Agnes Keith, Countess of Moray - Death and Legacy

Death and Legacy

Agnes died on 16 July 1588 in Edinburgh and was buried in St. Giles Cathedral inside the tomb of her first husband, James Stewart, Earl of Moray. The tomb is located in St. Anthony's aisle and was carved by John Roytell and Murdoch Walker. Her will was probated on 9 August 1591.

Through her eldest daughter Elizabeth, 2nd Countess of Moray, Lady Agnes Keith was an ancestress of Diana, Princess of Wales; and by extension, The Duke of Cambridge, second in the line of succession to the British throne, descends from her.

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