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Personal data Princess Jeanette (Janet) "The Beautiful Scotswoman" (Princess Jeanette (Janet) "The Beautiful Scotswoman") Stewart, Lady of Edinburgh Castle, Baroness of Fleming & Biggar, 2nd Countess of Wigton, Governess of Mary Queen of Scots, Princess of Scotland (Legitimized) 

• Alternative names: Janet Joan Stewart illegitimate Princess Baroness Fleming, Princess Jeanette "JANET" "The Beautiful Scotswoman" (Princess Jeanette "JANET" "The Beautiful Scotswoman") Stewart, Lady of Edinburgh & Fleming, Baroness of Fleming & Biggar, 2nd Countess of Wigton, Governess of Mary Queen of Scots, Princess of Scotland, Princess Jeanette (Janet) "The Beautiful Scotswoman" (Princess Jeanette (Janet) "The Beautiful Scotswoman") Stewart, Lady of Edinburgh Castle, Baroness of Fleming & Biggar, Princess Jeanette (Janet) Stuart 2nd Countess of Wigton, Governess of Mary Queen of Scots, Princess Jeanette (Janet) "The Beautiful Scotswoman" (Princess Jeanette (Janet) "The Beautiful Scotswoman") Stewart, Lady of Edinburgh Castle, Baroness of Fleming & Biggar, 2nd Countess of Wigton, Governess of Mary Queen of Scots, Princess of Scotland (Legitimized), 12GG, Janet Lady (Janet, Lady) Stuart, Janet 1 - Lady Countess of Bothwell (Janet 1 - Lady, Countess of Bothwell) Stewart, Joan "Janet" (Joan "Janet") STEWART, Lady Janet Baroness Fleming Stewart, Janet Fleming, Janet Stewart, Lady Janet Stewart, Jean Stewart, Princess of Scotland, Jeanette "Janet" "The Beautiful Scotswoman" (Jeanette "Janet" "The Beautiful Scotswoman") Stewart (illegimate) 2nd Countess of Wigton, Governess of Mary Queen of Scots, Princess of Scotland
• First name Princess Jeanette (Janet) "The Beautiful Scotswoman".
• She was born in the year 1498 in Darnley, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

  Attention: Was younger than 16 years (4) when child (Agnes Fleming) was born (July 17, 1502) .

• Alternative: She was born in the year 1498 in Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Scotland.Sources 3, 5
• Alternative: She was born on July 17, 1502 in Edinburgh Castle, Midlothian, Scotland.
• Alternative: She was born on July 17, 1502 in Edinburgh Castle, Midlothian, Scotland.
• Alternative: She was born on July 17, 1502 in Athol, Perthshire, Scotland.
• Alternative: She was born on July 17, 1502 in Edinburgh.
• Alternative: She was born in the year 1498 in Renfrewshire, Scotland.Source 6
• Alternative: She was born on July 17, 1502 in Edinburgh, Mid, Lothian, Scotland.
• Alternative: She was born in the year 1500.
• Alternative: She was born in the year 1502 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
• Alternative: She was born on July 17, 1502 in Edinburgh, Mid, Lothian, Scotland.
• Alternative: She was born in the year 1500 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
• Alternative: She was born on July 17, 1502 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
• Alternative: She was born in the year 1500 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
• Alternative: She was born about 1429 in Castle Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.
• She died on December 12, 1523 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, she was 25 years old.

  Attention: Deceased (December 12, 1523) prior to birth (??-??-1529) of child (William Fleming).

  Attention: Deceased (December 12, 1523) prior to birth (September 19, 1551) of child (Henry III of Hapsburg King of France & Poland Grand Duke of Lithuania).

  Attention: Deceased (December 12, 1523) prior to birth (??-??-1526) of child (John (Sir) Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl, Chancellor of Scotland).

  Attention: Deceased (December 12, 1523) prior to birth (??-??-1527) of child (Lady Johanna Joan Janet FLEMING).

  Attention: Deceased (December 12, 1523) prior to birth (??-??-1534) of child (Lord James FLEMING, 4th Lord Chamberlain of Scotland).

  Attention: Died (December 12, 1523) before marriage (October 28, 1533).

  Attention: Deceased (December 12, 1523) prior to birth (??-??-1537) of child (Sir Lord John I Fleming, Knight of Biggar, Lord of Montrose,).

  Attention: Deceased (December 12, 1523) prior to birth (??-12-1525) of child (Lady Elizabeth FLEMING, Countess of Atholl).

  Attention: Deceased (December 12, 1523) prior to birth (??-??-1524) of child (Lady Marie Jean Flemming).

  Attention: Deceased (December 12, 1523) prior to birth (??-??-1539) of child (Marion FLEMING).

