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Marie Pieris
Marie Pieris, Lady Seton (c. 1520–1576) was a French lady in waiting at the Scottish court.
She was the daughter of René Pierres, Seigneur du Plessis-Baudouin and Antoinette d'Hommes. The French Pierres family claimed to have descended from the Percy family of Northumberland.
Marie Pieris joined the household of Mary of Guise when she married James V, King of Scotland. Soon after coming to Scotland, she married George Seton, 6th Lord Seton. Their handfasting was held at Falkland Palace in February 1539. Her father wrote from Plessis-Baudouin to Mary of Guise to thank her for arranging the marriage, and he promised that after his death Marie would have her inheritance from him. René Pierres was improving his home at this time with a new drawbridge and a chapel at the parish church of Joué-Étiau in Maine-et-Loire.
In early modern Scotland married women did not change their surnames. Her children included Robert Seton of Greendikes, James, and Mary Seton, the well-known companion of Mary, Queen of Scots. Little is known of Robert and less of John.
Her colleague in the queen's household, Jeanne Delareynveil, married Robert Beaton of Creich in 1539, and their daughter Mary Beaton was another of the celebrated four Marys.
After the death of James V, Scotland was ruled by James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran as "Regent Arran". The infant queen remained in the care of her mother, Mary of Guise, at Linlithgow Palace and then at Stirling Castle. A proposal from Henry VIII that the infant queen Mary should marry his son Prince Edward, led to a war, now often known as the Rough Wooing.
Marie Pieris wrote to Mary of Guise from Niddry Castle, warning her that Lord Seton had heard of a plot by Regent Arran to kidnap the infant Mary, Queen of Scots. As she mentions she has discussed the plot with Cardinal Beaton, the letter may date from 1543, when the Cardinal was held in Lord Seton's custody. She signed the letter "Marye Pyerres".
The couple were given a new charter of the lands of Winchburgh and "West" Niddry Castle on 27 June 1548. During the siege of Haddington the family lived at Culross in Fife. Lord Seton died in July 1549 and was buried in the quire of Culross Abbey. When the war was over, Marie Pieris had his body reburied at Seton Collegiate Church next to his father.
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Marie Pieris
Marie Pieris, Lady Seton (c. 1520–1576) was a French lady in waiting at the Scottish court.
She was the daughter of René Pierres, Seigneur du Plessis-Baudouin and Antoinette d'Hommes. The French Pierres family claimed to have descended from the Percy family of Northumberland.
Marie Pieris joined the household of Mary of Guise when she married James V, King of Scotland. Soon after coming to Scotland, she married George Seton, 6th Lord Seton. Their handfasting was held at Falkland Palace in February 1539. Her father wrote from Plessis-Baudouin to Mary of Guise to thank her for arranging the marriage, and he promised that after his death Marie would have her inheritance from him. René Pierres was improving his home at this time with a new drawbridge and a chapel at the parish church of Joué-Étiau in Maine-et-Loire.
In early modern Scotland married women did not change their surnames. Her children included Robert Seton of Greendikes, James, and Mary Seton, the well-known companion of Mary, Queen of Scots. Little is known of Robert and less of John.
Her colleague in the queen's household, Jeanne Delareynveil, married Robert Beaton of Creich in 1539, and their daughter Mary Beaton was another of the celebrated four Marys.
After the death of James V, Scotland was ruled by James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran as "Regent Arran". The infant queen remained in the care of her mother, Mary of Guise, at Linlithgow Palace and then at Stirling Castle. A proposal from Henry VIII that the infant queen Mary should marry his son Prince Edward, led to a war, now often known as the Rough Wooing.
Marie Pieris wrote to Mary of Guise from Niddry Castle, warning her that Lord Seton had heard of a plot by Regent Arran to kidnap the infant Mary, Queen of Scots. As she mentions she has discussed the plot with Cardinal Beaton, the letter may date from 1543, when the Cardinal was held in Lord Seton's custody. She signed the letter "Marye Pyerres".
The couple were given a new charter of the lands of Winchburgh and "West" Niddry Castle on 27 June 1548. During the siege of Haddington the family lived at Culross in Fife. Lord Seton died in July 1549 and was buried in the quire of Culross Abbey. When the war was over, Marie Pieris had his body reburied at Seton Collegiate Church next to his father.