John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl
John Stewart | |
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| Born | c. 1437 – c. 1442 |
| Died | 15 September 1512 |
| Known for | Being the 1st Earl of Atholl |
John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl (c. 1437–1442 – 15 September 1512),[1] also known as Sir John Stewart of Balveny, was a Scottish nobleman and ambassador.
Life
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He was the oldest child of
He was created
According to 18th century historian William Guthrie, John Stewart, Earl of Atholl was killed at the Battle of Flodden in 1513.[4] He was buried in Dunkeld Cathedral in Perthshire.
Marriage and issue
John Stewart married twice and had several children. However, the exact number, names, and the attribution of his children to their mothers is unclear.
His first wife was Lady Margaret Douglas, Fair Maid of Galloway, daughter of Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas and Lady Eupheme Graham. Margaret had been married already to William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas, and to James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas which marriage was annulled by the Pope. She married John Stewart about 1459 or 1460. She died between 1473 and 1475. and they had two daughters:
- Lady Elizabeth Stewart, married Andrew Gray, 2nd Lord Gray.
- Lady Christian Stewart, married Neil Stewart of Garth.
Sometime before April 1475, he married as his second wife, Lady Eleanor Sinclair (died 21 March 1518), daughter of
- Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Arygll. Their daughter was Lady Janet Stewart, who married Alexander Gordon, 3rd Earl of Huntly.
- Andrew Stewart, Bishop of Caithness.
- Lady Jean (or Janet) Stewart, married by contract dated 31 August 1507, James Arbuthnott of Arbuthnott. He had a crown charter of the feudal Barony of Arbuthnott, 29 January 1507. He left a testament dated 7 March 1521, and died before 13 March 1521.
- Lady Catherine Stewart, married John Forbes, 6th Lord Forbes.
- Lady Elizabeth (Elspeth) Stewart, married Sir Robert Innes, 2nd of Innermarky.
- Lady Marjory Stewart, married Sir Colin Campbell of Glenorchy.
- Lady Margaret Stewart, married Dukes of Atholl.
- Lady Elizabeth Stewart I, married Alexander Robertson of Strowan.
- Lady Elizabeth (or Isabel) Stewart II, married John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox.
- Lady Jean Stewart, married Robert Gordon, Knt., of Pitlurg.
- Lady Margaret Stewart, married Robert Robertson, the Younger, of Strowan.
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Other
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According to legend, the Earl of Atholl had whisky, honey and oats added to Macdonald's
References
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- ISSN 1534-0708.
- ISBN 978-1-84624-646-3.
- ^ Chisholm 1911, p. 849.
- ^ Guthrie, William (1767). A General History of Scotland. Vol. 4. Paternoster Row, London: A. Hamilton, Robinson and Roberts. pp. 371-372. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 849–851.
- Weis, Frederick Lewis; et al. (1999). The Magna Charta Sureties 1215 (5th edition, Baltimore, Md. ed.). ISBN 0-8063-1609-8.