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According to the 17th-century family historian, James Fraser, James VI had offered Lovat the pick of the ladies at court to marry. At first his choice Jean
Stewart refused him saying, "Sir, he is not bonny." James VI and Anna of Denmark pointed out the compensatory value of his lands of Lovat and
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followed by a sumptuous and extravagant "in-fare" at Beauly. He noted that after bearing six children Jean
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Elizabeth Fraser, who married
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257:References
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31:Lord Lovat
374:Culcharry
251:Kilravock
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112:in 1592.
45:Biography
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