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Agnes Douglas, Countess of Argyll (1574–1607), attributed to Adrian Vanson. Women in early modern Scotland, between the Renaissance of the early sixteenth century and the beginnings of industrialisation in the mid-eighteenth century, were part of a patriarchal society, though the enforcement of this social order was not absolute in all aspects.
A large proportion of the women for who biographical details survive for the Middle Ages, were members of the royal houses of Scotland, either as princesses or queen consorts. Some of these became important figures in the history of Scotland or gained a significant posthumous reputation.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:20th-century Scottish people. It includes Scottish people that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. See also: Category:20th-century Scottish men
Other female figures from Celtic mythology include the weather witch Cailleach (Irish for 'nun,' 'witch,' 'the veiled' or 'old woman') of Scotland and Ireland, the Corrigan of Brittany who are beautiful seductresses, the Irish Banshee (woman of the Otherworld) who appears before important deaths, the Scottish warrior women Scáthach, Uathach ...
It includes Scottish nobility that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Subcategories This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:People of medieval Scotland. It includes People of medieval Scotland that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:16th-century Scottish people. It includes Scottish people that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Subcategories
Janet Beaton, Lady of Branxholme and Buccleugh (1519–1569) was an aristocratic Scottish woman and a mistress of James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell. [1] She had a total of five husbands. One of her nieces was Mary Beaton , one of the four ladies-in-waiting of Mary, Queen of Scots , known in history as the four Marys .