Stewart, Earl John II

Male 1475 - 1522  (45 years)


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  1. 1.  Stewart, Earl John II was born on 19 Apr 1475 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland (son of Stewart, Sir John and Sinclair, Lady Eleanor); died between 1521 and 1522 in Branxton, Northumberland, England; was buried between 1521 and 1522 in Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Appointments / Titles: Scotland; 2nd Earl of Auchleuchries
    • Appointments / Titles: Lennox, Scotland; 2nd Earl of Lennox
    • Appointments / Titles: Restalrig, Midlothian, Scotland; 4th Baron
    • Appointments / Titles: Earl of Marr
    • Appointments / Titles: Darnley Mill, Renfrewshire, Scotland; Lord Darnley
    • House: Stewart
    • FSID: LZNF-SRR
    • Residence: Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland
    • Appointments / Titles: 19 Apr 1475, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland; 2nd Earl
    • Appointments / Titles: 1497, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; Lord Provost of Glasgow
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 1509 and 1513, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; Lord Provost of Glasgow
    • Military: 9 Sep 1513, Battle of Flodden Field, Branxton, Northumberland, England

    Notes:

    II. John, second Earl of Atholl, succeeded his father. He is usually stated to have fallen at Flodden, but in reality he died after 1520, and before 1522. On 3 May 1522 his son was infeft as heir by a precept from chancery dated 4 January 1521-22. He married Janet, daughter of Archibald Campbell, second Earl of Argyll, who survived him, and died about Candlemas 1545-46. Had issue:-
    1. John, third Earl.
    2. Janet, married, first, about 1520, to Alexander Gordon, Master of Sutherland, eldest son of Adam Earl of Sutherland; secondly, before 1532, to Sir Hugh Kennedy of Girvanmains; thirdly, before 1544, to Henry Stewart, Lord Methven; fourthly, in 1557, to Patrick, Lord Ruthven.
    3. Helen, married to John, fifth Lord Lindsay of the Byres. She was married, secondly, to Thomas Moncur, a dependant, and died May 1577. Her son Patrick, Lord Lindsay, attempted to stop this marriage in January 1564.
    4. Jean, married, August 1507, to James Arbuthnott of that Ilk.
    5. Elizabeth, stated to have been married to Colin Mackenzie of Kintail.
    6. Isabel, stated to have been married to James Hering of Lethendy.

    Source: THE SCOTS PEERAGE, ed. by Sir James Balfour Paul, Vol I, Edinburgh, 1906, p. 443.
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    Death: Battle of Flodden Field,

    John married Campbell, Lady Janet Mary in 1500 in Scotland. Janet was born on 23 Jun 1478 in Eglinton Castle,, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland; died on 2 Feb 1546 in Castle Balveny, Dufftown, Banffshire, Scotland; was buried after 2 Feb 1546 in Dunkeld Cathedral, Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Stewart, Lady Janet was born on 17 Jul 1502 in Scotland; died on 5 Oct 1562 in Richmond Palace (Demolished), Surrey, England.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Stewart, Sir John was born on 21 Sep 1439 in Castle Balveny, Dufftown, Banffshire, Scotland; was christened in Scotland; died on 15 Sep 1512 in Laighwood Castle, Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland; was buried on 19 Sep 1512 in Dunkeld Cathedral, Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Appointments / Titles: First Earl of Buchan
    • Appointments / Titles: Lord Auchterhouse (by marriage)
    • FSID: LZJ2-RSB
    • Appointments / Titles: 1457, Scotland; 1st Earl of Atholl
    • Life Event: 1484; Scottish Nobleman and Ambassador to England
    • Possessions: 1 Apr 1517; Redeemed by Purchase

    Notes:

    PAF - RIN: 34592.

    Sir John Stewart, first Earl of Atholl, was the son of Sir James Stewart, Black Knight of Lorn, and Lady Joan Beaufort. He was married to Beatrix (Margaret) Douglas, Fair Maid of Galloway who died before 1470. Their daughter, Janet Stewart, was married to Alexander Gordon, 3rd Earl of Huntley. After Beatrix's death, he married Eleanor of Nithsdale Sinclair by April 19, 1470

    Their children are:

    Lady Jean or Janet Stewart Arbuthnott
    Sir John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Atholl
    Anne Stewart (married to John Stewart, 3rd Earl of LennoxO
    Andrew Stewart, Bishop of Caithness
    Catherine Stewart
    Christina Stewart
    Margaret Stewart Murray
    Elizabeth Stewart
    Marjory Stewart
    Isabel Stewart

    John married Sinclair, Lady Eleanor on 19 Apr 1470 in Dunkeld Cathedral, Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland. Eleanor was born on 19 Apr 1457 in Ravenscraig Castle, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland; died on 21 Mar 1518 in Laighwood Castle, Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland; was buried on 31 Mar 1518 in Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Sinclair, Lady Eleanor was born on 19 Apr 1457 in Ravenscraig Castle, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland; died on 21 Mar 1518 in Laighwood Castle, Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland; was buried on 31 Mar 1518 in Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Appointments / Titles: 2nd Countess of Atholl
    • FSID: LYVL-B5N

    Notes:

    The Life Summary of Eleanor

    When Lady Eleanor Sinclair was born on 19 April 1457, in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, her father, William Sinclair, was 49 and her mother, Marjory Sutherland, was 21. She married Sir John Stewart of Balveny, 1st Earl of Atholl on 19 April 1470, in Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 9 daughters. She died on 21 March 1518, in Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland, at the age of 60, and was buried in Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland.

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    Children:
    1. 1. Stewart, Earl John II was born on 19 Apr 1475 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland; died between 1521 and 1522 in Branxton, Northumberland, England; was buried between 1521 and 1522 in Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland.