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Catherine Seton, Countess of Dunbar 1410–1478 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1410

Birth Location: Seton Castle, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland

Death Date: 07 Feb 1478

Death Location: Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Father: Sir War

Mother: Lady Dunbar

Spouse(s): Alan d'Aubigny, Herbert Maxwell

Children(s): John Lennox, Sir Darnley, Elizabeth Stewart

The story of Catherine Seton, Countess of Dunbar began in 1410 in Seton Castle, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland. Catherine Seton, Countess of Dunbar married Alan Stuart Of Darnley 2Nd Seigneur D Aubigny, Herbert Maxwell, and had children including Elizabeth Stewart, John Stuart Lord Of Darnley 1St Earl Of Lennox, Sir Alexander Stewart Of Darnley. Catherine Seton, Countess of Dunbar passed away in 1478 in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Catherine Seton, Countess of Dunbar began in 1410 in Seton Castle, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland.
  • Catherine Seton, Countess of Dunbar married Alan Stuart Of Darnley 2Nd Seigneur D Aubigny, Herbert Maxwell, and had children including Elizabeth Stewart, John Stuart Lord Of Darnley 1St Earl Of Lennox, Sir Alexander Stewart Of Darnley.
  • Catherine Seton, Countess of Dunbar passed away in 1478 in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir War
1390–1424
Birth Location: Seton Manor, Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland
SW
Lady Dunbar
1390–1429
Birth Location: Cockburn, Berwickshire, Scotland
LD

Spouses(s)

Alan d'Aubigny
1408–1439
Birth Location: Darnley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Ad
Herbert Maxwell
1388–1454
Birth Location: Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
HM

Children(s)

John Lennox
1428–1495
Birth Location: Darnley Castle, Renfrewshire, Scotland
JL
Sir Darnley
1431–1450
Birth Location: Darnley Castle, Renfrewshire, Scotland
SD
Elizabeth Stewart
1428–1491
Birth Location: Loudoun, Ayrshire, Scotland
ES

Catherine Dunbar's Ancestors

Self
Catherine Dunbar
1410–1478
Birth Place: Seton Castle, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland
Parents
Sir William Seton, 100 Years War
1390–1424
Seton Manor, Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland
Lady (Janet) Dunbar
1390–1429
Cockburn, Berwickshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (John de Seton, Knight Templar, 2nd Lord) Seton
1370–1434
Seton, East Lothian, Scotland
Katherine (Sinclair St.) Clair
1375–1450
Herdmanston, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
Sir (George de Dunbar, 11th Earl of Dunbar & March, 13th Lord of Annandale, Lord of the Isle of) Man
1370–1457
Dunbar Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
William Otterburn
1343–1424
Janet Seton
1351–1430
1303–1358
Isabel Orkney
1335–1391
George Man
1338–1420
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Alan Jerusalem
–1347
Lady Seton
–1347
David Cumbernauld
–1406
–1330
Malise Orkney
1299–1357
Marjory Ross
1302–1350

