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Simon Fraser, 6th Lord Lovat

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According to the 17th-century family historian, James Fraser, James VI had offered Lovat the pick of the ladies at court to marry. At first his choice Jean Stewart refused him saying, "Sir, he is not bonny." James VI and Anna of Denmark pointed out the compensatory value of his lands of Lovat and
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followed by a sumptuous and extravagant "in-fare" at Beauly. He noted that after bearing six children Jean Stewart was overweight "turning gross and too fat" and had no more, which he said was characteristic of the Stewarts of Doune.
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in 1633. Her portrait was painted in 1666 and she wears mourning clothes with an heirloom diamond set jewel with three pendant pearls, which may have belonged to her mother.
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in 1600. In 1617 Fraser and Jean Stewart went to Edinburgh to meet the king, and Fraser sat again in parliament.
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He died at Bunchrew on 15 April 1633, and was buried, not according to family tradition at Beauly, but at
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Fraser married thirdly Katherine Rose of Moynes, widow of James Grant of Logie, daughter of William
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Anna Fraser, named after the queen, was born in March 1597 and died in 1603.
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gave her two expensive velvet gowns, one purple and one black with gold
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The children of Lord Lovat and Katherine Mackenzie included:
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Members of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland 1630
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Elizabeth Fraser, who married Alexander Dunbar (d. 1622).
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in 1589. She died in 1593 in childbirth in the painted (
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Fraser and Jean Stewart had six children including:
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and Margaret Campbell, who was a lady in waiting to
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Index

Hugh Fraser
Lord Lovat
Elizabeth Stewart
John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl
Colin Mackenzie of Kintail
Dingwall
Gaelic
Beauly Priory
Earl of Atholl
Kenneth Mackenzie
Linlithgow Palace
Stirling Castle
James Stewart, 1st Lord Doune
Anne of Denmark
James VI of Scotland
passementerie
Gordon family
James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray
Donibristle
Falkland Palace
Beauly Priory
Beaufort
Bunchrew
Dalcross Castle
Inverness
Castle Stewart
Dalcattaig woods
Earl of Gowrie
Kirkhill
Lord Lovat

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