Earl John Stewart Of Atholl 
John was born about 1440 in Earlshill,Aberdeenshire,Scotland.1 John's father was Sir James (The Black Knight Of Lorn) Stewart and his mother was Joan (AKA DeBeaufort) De Beaufort. His paternal grandparents were Lord John Stewart Of Lorn & Innermeath and Heiress Isabel MacDougal Of Lorn; his maternal grandparents were Marquis John (Fairborn) De Beaufort Of Dorset, Earl Of Somerset and Lady Margaret De Holland. He had a brother named Hearty. He had two half-brothers and six half-sisters, named Alexander, James II, Margaret, Isabelle, Eleanor, Joan, Anabella Jean and Mary. He died on September 15th, 1512 in Balvenie Castle,Glen Fiddich,Fifeshire,Scotland.1 General Notes
John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl, so created 1457; granted the Castle and Lordship of Balvenie (forfeited by his 1st wife's family) 1460; defeated and captured the last Lord of the Isles (see MacDonald) 1475; Ambassador to England 1484; married 1st 1459/60 Margaret "The Fair Maid of Galloway" Dowager Countess of Douglas (died by 1475), daughter of the 5th Earl of Douglas, widow of her cousin 8th Earl of Douglas and divorced wife of another cousin 9th Earl of Douglas, and had [Janet, married 3rd Earl of Huntly and d. 27 Oct 1510], with a younger daughter. The 1st Earl married 2nd c27 April 1475 Eleanor (d. 21 March 1518), daughter of 1st Earl of Caithness, and died 15 Sep 1512, having by her had [John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Atholl], with nine daughters (including Margaret, married Sir William Murray of Castleton; Catherine, married as his 1st wife 6th Lord Forbes) and a younger son (Andrew, Bishop of Caithness). [Burke's Peerage]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.1245 d.16 Jul 1309 in Battle Of Fallkirk,Fallkirk,Stirlingshire,Scotland
- d.1330 in Killed At Battle Of Halidon Hill
- b.1254
- b.~ 1320 in Innermeath,Perthshire,Scotland d.~ 1388 in Innermeath,Perthshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1348 in Innermeath,Perthshire,Scotland d.26 Apr 1421 in Lorn,Argyllshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1328 in Scotland
- b.~ 1394 in Innermeath,Argyllshire,Scotland d.> 1451 in Captured at sea by Flemish & put to death
- b.~ 1328 in Dunollie Castle,Oban,Argyllshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1352 in Lorn,Argyllshire,Scotland d.21 Dec 1439 in Lorn,Argyllshire,Scotland
- b.1308 in Dumfries,Scotland
- b.~ 1334 in Dunfermline,Fifeshire,Scotland
- b.11 Jul 1274 in Writtle,Scotland d.07 Jun 1329 in Cardross Castle,Dunbartonshire,Scotland
- b.1310 in Dunfermline Abbe,Dunfermline,Fifeshire,Scotland d.20 Jul 1353
- b.1284 in Dunfermline Abbe,Dunfermline,Fifeshire,Scotland d.26 Oct 1327 in Cullen,Banffshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1440 in Earlshill,Aberdeenshire,Scotland d.15 Sep 1512 in Balvenie Castle,Glen Fiddich,Fifeshire,Scotland
- b.1284 d.1327
- b.13 Nov 1312 in Windsor Castle,Windsor,Berkshire,England d.21 Jun 1377 in Shene Palace,Richmond,Surrey,England
- b.1296 in France d.1358
- b.MAR 1339/1340 in Bavon Abbey,Ghent,Flanders d.3 FEB 1398/1399 in Leicester Castle,London,Middlesex,England
- b.24 Jun 1311 in Mons,Hainault,Belgium d.15 Aug 1369 in Windsor Castle,Windsor,Berkshire,England
- b.1294 d.7 MAR 1341/1342 in Fontenelle
- b.1373 in Chateau de Beaufort,Maine-et-Loire,France d.16 Mar 1410 in St Katherine By The Tower,London,England
- b.~ 1315 in Roet,Hainault,Belium d.1380 in Ghent,Hainault,Belgium
- b.25 Nov 1350 in Picardy,Hainault,France d.10 May 1403 in Lincoln,Lincolnshire,England
- b.1320 in Hainault,Belgium d.> 1375 in Ghent,Hainault,Belgium
- b.~ 1398 in Westminster,Middlesex,England d.15 Jul 1445 in Dunbar Castle,East Lothian,Scotland
- b.1314 in Upholland,Lancashire,England d.28 Dec 1360 in Normandy,France
- b.1350 in Upholland,Lancashire,England d.25 Apr 1397 in Woodstock,Kent,England
- b.05 Aug 1301 d.19 Mar 1329
- b.29 Sep 1328 in Woodstock Palace,Oxfordshire,England d.08 Aug 1385 in Wallingford Castle,Berkshire,England
- b.1299 d.29 Sep 1349
- b.~ 1383 in Upholland,Lancashire,England d.30 Dec 1439 in St Saviours Abbey,Bermondsey,London,England
- b.01 May 1285 d.17 Nov 1326
- b.1306 in Arundel Castle,Sussex,England d.24 Jan 1373 in Arundel,Sussex,England
- b.1277 d.23 May 1338
- b.1352 in Arundel,Essex,England d.17 Mar 1415
- b.1281 d.1345
- b.1311 in Grismond Castle,Monmouthshire,Wales d.11 Jan 1372 in Arundel Castle,Sussex,England
- b.1285 d.19 Feb 1316
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John and Eleanor were married in a religious ceremony on April 19th, 1475 in Bothwell,Lanarkshire,Scotland. They had six sons and two daughters, named Alexander, Archibald, James, John, Robert, William, Elizabeth Jean and Janet Elizabeth.
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Children
Janet Elizabeth Stewart
Janet Elizabeth was born in 1485 in Balvenie Castle,Glen Fiddich,Fifeshire,Scotland. She died at the age of 79 on November 25th, 1564 in Hawkhead,Renfrewshire,Scotland.
They had a daughter named Margaret.
1 Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ 1988
Further source/citation:
Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ 1988, 133
Further source/citation:
Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ 1988, 133
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