King Robert John III Stewart Of Scotland 
Robert John III was born about 1337 in Dundonald Castle,Irvine,Ayrshire,Scotland.1 Robert John III's father was King Robert II Stewart Of Scotland, Earl Of Atholl and his mother was Elizabeth Mure Of Rowallon. His paternal grandparents were High Steward Walter Stewart Of Scotland and Princess Marjory De Brus Of Scotland; his maternal grandparents were Sir Adam Mure and Janet Mure. He had two brothers and three sisters, named Robert, Alexander, Margaret, Jean (Joan) and Elizabeth. He was the oldest of the six children. He had a half-brother and three half-sisters, named David, Isabel, Elizabeth Catherine and Edigia Egidia Jill. He died on April 4th, 1406 in Rothesay Castle,Isle of Bute,Scotland.2 General Notes
Robertt III..., after having ruled Scotland in the name of his father, Robert II, from 1384 to 1388, physically disabled by a kick from a horse, he was never the real ruler of Scotland during the years of his kingship.
The eldest son of Robert the Steward and Elizabeth Mure, he was legitimized by their marriage several years after his birth. In 1362-3 he joined his father in a futile revolt against King David II, who both imprisoned him and created him Earl of Carrick in 1368. (He had been created Earl of Atholl in 1367.) Robert II became king in 1371; in 1384, because of his advanced age, he turned over the government to Carrick. After his injury in 1388, however, Carrick was supplanted by his brother Robert, Earl of Fife.
On his accession, probably on April 19, 1390, he changed his name to Robert III from John to avoid reminding others of John de Balliol, King of Scotland from 1292 to 1296, who was not favourably remembered. Fife, created Duke of Albany in 1398, continued to govern throughout this reign, except for three years (1398-1402) when Robert III's eldest son, David Duke of Rothesay, took his place. The dissolute Rothesay died in March 1402 while imprisoned in Albany's castle of Falkland, Fife. Perhaps in an attempt to save his remaining son, James (afterward James I King of Scotland) from death at Albany's hands, Robert III sent the boy to France, but James was captured by English sailors, a shock to the aging king. [Encylclopedia Britannica]
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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.1175 in Scotland d.1241
- b.1210 d.1283
- b.1181 d.1270
- b.1245 d.16 Jul 1309 in Battle Of Fallkirk,Fallkirk,Stirlingshire,Scotland
- d.1210 in Bute,Strathclyde,Killed By Men Of Skye
- b.1210
- b.1195 in Isle Of Man,Scotland
- b.1292 in Dundonald Castle,Irvine,Ayrshire,Scotland d.19 Jul 1333 in Battle Of Halidon Hill,Scotland
- d.1242
- b.1230 d.28 Jul 1271
- d.1242
- b.1263
- b.~ 1215 in Shere,Surrey d.23 Nov 1258
- b.1238 d.20 May 1274
- b.1218 d.1270
- b.02 Mar 1316 in Innermeath,Argyllshire,Scotand d.19 Apr 1390 in Dundonald Castle,Irvine,Ayrshire,Scotland
- b.1210 in Annadale,Scotland d.31 May 1295 in Dumfriesshire,Scotland
- b.Jul 1243 in Annadale,Scotland d.12 Apr 1304 in Palestine,Holy Lands
- b.08 Nov 1226 in Gloucester,England d.10 Jul 1264
- b.11 Jul 1274 in Writtle,Scotland d.07 Jun 1329 in Cardross Castle,Dunbartonshire,Scotland
- b.1202 in Carrick,Argyllshire,Scotland d.1256 in Scotland
- b.1252 in Carrick,Argyllshire,Scotland d.27 Oct 1292
- b.1206 in Scotland
- b.1297 in Dundonald Castle,Irvine,Ayrshire,Scotland d.02 Mar 1315 in Paisley Abbey,Renfrewshire,Scotland
- b.1278
- b.~ 1337 in Dundonald Castle,Irvine,Ayrshire,Scotland d.04 Apr 1406 in Rothesay Castle,Isle of Bute,Scotland
- b.1265 d.1348
- b.~ 1290 in Rowallan Castle,Kilmarnock,Ayrshire,Scotland d.1355 in Rowallan Castle,Kilmarnock,Ayrshire,Scotland
- b.1261
- b.1320 in Rowallon,Kilmarnock,Ayrshire,Scotland d.< 1355 in Paisley Abbey,Renfrewshire,Scotland
- b.1269
- b.~ 1295 in Fokeltie,Ayrshire,Scotland
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Robert John III and Annabella were married in a religious ceremony about 1367.3 They had a son and three daughters, named James I, Margaret, Elizabeth and Mary.
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Children
Princess Margaret Stewart Of Scotland
Margaret was born in 1370 in Dunfermline,Fifeshire,Scotland. She died at the age of 86 in September 1456 in Thrieve Castle,Galloway,Scotland.
Princess Elizabeth Stewart Of Scotland
Elizabeth was born about 1371 in Dunfermline,Fifeshire,Scotland. She died on November 3rd, 1411 in Dalkeith,Midlothian,Scotland.
Princess Mary Stewart Of Scotland
Mary was born about 1382 in Rothesay Castle,Isle of Bute,Scotland. She died before 1458 in Duntreath Castle,Strathblane,Stirlingshire,Scotland.4
King James I Stewart Of Scotland
James I was born in December 1394 in Dumferline,Fifeshire,Scotland.5 He died in Murdered at Perth,Perthshire,Scotland. He was buried in 1437 in Charter House,Perth,Perthshire,Scotland.5
Robert John III and Unknown were married in a religious ceremony in No Marriage. They had a son named John.
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Children
Sir John Stewart
John was born about 1362 in Ardgowan,Inverkip,Renfrewshire,Scotland. He died on May 31st, 1445 in Drumglass,Angusshire,Scotland.
1 Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on @ Robert III
2 Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ Robert III
3 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 @ 252-33
4 The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999 @ 41-9
5 The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999 @ 91-10
Further source/citation:
Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ 1990
2 Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ Robert III
3 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 @ 252-33
4 The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999 @ 41-9
5 The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999 @ 91-10
Further source/citation:
Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ 1990
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