The Dowager Duchess

The Dowager Duchess Glorieanna Matilda Stewart Fraiser, mother to His Grace, Brandan Bruce Robert Fraiser, Duke of Appalachia. She is cousin to King James Stewart V, making her a relative of Queen Mary Stewart.

When Glorieanna was 16 years old, she was married to Angus Hamish Fraiser, the 9th Earl of Ettrick (from the County of Peeblesshire) in middle Scotland. Angus was 28 years old at the time. He died under mysterious circumstances when Brandon was only 13 years old. Glorieanna gave birth to four children, but only Brandan made it to adulthood. As a result, the Dowager dotes on her son, sometimes to the point of his acute annoyance. However, she holds unlimited love for her grandchildren, Maggie and Robbie, and they pretty much have her wrapped around their finger. Both of the children know they can talk their “Gran” into just about anything.