Euphemia Stewart, Countess of Strathearn
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Euphemia Stewart (d. c. 1434) was a medieval Scottish noblewoman, the daughter of David Stewart, Earl Palatine of Strathearn and Caithness. She succeeded to both her father's titles after his death between 1385 and 1389, probably March 1386. Calling herself Countess Palatine of Strathearn, she resigned the tile Earl of Caithness to her uncle Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl, before 1402. She was married to Patrick Graham, son of Sir Patrick Graham of Dundaff. They had issue :
- 1. Malise, afterwards Earl of Menteith.
- 2. Euphemia, married, first, about 1425, to Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas, who died in June 1439; secondly, to James Hamilton of Cadzow, afterwards first Lord Hamilton.
- 3. Elizabeth (or Anna), married to her first cousin once removed, Sir John Lyon.
Patrick Graham appears to have taken the designation of Earl of Strathearn, as appears from a charter cited by Lord Strathallan in his history of the Drummonds, and others in the Register of the Great Seal.[1] He was killed on St Laurence Day, August 10, 1413, near Crieff, by Sir John Drummond of Concraig, Steward of Strathearn, in an encounter between them arising out of the Earl-consort's dissatisfaction with Sir John's official duties.[2]
The Countess survived him, and had dispensations to marry Robert Stewart of Fife, eldest son of Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany (on May 4, 1414), also Robert's brother Walter (September 5, 1415),[3] but she married instead Sir Patrick Dunbar of Bele. She was still alive in 1434,[4] but is not again named in record.
[edit] Notes
- ^ James Balfour Paul, Scots Peerage, vol. viii, p. 260, citing Genealogie of the House of Drummond, 91 ; Reg. Mag. Sig., fol. 225, 236, 237, 246.
- ^ James Balfour Paul, Scots Peerage, vol. viii, p. 260, citing Fordun and Goodall, ii. 447.
- ^ James Balfour Paul, Scots Peerage, vol. viii, p. 260, citing Regesta Avenionensia, vols. 344, f. 70; 335, f. 649.
- ^ James Balfour Paul, Scots Peerage, vol. viii, p. 260, citing Exch. Rolls, iv. pp. clix, 592.
[edit] References
This article incorporates text from The Scots Peerage (1904-1914) , a publication now in the public domain.
- Paul, James Balfour, The Scots Peerage, Vols. II & VIII, (Edinburgh, 1909)
- Boardman, S. I., "Stewart, David, first earl of Strathearn and first earl of Caithness (b. in or after 1357?, d. 1386?)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 , accessed 21 May 2007
| Preceded by David Stewart |
Countess of Strathearn c. 1386–1413 |
Succeeded by Malise Graham |
| Countess of Caithness c. 1386–x 1402 |
Succeeded by Walter Stewart |
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