomery; and
• Agnes, married to John Fenton, councilor.

Death

Margaret's date of death and location of burial are unknown.

Research Notes

Margaret Fraser was not married to Sir Gilbert of Errol, as her profile previously indicated, and has been detached as his wife (see sources above).

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} People of Medieval Scotland 1093-1371. (1296 x 1306). Simon Fraser. Retrieved from PoMS (Available online); accessed 26 April 2022.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Balfour Paul, James. (1910). 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 (Vol. VII, p. 422). Edinburgh: D. Douglas. Retrieved from Internet Archive (Available online); accessed 26 April 2022.
3. ↑ Douglas, Robert. (1764). The Peerage of Scotland: Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of That Kingdom, from Their Origin to the Present Generation: Collected from the Public Records, and Ancient Chartularies of this Nation, the Charters, and Other Writings of the Nobility, and the Works of our Best Historians ... (p. 428). Edinburgh: R. Fleming. Retrieved from Internet Archive (Available online); accessed 26 April 2022.
4. ↑ Tweedie, Michael Forbes. (1902). The History of the Tweedie, or Tweedy, Family: A Record of Scottish Lowland Life & Character (p. 9). London: W.P. Griffith & Sons. Retrieved from Internet Archive (Available online); accessed 26 April 2022.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Hay, Richard Augustin. (1835). Genealogie of the Hayes of Tweeddale (pp. 14, 15). Edinburgh: T. G. Stevenson. Retrieved from Internet Archive (Available online); accessed 26 April 2022.

See also:

• Electric Scotland:(Available online); accessed 26 April 2022.