  Attention: Deceased (December 12, 1523) prior to birth (??-??-1534) of child (Esther Burns Or Fleming).

  Attention: Deceased (December 12, 1523) prior to birth (??-??-1530) of child (Hon. Lady Margaret "The Honorable" Fleming, Lady in Waiting for Mary Queen of Scots,).

• Alternative: She died between October 5, 1560 and 20 in France.Sources 3, 5
• Alternative: She died on October 5, 1560 in Richmond, Surrey, England, she was 62 years old.
• Alternative: She died on October 16, 1486 in Scotland.
• Alternative: She died on February 20, 1563 in Richmond, Surrey, England, she was 65 years old.
• Alternative: She died on February 20, 1563 in Richmond, Surrey, England, she was 65 years old.
• Alternative: She died on October 5, 1563 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, she was 65 years old.
• Alternative: She died on February 20, 1563 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, she was 65 years old.
• Alternative: She died on February 20, 1563 in Parijs, she was 65 years old.
• Alternative: She died on December 12, 1523 in Scotland, she was 25 years old.Source 6
• Alternative: She died on October 5, 1560 in France, she was 62 years old.
• Alternative: She died on December 12, 1523 in Scotland, she was 25 years old.
• Alternative: She died on October 10, 1560 in Scotland, she was 62 years old.
• Alternative: She died in France.
• Alternative: She died on February 20, 1562 in Richmond, Surrey, England, she was 64 years old.
• Alternative: She died on October 5, 1560 in France, she was 62 years old.
• Alternative: She died on February 20, 1562 in Richmond Palace, Surrey, England, she was 64 years old.
• Alternative: She died on 5 Oct 1562 OR 20-02-1562 in Richmond, Surrey, England, England, she was 64 years old.
• Alternative: She died on October 5, 1562 in Scotland, she was 64 years old.
• Alternative: She died on October 5, 1562 in Scotland, she was 64 years old.
• Alternative: She died on 5 Oct 1563 / 20-02-1562 in Richmond, Surrey, England, she was 64 years old.
• Alternative: She died on October 5, 1562 in Richmond Palace, Surrey, England, she was 64 years old.
• She is buried in Saint-Denis, Departement de Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France.Source 3
• A child of James Stewart IV King of Scotland and Lady Agnes aka Isobel Countess of Bothwell (Mistress King James IV Scotland) Stewart

Household of Princess Jeanette (Janet) "The Beautiful Scotswoman" (Princess Jeanette (Janet) "The Beautiful Scotswoman") Stewart, Lady of Edinburgh Castle, Baroness of Fleming & Biggar, 2nd Countess of Wigton, Governess of Mary Queen of Scots, Princess of Scotland (Legitimized)

(1) She is married to Sir Malcolm IV Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming, Lord Chamberlain of Scotland.

They got married in the year 1517 at ** Married by Papal Dispensation, she was 19 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Agnes Fleming  1502-1597 
2. Henry Fleming  1559-1558
3. Lady Isabella Renfrew Fleming  1522-1604
4. Lady Marie Jean Flemming  1524-1578
5. Lady Elizabeth FLEMING, Countess of Atholl  1525-1585
6. John (Sir) Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl, Chancellor of Scotland  1526-1579
7. Lady Johanna Joan Janet FLEMING  1527-1592
8. William Fleming  1529-1592
9. Hon. Lady Margaret "The Honorable" Fleming, Lady in Waiting for Mary Queen of Scots,  1530-1585 
10. Lord James FLEMING, 4th Lord Chamberlain of Scotland  1534-1558
11. Esther Burns Or Fleming  1534-1565
12. Sir Lord John I Fleming, Knight of Biggar, Lord of Montrose,  1537-1572 
13. Marion FLEMING  1539-1562
14. Sir Thomas Fleming  ± 1542-1572

(2) She is married to Henri Henry 2 II de Valois, prince son of King Francois I of France, King of France.

They got married on October 28, 1533 at Marseilles, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France, she was 35 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Henry III of Hapsburg King of France & Poland Grand Duke of Lithuania  1551-1589 

