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Old Photograph Donibristle House Scotland
Old photographs of Donibristle house near Aberdour, Fife, Scotland. This Scottish house was the scene of the killing of James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray, in 1592, which is remembered in the ballad " The Bonnie Earl O' Moray ". Around 1540, James Stewart of Doune was made Commendator of Inchcolm Abbey, which is located on an island in the Firth of Forth. Donibristle was then a property of the abbey, and James used it as a residence. In 1580, his son was raised to the peerage as Lord Doune. Lord Doune's son James Stewart married, in 1581, Elizabeth Stuart, 2nd Countess of Moray, and assumed, jure uxoris, in right of his wife, the title of the Earl of Moray. Moray argued with George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly, and on 7 February 1592 Huntly attacked and burned Donibristle. Moray attempted to flee but was caught and killed.
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