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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox royalty Annabella of Scotland (Шаблон:C. 1436 – 1509) was a Scottish princess, a member of the House of Stewart, and by her two marriages Countess of Geneva and Countess of Huntly. Both of her marriages were annulled, the first without being consummated and the second on grounds of consanguinity.

Life

Early years

Presumably named after her paternal grandmother, Annabella was the eighth child and sixth daughter of King James I and Joan Beaufort. Her sisters were Margaret, Isabella, Eleanor, Mary and Joan, and her brothers were James II of Scotland and his twin brother Alexander, who died in infancy.

First marriage

On 14 December 1444 was signed the marriage contract between Annabella and Louis, Count of Geneva, son of Louis, Duke of Savoy at Stirling Castle.[1] Both bride and groom were about 8 years old. The following year, Annabella went to Savoy to be educated there.[2]

The cortege of the princess, accompanied by the ambassadors of her father-in-law, arrived in Savoy in September 1445, after an eventful journey of 86 days.[1] Many expenses were incurred for her reception, even though she was neither the heiress to the Kingdom of Scotland nor the future Duchess of Savoy.[1]

However, the official wedding was never celebrated.[1] King Charles VII of France, wasn't in favor of this alliance and sent several embassies to prevent it.Шаблон:Sfn The marriage contract was thus broken during negotiations at Gannat in 1458, in the presence of the French King and the representatives of the Duke of Savoy and the King of Scotland.[1] The Duke had to pay 25,000 écus in damages to the Scottish royal family.Шаблон:Sfn

Second marriage

Annabella returned to Scotland and married Lord George Gordon, son and heir of the 1st Earl of Huntly before 10 March 1460. After the death of her father-in-law on 15 July 1470, her husband became in the 2nd Earl, and Annabella the Countess of Huntly. However, shortly after the 2nd Earl instituted proceedings to have his marriage with Annabella annulled because she was related in the third and fourth degrees of consanguinity with his first wife, Elizabeth Dunbar, 8th Countess of Murray; the marriage was finally dissolved by the sentence pronounced on 24 July 1471.[3]

Issue

Annabella had children with her second husband the 2nd Earl of Huntly; two children are attributed to her:

However, there are other children of the 2nd Earl of Huntly whose maternity remained disputed; they could be children of either Annabella or the 2nd Earl's third and last wife (and previously mistress) Lady Elizabeth Hay:

  • Adam Gordon, who married Lady Elizabeth de Moravia, daughter and heir of John de Moravia, 8th Earl of Sutherland, and in her right became Countess of Sutherland after her brother's death. Their son was Alexander Gordon, Master of Sutherland.[3]
  • William Gordon, married Janet Ogilvy and was the ancestor of the Gordons of Gight.Шаблон:Efn[4]
  • James Gordon, mentioned in an entail in 1498.[4]
  • Lady Janet Gordon, who married firstly, Alexander Lindsay, Master of Crawfurd; secondly, Patrick, Master of Gray (annulled); thirdly, Patrick Buttar of Gormark; and fourthly, James Halkerston of Southwood. She died before February 1559.[5]
  • Lady Elizabeth Gordon, who was contracted to marry William Keith, 3rd Earl Marischal, in 1481.[6]

Ancestry

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Notes

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References

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Bibliography

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  • Priscilla Bawcutt, Bridget Henisch, Scots Abroad in the Fifteenth Century: The Princesses Margaret, Isabella and Eleanor, Elizabeth Ewan and Maureen M. Meikle (éd.), Women in Scotland, c.1100–1750, East Linton, Tuckwell, 1999, pp. 45–55. online
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  • Fiona Downie, La Voie Quelle Menace Tenir': Annabella Stewart, Scotland, and the European Marriage Market, 1444–56, The Scottish Historical Review, vol. 78, no. 206, 1999, pp. 170–191. Шаблон:JSTOR.
  • Eva Pibiri, Histoire de femme, histoire d'Etat. Stratégie matrimoniale à la cour de Savoie pour la couronne de Chypre, 1455–1457 (in French), in Bollettino storico-bibliografico subalpino, 102/2 (2004), pp. 443–472. online
  • Meredith Comba, Methods of queenship in matrimonial diplomacy: Fifteenth century Scottish royal women . Constellations, 2014, vol. 5, no 2.

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  1. 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 Шаблон:Cite journal
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  3. 3,0 3,1 3,2 The Scots Peerage, Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, ed. James Balfour Paul, Vol. IV (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1907), p. 529.
  4. 4,0 4,1 The Scots Peerage, Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, ed. James Balfour Paul, Vol. IV (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1907), p. 530
  5. The Scots Peerage, Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, ed. James Balfour Paul, Vol. III (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1905), p. 24
  6. The records of Aboyne MCCXXX-MDCLXXXI, ed. Charles Gordon Huntly (Aberdeen: The New Spalding Club, 1894), p. 402