Maxwell, Mary (fl. 1715)

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Maxwell, Mary (fl. 1715)

Countess of Traquair . Name variations: Lady Traquair; Lady Traquir; Mary Stuart. Flourished around 1715; daughter of Robert Maxwell, 4th earl of Nithsdale, and Lady Lucy Douglas; sister-in-law of Winifred Maxwell (1672–1749); married Charles Stuart, 4th earl of Traquir or Traquair; children: Charles Stuart, 5th earl of Traquair; John Stuart, Lucy Stuart; Anne Stuart; Mary Stuart; Catherine Stuart (who married William Maxwell, 6th earl of Nithsdale).

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