Ancestral Trails 2016 » Robert STEWART (± 1341-1420)

Persoonlijke gegevens Robert STEWART 

• Hij is geboren rond 1341 in Dundonald Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland.
• Titel: 1st Duke of Albany, 12th Earl of Fife, 2nd Earl of Buchan
• Titel: 1st Earl of Atholl, 10th Earl of Menteith, Prince of Scotland
• Titel: High Chamberlain of Scotland
• (Ancestry) : House of Stewart.
• Hij is overleden op 2 september 1420 in Stirling Castle, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
• Een kind van Robert STEWART en Elizabeth MURE

Gezin van Robert STEWART

(1) Hij is getrouwd met Muriella KEITH.

Zij zijn getrouwd op 4 mei 1380 te Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland.

Kind(eren):

1. Elizabeth STEWART  1387-???? 
2. John STEWART  1381-1424
3. Andrew STEWART  1383-1413
4. Joan Marietta STEWART  1381-1439 

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(2) Hij is getrouwd met Margaret GRAHAM.

Zij zijn getrouwd op 9 september 1361 te Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland.




Kind(eren):

1. Mary STEWART  1362-???? 
2. Isabel STEWART  1373-???? 
3. Margaret STEWART  ± 1370-???? 
4. Marjory STEWART  1371-1422 
5. Murdoch STEWART  ± 1365-1425 
6. Beatrix STEWART  1368-1414
7. Janet STEWART  


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Notities over Robert STEWART

Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany (c. 1340 - 3 September 1420), a member of the Scottish royal house, served as regent (at least partially) to three different Scottish monarchs (Robert II, Robert III, and James I). He also held the titles of Earl of Menteith (28 February 1361), Earl of Fife (1361; resigned in 1372), Earl of Buchan (1394; resigned in 1406) and Earl of Atholl (1403, for the duration of Robert III's life only), in addition to his 1398 creation as Duke of Albany. A ruthless politician, Albany was widely regarded as having caused the murder of his nephew, the Duke of Rothesay, and brother to the future King James I of Scotland. James was held in captivity in England for eighteen years, during which time Albany served as regent in Scotland, king in all but name. He died in 1420 and was succeeded by his son, Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany, who would be executed for treason when James returned to Scotland in 1425, almost causing the complete ruin of the Albany Stewarts.

Robert Stewart was the second son of the future King Robert II of Scotland (1316-1390) and of Elizabeth Mure of Rowallan. His parents' marriage was deemed as uncanonical at first, which, in some circle, gave their children and descendants the label of illegitimacy, but the granting of a papal dispensation in 1349 saw their remarriage and their children's legitimisation. Robert's grandfather was Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland (1293-1326) and his father was the first monarch of the House of Stewart. His great-grandfather was Robert the Bruce (1274-1329), legendary victor of the Battle of Bannockburn.

Robert Stewart was raised in a large family with many siblings. His older brother John Stewart (1337-1406) became Earl of Carrick in 1368, and would later be crowned King of Scotland under the name Robert III.

Stewart was responsible for the construction of Doune Castle, which remains largely intact today. When Stewart was created Earl of Menteith, he was granted the lands on which Doune Castle now stands. Building may have started any time after this, and the castle was at least partially complete in 1381, when a charter was sealed here.

Albany married twice. Firstly, in 1361, he married Margaret Graham, Countess of Menteith, (1334-1380) a wealthy divorcee who took him as her fourth husband. His sister-in-law's claim to the Earldoms of Menteith and Fife allowed him to assume those titles after marriage. The couple had eight children, seven daughters and a son:

Lady Janet Stewart (married Sir David de Moubray)
Lady Mary Stewart (married Sir William Abernathy, 6th of Saltoun)
Lady Margaret Stewart (married to Sir John Swinton, 14th of that Ilk)
Lady Joan Stewart (married Sir Robert Stewart, 1st Lord of Lorn and had descendants)
Lady Beatrice Stewart (married Sir James Douglas of Balveny)
Lady Isobel Stewart (married to Alexander Leslie, 7th Earl of Ross and later to Walter de Haliburton, 1st Lord Haliburton of Dirleton and had descendants)
Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany (1362-1425) (Married Joan Douglas and later to Isabel, Countess of Lennox).
Lady Margery (married Sir Duncan Campbell, 1st Lord Campbell and had descendants)

Margaret died in 1380 and Albany subsequently married Muriella Keith, with whom he had three children:

John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Buchan (1381-1424); he fought in France against the English during the Hundred Years War, serving with distinction, but was killed at the Battle of Verneuil on 17 August 1424.
Robert Stewart, Earl of Ross, died without issue
Lady Elizabeth Stewart (married to Malcolm Fleming, ancestor of Malcolm Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming)

The Duke of Albany died in 1420 in Stirling Castle and lies buried in Dunfermline Abbey in Fife. He was succeeded as Duke of Albany and Regent of Scotland by his son, Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany. But Murdoch would not enjoy his power for long. In 1425 the exiled King James, captive in England for 18 years, finally returned to Scotland, and executed Murdoch and most of his family for treason, causing the almost complete ruin of the Albany Stewarts.

Murdoch Stewart's sole surviving male heir was his youngest son, James the Fat, who fled to Ireland after a brief rebellion against the King over the arrest of his father and brothers. James remained in Ireland, unable to return, and died there in 1429. He was never able to inherit his father's titles, since they had been declared forfeit.

Albany's great-grandson, James "Beg" Stewart, (c. 1410-1470) would eventually secure a pardon from the King and return to Scotland, though the family would never recover their lost estates. James "Beg" Stewart is the ancestor of the Stewarts of Ardvorlich on Lochearnside, whose family history is recounted by Sir Walter Scott in A Legend of Montrose.
SOURCE: Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stewart,_Duke_of_Albany


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