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<p><b>Marie Stewart, Countess of Mar</b> (1576-1644) was a Scottish courtier. She was the daughter of <a href="page.php?w=Esm%C3%A9_Stewart%2C_1st_Duke_of_Lennox">Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox</a> and Catherine de Balsac d'Entragues (d. c.1631) and a favourite of <a href="page.php?w=James_VI_of_Scotland">James VI of Scotland</a>. After her marriage, as was customary in Scotland, she did not change her name, and signed her letters as "Marie Stewart".</p>

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<p>In February 1584 James VI proposed that Marie Stewart</p><p>
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