* Buried at the Church of the Friars Preachers of St. Lawrence (also known as Blackfriars). Wife of Walter Stewart, granddaughter of Joan of Acre and Ralph Monthermer; daughter of Donnchadh 1V, Earl of Fife, by his wife Mary de Monthermer (herself the daughter of Joan of Acre and Ralph Monthermer).
In 1332 she and her mother had been captured at Perth by supporters of King David 11 of Scotland. She was sent as a ward to Northumberland, where she married her guardian Sir William Felton. Wiliam Felton was styled "Lord of Fife" in right of his wife, and died on Sep 21 1358. Their children were:
John Felton 1340-1396
Duncan Felton, a priest, died after 1385
Joan Felton (died before 1384), married Walter Faucomberge.
Because her father had forfeited the earldom, David 11 granted Fife to Sir William Ramsay of Colluthie (near Cupar, Fife) in 1358, ignoring Isabel's own claim. She was not recognized as Countess until 1363. She had married for second time to Walter Stewart, a son of King Robert 11 of Scotland, before June 1361. He died the following year, and she married again in Jan 1263 to Thomas Byset. He died by April 1366. She is said to have married for the fourth and final time to John de Dunbar, who died before 1371, but Boardman shows that this was not the case, but that rather she was prevailed upon by King David 11 to grant him the Lordship of Fife. She had no children by her later marriages.
Isabel resigned the earldom of Fife on Mar 30 1371 to Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany. She died shortly after Aug 12 1389 and was buried next to Walter Stewart.
In 1332 she and her mother had been captured at Perth by supporters of King David 11 of Scotland. She was sent as a ward to Northumberland, where she married her guardian Sir William Felton. Wiliam Felton was styled "Lord of Fife" in right of his wife, and died on Sep 21 1358. Their children were:
John Felton 1340-1396
Duncan Felton, a priest, died after 1385
Joan Felton (died before 1384), married Walter Faucomberge.
Because her father had forfeited the earldom, David 11 granted Fife to Sir William Ramsay of Colluthie (near Cupar, Fife) in 1358, ignoring Isabel's own claim. She was not recognized as Countess until 1363. She had married for second time to Walter Stewart, a son of King Robert 11 of Scotland, before June 1361. He died the following year, and she married again in Jan 1263 to Thomas Byset. He died by April 1366. She is said to have married for the fourth and final time to John de Dunbar, who died before 1371, but Boardman shows that this was not the case, but that rather she was prevailed upon by King David 11 to grant him the Lordship of Fife. She had no children by her later marriages.
Isabel resigned the earldom of Fife on Mar 30 1371 to Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany. She died shortly after Aug 12 1389 and was buried next to Walter Stewart.
* Buried at the Church of the Friars Preachers of St. Lawrence (also known as Blackfriars). Wife of Walter Stewart, granddaughter of Joan of Acre and Ralph Monthermer; daughter of Donnchadh 1V, Earl of Fife, by his wife Mary de Monthermer (herself the daughter of Joan of Acre and Ralph Monthermer).
In 1332 she and her mother had been captured at Perth by supporters of King David 11 of Scotland. She was sent as a ward to Northumberland, where she married her guardian Sir William Felton. Wiliam Felton was styled "Lord of Fife" in right of his wife, and died on Sep 21 1358. Their children were:
John Felton 1340-1396
Duncan Felton, a priest, died after 1385
Joan Felton (died before 1384), married Walter Faucomberge.
Because her father had forfeited the earldom, David 11 granted Fife to Sir William Ramsay of Colluthie (near Cupar, Fife) in 1358, ignoring Isabel's own claim. She was not recognized as Countess until 1363. She had married for second time to Walter Stewart, a son of King Robert 11 of Scotland, before June 1361. He died the following year, and she married again in Jan 1263 to Thomas Byset. He died by April 1366. She is said to have married for the fourth and final time to John de Dunbar, who died before 1371, but Boardman shows that this was not the case, but that rather she was prevailed upon by King David 11 to grant him the Lordship of Fife. She had no children by her later marriages.
Isabel resigned the earldom of Fife on Mar 30 1371 to Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany. She died shortly after Aug 12 1389 and was buried next to Walter Stewart.
In 1332 she and her mother had been captured at Perth by supporters of King David 11 of Scotland. She was sent as a ward to Northumberland, where she married her guardian Sir William Felton. Wiliam Felton was styled "Lord of Fife" in right of his wife, and died on Sep 21 1358. Their children were:
John Felton 1340-1396
Duncan Felton, a priest, died after 1385
Joan Felton (died before 1384), married Walter Faucomberge.
Because her father had forfeited the earldom, David 11 granted Fife to Sir William Ramsay of Colluthie (near Cupar, Fife) in 1358, ignoring Isabel's own claim. She was not recognized as Countess until 1363. She had married for second time to Walter Stewart, a son of King Robert 11 of Scotland, before June 1361. He died the following year, and she married again in Jan 1263 to Thomas Byset. He died by April 1366. She is said to have married for the fourth and final time to John de Dunbar, who died before 1371, but Boardman shows that this was not the case, but that rather she was prevailed upon by King David 11 to grant him the Lordship of Fife. She had no children by her later marriages.
Isabel resigned the earldom of Fife on Mar 30 1371 to Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany. She died shortly after Aug 12 1389 and was buried next to Walter Stewart.
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