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Drummond, Annabella

Female 1350 - 1401  (51 years)


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  • Name Drummond, Annabella  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13] 
    Birth 1350  Cargill, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13] 
    Christening 1350  Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13] 
    Gender Female 
    Appointments / Titles 14 Aug 1390  Old Scone, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Queen 
    House Clan Drummond  [4, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13] 
    Life Event 1399  Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    She organized a palace coup. Made elder son a duke (first in Scotish history) and appoin 
    FSID LZPK-KKT  [1, 4, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13] 
    Religion Roman Catholic  [1, 4, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13] 
    Death Oct 1401  Scone Palace, Scone, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13] 
    Burial Oct 1401  Dunfermline Abbey, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13] 
    Person ID I34748  The Thoma Family
    Last Modified 20 Sep 2023 

    Father Drummond, Sir John,   b. 1328, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1373, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Montifex, Lady Mary Margaret,   b. Feb 1325, Stobhall, Cargill, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Jan 1375, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1343  Firth, Orkney, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Family ID F13753  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family of Scotland, King Robert Stewart III,   b. 14 Aug 1337, Dundonald Castle, Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Apr 1406, Rothesay Castle, Rothesay, Bute, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage 13 Mar 1367  Kyle, Aryshire (Historical), Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Stewart, Princess Mary,   b. 1 Jan 1380, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Mar 1458, Duntreath Castle, Strathblane, Stirlingshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F13752  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Sep 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1350 - Cargill, Perthshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristening - 1350 - Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 13 Mar 1367 - Kyle, Aryshire (Historical), Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsAppointments / Titles - Queen - 14 Aug 1390 - Old Scone, Perthshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLife Event - She organized a palace coup. Made elder son a duke (first in Scotish history) and appoin - 1399 - Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Oct 1401 - Scone Palace, Scone, Perthshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Oct 1401 - Dunfermline Abbey, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Anabella Drummond (c. 1350–1401) was the queen consort of Scotland by marriage to Robert III of Scotland. She was the daughter of Sir John Drummond, of Stobhall, near Perth, 11th Thane of Lennox and Chief of Clan Drummond, and Mary Montifex, eldest daughter and co-heiress of Sir William de Montifex, Justiciar of Scotland. It has been erroneous postulated that her father was the same John Drummond that was a brother to Margaret Drummond, Queen of Scotland but as this does not align with any historical dates, the latter John was probably a close ancestor.
      She married John Stewart (the future Robert III of Scotland) in 1367. Soon, she was enveloped in a power struggle with her husband's brother, Robert. Since Anabella and John did have two daughters, but no sons for several years, he was a supporter of a law that would bar women from inheriting the throne.

      Queen
      Anabella was crowned with Robert at Scone Palace when he came to the throne in 1390. She continued bearing children until she was past forty and had her last child, the future James I of Scotland, in 1394.

      King Robert, an invalid since 1384 due to an accident with a horse, grew increasingly despondent and incompetent throughout his reign and was not capable to govern. During this time he is said to have said to her that he should be buried in a dung heap with the epitaph "Here lies the worst of kings and the most miserable of men".

      Because the king was not able to rule, Anabella was prompted to manage state affairs as de facto ruler. The chronicles of Scotland generally praise queen Anabella and her conduct as queen. Protecting the interests of her oldest son, David, she arranged a great tournament in 1398 in Edinburgh, where her oldest son was knighted. In April of that year she also called a council where he was created Duke of Rothesay and Lieutenant of the Realm in the same year. Shortly after his mother's death he would be imprisoned by his uncle and died in mysterious circumstances. David was described as debauched, self-indulgent and erratic, and the Duke of Albany did not have to fight hard to control him.

      The Fife burgh of Inverkeithing was a favorite residence of the queen. Her presence is still recalled in the sandstone font, decorated with angels and heraldry, which she presented to the parish church of the town, one of Scotland's finest surviving pieces of late medieval sculpture.

      Anabella died in Scone Palace in October 1401, and was buried at her birthplace of Dunfermline. With the loss of her protection, her eldest son David would become the prey of his uncle, Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany, dying shortly after

      Jul 1394; Anabella's youngest child, James Stewart, was born in July 1394 when Anabella was likely 44. Not usual for the time.

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