Notes about Princess Jeanette (Janet) "The Beautiful Scotswoman" (Princess Jeanette (Janet) "The Beautiful Scotswoman") Stewart, Lady of Edinburgh Castle, Baroness of Fleming & Biggar, 2nd Countess of Wigton, Governess of Mary Queen of Scots, Princess of Scotland (Legitimized)

anet Stewart, Lady FlemingFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to navigationJump to searchJanet Stewart, Lady Fleming (17 July 1502 – 20 February 1562), called la Belle Écossaise (French for "the Beautiful Scotswoman"), was an illegitimate daughter of King James IV of Scotland who served as governess to her half-niece Mary, Queen of Scots. Janet was briefly a mistress of King Henry II of France, by whom she had a legitimated son: Henri d'Angoulême.[1] Her daughter, Mary Fleming, was one of the young queen's "Four Marys".
Contents· 1Family
· 2Marriage and issue
· 3Court life
· 4Ancestry
· 5References
· 6Sources
Family[edit]Janet Stewart (also referred to as Jane, Jenny, and other variants) was the eighth known bastard of the Stewart king James IV. Her half-brothers included James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray; Alexander Stewart, Lord Chancellor of Scotland; and James V, King of Scots, her father's only surviving legitimate child.
Her mother—the fourth royal mistress of James IV to bear his offspring—was Isabel, daughter of James Stewart, 1st Earl of Buchan (who bore the nickname "Hearty James").[2] Janet's parents were distantly related (precisely, half second cousins once removed) by a common ancestor: Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots.
Marriage and issue[edit]Janet Stewart married Malcolm Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming, despite being related within a forbidden degree of affinity. They had eight children:
· Johanna (born 1525)
· Janet (born 1527), who was first married to John, Master of Livingston, killed at the battle of Pinkie 1547, eldest son of Alexander, 5th Lord Livingston, and a brother of Mary Livingston, one of Queen Mary's "Four Marys"
· John (?born 1529), 5th Lord Fleming
· Elizabeth (born 1530)
· James (?born 1534), 4th Lord Fleming (his only daughter and heiress, Jean (1554–1609), would marry John Maitland, the younger brother of William Maitland—his sister Mary's husband; his grandson by Jean was John Maitland, 1st Earl of Lauderdale)
· Agnes (born 1535), who married William, 6th Lord Livingston
· Margaret (born 1536), who married Robert Graham, Master of Montrose, by whom she had a son, John, 3rd Earl of Montrose; then was remarried to Thomas Erskine, Master of Erskine (younger brother of the John Erskine, 6th Lord Erskine), but had no issue; and thirdly, married John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl and Lord High Chancellor of Scotland, by whom she had a son (also John Stewart, 5th Earl of Atholl) and three daughters. Margaret Fleming was said to be a witch possessing the power to cast spells.[3]
· Mary (born 1543), was one of the "Four Marys" the ladies in waiting to Mary, Queen of Scots who married William Maitland of Lethington
Court life[edit]Lord Fleming was killed at the Battle of Pinkie in 1547. The following year, presumably due to her unofficial membership in the royal Stewart family, the widow Fleming was appointed governess or nurse to her infant half-niece Mary, Queen of Scots (her new mistress having been fathered by her late half-brother). Her own daughter, Mary Fleming, also joined the queen's household as a lady-in-waiting.
In 1548, mother and daughter accompanied the young queen to France. The Bishop of Orkney, Robert Reid, expressed worry over the lady's lack of French; as Janet was only fluent in Scots, he questioned her ability to communicate to French doctors any potential symptoms of illness seen in Mary.[4] At the royal court of France, the lady Janet soon attracted the attentions of King Henry II and became his lover. Their affair resulted in pregnancy, and—either before or after bearing the French monarch an illegitimate son—Janet was sent back to Scotland and replaced as governess to Mary by Françoise de Paroy. Her boy, called Henri de Valois-Angoulême (1551–June, 1586), was "the chief and most highly favored natural son of the King". He was legitimized and went on to become the "Grand Prior of France, Governor of Provence, and Admiral of the Levantine Sea."[5] In November 1549, Janet exchanged the English prisoner James Wilford for the release of James Lord Fleming who had been captured during the war of the Rough Wooing.[6]
In October 1552, Janet's situation in Scotland was described by Mary of Guise in a letter written to her brother, the Cardinal of Lorraine. There had been talk of marrying Janet off to Henri Cleutin, Guise's military advisor. Although one of Janet's daughters had informed Mary of Guise that her mother did not wish to leave Scotland, Guise knew that Janet had discussed leaving Scotland with the Governor, Regent Arran, and wanted to see Henry II that winter. Guise told the Cardinal to reassure Catherine de' Medici, the queen of France, that Janet would not be leaving Scotland.[7]
Janet was one of the ladies who kept vigil over the body of Mary of Guise at Edinburgh Castle in June 1560. The ladies were not at first given mourning clothes, and Janet quoted in Latin a phrase from the Book of Joel to the English diplomat Thomas Randolph, "Scindite corda vestra, non vestimenta," Rend your heart, not your garments.[8] Afterwards, Janet applied to the Privy Council for permission to leave Scotland with her son "Lord Hary de Valoys" on 22 August 1560. Henry took part in the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre and was killed in a duel in 1586.[9]

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