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Isabella, Countess of Menteith

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family. When her husband died in 1258, Isabella married again, this time to an English knight named
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Isabella may have had one son by Walter Comyn, a man named Henry who witnesses a charter of
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died without legitimate male heir in 1233, the province passed to Isabella.
42: 158: 27: 41:, bringing the mormaerdom temporarily into the hands of the 157: 319: 143: 150: 136: 170:Mormaers/Earls of Menteith line (to 1425) 22:(1217 – 1272) was the eldest daughter of 320: 338:Nobility from Stirling (council area) 131: 24:Muireadhach II, Mormaer of Menteith 13: 14: 364: 79:The Wars of Scotland, 1214-1371 71: 20:Isabella, Countess of Menteith 1: 93:, Vol. VI, (Edinburgh, 1909) 7: 10: 369: 264: 169: 116: 107: 99: 265:Graham Earls (1427–1694) 208:Walter Bailloch Stewart 348:13th-century mormaers 343:Mormaers of Menteith 110:Countess of Menteith 353:Scottish countesses 114:fl. 1233-1260x1261 85:Paul, James Balfour 81:, (Edinburgh, 2004) 315: 314: 163:Earls of Menteith 126: 125: 117:Succeeded by 90:The Scots Peerage 66:Mormaer of Lennox 33:Isabella married 16:Scottish countess 360: 277:Alexander Graham 152: 145: 138: 129: 128: 100:Preceded by 97: 96: 77:Brown, Michael, 39:Lord of Badenoch 368: 367: 363: 362: 361: 359: 358: 357: 318: 317: 316: 311: 260: 229:Muireadhach III 165: 156: 122: 113: 105: 74: 26:. When the old 17: 12: 11: 5: 366: 356: 355: 350: 345: 340: 335: 330: 313: 312: 310: 309: 307:William Graham 304: 302:William Graham 299: 294: 292:William Graham 289: 284: 282:William Graham 279: 274: 268: 266: 262: 261: 259: 258: 256:Muireadhach IV 253: 250:Robert Stewart 242: 239:John de Graham 231: 226: 221: 216: 211: 200: 189: 187:Muireadhach II 184: 179: 173: 171: 167: 166: 155: 154: 147: 140: 132: 124: 123: 118: 115: 106: 103:Muireadhach II 101: 95: 94: 82: 73: 70: 62:Maol Domhnaich 51:Walter Stewart 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 365: 354: 351: 349: 346: 344: 341: 339: 336: 334: 331: 329: 326: 325: 323: 308: 305: 303: 300: 298: 295: 293: 290: 288: 285: 283: 280: 278: 275: 273: 272:Malise Graham 270: 269: 267: 263: 257: 254: 252: 251: 246: 243: 241: 240: 235: 232: 230: 227: 225: 222: 220: 217: 215: 212: 210: 209: 204: 201: 199: 198: 193: 190: 188: 185: 183: 182:Muireadhach I 180: 178: 175: 174: 172: 168: 164: 160: 153: 148: 146: 141: 139: 134: 133: 130: 121: 112: 111: 104: 98: 92: 91: 86: 83: 80: 76: 75: 69: 67: 63: 58: 56: 52: 48: 44: 40: 36: 31: 29: 25: 21: 248: 237: 206: 197:Walter Comyn 195: 191: 108: 88: 78: 72:Bibliography 59: 47:John Russell 35:Walter Comyn 32: 19: 18: 333:1272 deaths 328:1217 births 297:John Graham 287:John Graham 177:Gille Críst 322:Categories 214:Alexander 245:Margaret 192:Isabella 159:Mormaers 234:Mary II 224:Alan II 28:mormaer 219:Alan I 203:Mary I 247:with 236:with 205:with 194:with 43:Comyn 120:Mary 55:Mary 161:or 324:: 87:, 64:, 37:, 151:e 144:t 137:v

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Muireadhach II, Mormaer of Menteith
mormaer
Walter Comyn
Lord of Badenoch
Comyn
John Russell
Walter Stewart
Mary
Maol Domhnaich
Mormaer of Lennox
Paul, James Balfour
The Scots Peerage
Muireadhach II
Countess of Menteith
Mary
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Mormaers
Earls of Menteith
Gille Críst
Muireadhach I
Muireadhach II
Isabella
Walter Comyn
Mary I
Walter Bailloch Stewart
Alexander
Alan I
Alan II

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