Mary Seton

Mary Seton (1549–1615) was a Scottish courtier and later a nun. She was one of the four attendants of Mary Queen of Scots known as the Four Marys. She was a sister at the Convent of Saint Pierre les Dames in Rhiems at the time of her death.

Read more about Mary Seton:  Sent To France, Scotland Again, In England, The Convent of Saint-Pierre in Rhiems

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