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STEWART, Sir John 1st Earl of Atholl

STEWART, Sir John 1st Earl of Atholl

Male 1440 - 1512  (72 years)

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  • Name STEWART, John  [1, 2] 
    Title Sir 
    Suffix 1st Earl of Atholl 
    Born 1440 
    • Balveny Castle, Fife, Scotland
    Gender Male 
    Died 12 Sep 1512  Falahill, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Person ID I3736  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 16 Sep 2023 

    Father STEWART, James King of Scotland,   b. 25 Jul 1394, Dunfermline Palace, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Feb 1437, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother BEAUFORT, Joan,   b. 27 Dec 1402, Beaufort, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jul 1445, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F160  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 OGILVY, Margaret,   b. 1444, Eddleston, Peeblesshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1500  (Age 56 years) 
    Married 1 Mar 1467  Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Last Modified 16 Sep 2023 
    Family ID F991  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Children 
     1. STEWART, Lady Jean  [natural]
    Last Modified 16 Sep 2023 
    Family ID F20332  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 SINCLAIR, Lady Countess Eleanor,   b. 19 Apr 1457, Ravenscraig, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Mar 1518, Laighwood Castle, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Children 
     1. STEWART SINCLAIR, Christian,   b. 1476, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 May 1538, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)  [natural]
     2. STEWART, Margaret,   b. 1466, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     3. STEWART, Katherine,   b. 1463, Traquhair, Peeblesshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     4. STEWART, Marjory,   b. 1490, Balveny, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jul 1524, Island Lochtay, Perth, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 34 years)  [natural]
     5. STEWART, Margaret,   b. 1479, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jul 1524, Fayette, Fayette, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years)  [natural]
     6. GORDON, Elizabeth,   b. 1494, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Dec 1529, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years)  [natural]
     7. STEWART, Joanna,   b. 1450, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Oct 1510, Strathbogie, Peeblesshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)  [natural]
     8. STEWART, Anne Atholl,   b. 1499, Balvenie, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Dec 1529, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 30 years)  [natural]
     9. STEWART, Sir John 2Nd Earl of Atholl,   b. 1478,   d. 9 Sep 1513, the Batlle of Flodden Field, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years)  [natural]
     10. STEWART, Andrew,   b. 1485, Balveny, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1542, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)  [natural]
     11. STEWART, Elizabeth,   b. 1492, Balveny, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Nov 1564, Renfrewshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)  [natural]
     12. STEWART, Jean,   b. 1481, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1550, Somme, Picardie, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)  [natural]
     13. STEWART, Janet Jean,   b. 1461, Traquair, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Oct 1510, Strathbogie, Peeblesshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years)  [natural]
     14. STEWART, Agnes Countess Bothwell,   b. 1495, Traquhair, Peeblesshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1557, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)  [natural]
     15. STEWART ATHOLL COUNTESS CASTLETOWN, Lady Margaret,   b. 1476, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1543, Kenmure, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)  [natural]
     16. STEWART, Anne Elizabeth,   b. 1468, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     17. STEWART, Elizabeth,   b. 1494, Balveny, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Nov 1564, Renfrewshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)  [natural]
     18. STEWART, Henry,   b. 1489, Balveny, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     19. STEWART, Jean Atholl,   b. 1479, Banff, Banffshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Apr 1522, Arbuthnott, Kincardineshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years)  [natural]
     20. STEWART, Sir John 2nd Earl of Atholl,   b. 1478,   d. 9 Sep 1513, the Batlle of Flodden Field, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 16 Sep 2023 
    Family ID F993  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 4 DOUGLAS, Margaret,   b. 1430, Eddleston, Peeblesshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1475, Falahill, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years) 
    Children 
     1. STEWART, Isabel,   b. 1481, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1516, Strowan, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years)  [natural]
     2. STEWART, Agnes Countess Bothwell,   b. 1495, Traquhair, Peeblesshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1557, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)  [natural]
     3. STEWART, Catherine,   b. 1473, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1515, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years)  [natural]
     4. STEWART, Janet Jean,   b. 1461, Traquair, Perthshire, , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Oct 1510, Strathbogie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years)  [natural]
     5. STEWART, Catherine,   b. 1473, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1515, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 16 Sep 2023 
    Family ID F992  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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  • Notes 
    • From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

      John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl (c. 1437–1442 – 15 September 1512), also known as Sir John Stewart of Balveny, was a Scottish nobleman and ambassador.
      He was the oldest child of Joan Beaufort, widow of James I of Scotland, and her second husband, Sir James Stewart, the Black Knight of Lorn.
      He was created Earl of Atholl in around 1457,[1] the first earl of the eighth creation of the title. He is believed to have had a hand in suppressing the rebellion of John Macdonald, 11th Earl of Ross, the last of the Lords of the Isles. John Stewart became ambassador to England in 1484.
      According to 18th century historian William Guthrie, John Stewart, Earl of Atholl was killed at the Battle of Flodden in 1513.[2] 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 William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney and Marjory Sutherland. They had two sons and nine daughters:
      • John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Atholl, who married Lady Janet Campbell (died about Candlemas 1545/6), 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 William Murray of Castleton, who was killed at the Battle of Flodden, and is the ancestor of the 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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S309] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;), Database online.
      Record for Sir John, 1st Earl of Atholl Stewart
      http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=0&pid=781

    2. [S309] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;), Database online.
      Record for Sir John Atholl Stewart
      http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=0&pid=781

    3. [S309] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;), Database online.
      Record for Sir John, 1st Earl of Atholl Stewart
      http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=103289043&pid=12163


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