Catherine Dunbar's Descendants

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Catherine (Seton, Countess of) Dunbar (1410–07 Feb 1478) m. Alan (Stuart of Darnley, 2nd Seigneur) d'Aubigny (1408–20 Sep 1439) m. Herbert Maxwell (9 Aug 1388–4 Feb 1454)
  1. 1. John (Stuart, Lord of Darnley, 1st Earl of) Lennox 1428–1495 m. Margaret (Montgomerie, (not same as other Margaret Mont., Lady Countess) Lennox 1436–1493
    1. 1. Matthew (Stuart, 2nd Earl of) Lennox 1460–1513 m. Elizabeth (Hamilton, Countess of) Lennox 1473–1531
      1. 1. Sir (John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox, grandson Henry married Mary Queen of Scots, knight of) Lennox 1490–1526 m. Lady (Elizabeth Stewart, Countess of) Lennox 1494–1564
        1. 1. Sir (Matthew Stuart, 4th Earl of) Lennox 1516–1571 m. Margaret (Douglas, Countess) Lennox 1515–1578
        2. 2. John (Stewart Stuart, 5th Seigneur) d'Aubigny 1519–1567 m. Anne (de Queuille, Countess of) Aubugny 1520–1579
        3. 3. Lady (Helen Stewart Stuart, Countess of Sutherland &) Erroll 1520–1565 m. WILLIAM (Hay, 6th Earl of) Erroll 1520–1541 m. John ("The Good Earl' Gordon, 11th Earl of Sutherland, 2nd) husband 1526–1567
        4. 4. Robert (Stewart, Earl of March &) Lennox 1517–1586
    2. 2. Barbara Stewart 1465–
    3. 3. Lady (Marion Stewart of) Lennox 1457–1488 m. Sir (Robert I Crichton of Kinnoull, 1st Laird of Sanguhar, 6th Laird) Crichton 1442–1492
      1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth Crichton ( Douglas) ) 1472–1524 m. John (Hay, 2nd Laird-Lord of Yester, Slains) Castle 1450–1513
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Christine Hay van) Yester 1501–1548 m. William (Stewart) (Stuart) 1506–1548 m. Baron (George de Seton, 4th Laird of Seton, Baron of) Winton 1501–1549
        2. 2. Sir (John Hay, 3rd Lair of) Yester 1484–1543
        3. 3. Thomas Hay 1490–1552
        4. 4. Elizabeth Hay 1492–1551
        5. 5. Elizabeth (Hay, Baroness of) Saltoun 1506–1574
        6. 6. Jeanette Hay 1495–
      2. 2. Marion Crichton 1470–1493
      3. 3. Robert (Crichton, Lord Crichton) Sanquhar 1472–1513 m. Marion Maxwell 1472–1527
        1. 1. Mary (Margaret Crichton \ Crighton of) Kirkpatrick 1501–1535 m. Thomas (Ferguson, 6th Laird) Craigdarroch 1490–1534
        2. 2. Lady (Margaret) Crichton 1515–1535 m. James (Gordon, Liard van) Lochinvar 1510–1547
    4. 4. 1440–1510 m. Archibald Campbell 1460–1513
      1. 1. Lady (Janet Mary Campbell, Countness of) Atholl 1480–1546 m. John (Stewart, 2nd Earl of) Atholl 1475–1513
        1. 1. John (Stewart, 3rd Earl of) Atholl 1507–1542 m. Grizel Rattray 1507–1542 m. Jean Forbes 1518–1554
        2. 2. Margaret (Stewart, Lady of) Knockie 1509–1555
        3. 3. Jean Stewart 1492–1522
        4. 4. Lady (Janet Stewart, Countess Consort of Sutherland and Lady of Methven and) Ruthven 1505–1566 m. Sir (Alexander I Gordon, Earl of) Sutherland 1505–1529
      2. 2. Colin (II Campbell, Earl of) Argyll 1485–1529 m. Janet (Gordon of) Huntly 1479–1530
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Isabel) Campbell –1548
        2. 2. Archibald Campbell –1558
      3. 3. John (Campbell, 1st Earl of) Cawdor 1490–1546
      4. 4. Margaret Campbell 1490–1555 m. John (Erskine) Baron 1487–1555
        1. 1. Margaret Lindsay 1500–1577 m. Sir (James Stewart of) Doune 1506–1544
      5. 5. Sir (Lord John Campbell, knight, 5th Laird of Thane, Earl of) Cawdor 1479–1546 m. Lady (Muriëlle Calder of) Cawdor 1539–1575 m. Lady (Murielle Calder, heiress of the old Thane of Cawdor in Shakespeare's) "Macbeth" 1501–1561
        1. 1. John (Campbell of Cawdor, Bishop of the) Isles 1519–1585 m. Isabel Lamont 1535–1580 m. Lady (Mary of Marischal) Keith 1544–1592
        2. 2. Margaret (or Elizabeth Campbell, 2nd wife,) Macguire 1512–1556 m. Sir (William "The Notorious" Cunningham, Knight, 4th Earl of Glencairn, Lord High Treasurer, a promoter of the reformation in Scotland as early 1540, Lord) Kilmaurs 1493–1548
        3. 3. Sir (Archibald Campbell, 3rd Lord of) Archenbreck 1510–1551
        4. 4. Sir (John of Cawdor Campbell, Knight, 4th Lord of Auchinbreck,) Duncan 1514–1591
      6. 6. Archibald Campbell 1511–1537 m. Janet (Douglas, Baroness of) Glamis 1502–1537
        1. 1. John (Lyon, Lord) Glamis 1521–1559
      7. 7. Reverend (Donald) Campbell 1492–1562 m. Lady (Margaret de) Gordon 1450–1525
        1. 1. Nicholas (Nicol of Campbell, Lord of Aberuchill, progenitor of the Keithick branch of) Campbells 1517–1587 m. Katherine (Drummond of) Blair 1520–1590
  2. 2. Sir (Alexander Stewart of) Darnley 1431–1450
  3. 3. Elizabeth Stewart 1428–1491

Catherine Dunbar's Timeline

2 Records

1410
1410
Birth of Catherine Seton, Countess of Dunbar in Seton Castle, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland
Seton Castle, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland
1478
07 Feb 1478
Age 68
Death of Catherine Seton, Countess of Dunbar in Carlaverock Castle, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Carlaverock Castle, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1410
    Event Place: Seton Castle, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 07 Feb 1478
    Event Place: Carlaverock Castle, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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