Mary Seton

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Mary Seton (Before 1549- d.1615) was the daughter of George Seton, 6th Lord Seton, and Marie Pieris, Lady in waiting to Marie de Guise, consort of King James V of Scotland.

As a child, Mary became a Lady in waiting to the future Mary Queen of Scots, along with three other girls of similar age and of a similar standing in Scots society.

They were known as the "Four Marys"- Mary Seton, Mary Beaton, Mary Fleming and Mary Livingston. The "Four Marys" accompanied Princess Mary to France where she wed the Dauphin, they were chosen, with the exception of Mary Fleming, for their Franco-Scottish parentage.

Mary Seton was the only of the four not to marry, and continued in service with Mary, in Scotland and during her captivity in England. In later life, she retired to the Convent at Rheims, in France where Renée de Guise, her beloved Queen's aunt was Abbess. She died there in 1615.