Sir James Stuart 
James was born in December 1384 in Innermeath, Perthshire, Scotland.1 James' father was 1st Baron of Lorn John Stewart and his mother was Isabel Ergadia. His paternal grandparents were Sir Robert Stewart and Catherine MacDougall; his maternal grandparents were Lord of Lorn John de Ergadia MacAlan and Jonet de Isaac. He had two brothers and six sisters, named Robert, Archibald, Stewart, Catherine, Jean, Isabel, Jean and Christian. He died by execution, Captured at Sea by Flemish and put to death, at the age of 67 in 1451.2 General Notes
Sir James Stewart, "The Black Knight of Lorn"; married (papal dispensation 21 Sep 1439) Jane/ Joan Beaufort, Queen Dowager ofScotland (d 15 June 1445), daughter of John, Marquess of Dorset and Earl of Somerset (son of John of Gaunt and grandson ofEdward III), and widow of Jame s I, and was captured at sea by a Flemish ship and put to death. [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.1214 in Dundonald Castle, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland d.1283
- b.1245 in Scotland d.22 Jul 1298 in Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
- b.1218 in Bute, Scotland
- b.1276 in Pearston, Scotland d.1333 in Halidon Hill, Scotland
- b.1249 in Berwickshire, Scotland d.1304
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- b.1325 in Innermeath, Scotland d.1387
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- b.1350 in Innermeath, Scotland d.26 Apr 1421
- b.~ 1225 in Lorn, Argyllshire, Scotland d.1265
- b.~ 1255 in Lorn, Argyllshire, Scotland d.1310 in Dunollie Castle, Oban, Argyllshire, Scotland
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- b.~ 1295 in Lorn, Argyllshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1220 in Buchan, Aberdeen, Scotland d.> 1273 in Buchan, Aberdeen, Scotland
- b.~ 1255 in Buchan, Aberdeen, Scotland
- b.~ 1225 in Galloway, Perth, Scotland
- b.~ 1317 in Lorn, Argyllshire, Scotland
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- b.Dec 1384 in Innermeath, Perthshire, Scotland d.1451
- b.~ 1225 in Lorn, Argyllshire, Scotland d.1265
- b.~ 1255 in Lorn, Argyllshire, Scotland d.1310 in Dunollie Castle, Oban, Argyllshire, Scotland
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- b.~ 1295 in Lorn, Argyllshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1220 in Buchan, Aberdeen, Scotland d.> 1273 in Buchan, Aberdeen, Scotland
- b.~ 1255 in Buchan, Aberdeen, Scotland
- b.~ 1225 in Galloway, Perth, Scotland
- b.1317 in Lorn, Argyllshire, Scotland
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- b.1362 in Lorn, Argyllshire, Scotland d.21 Dec 1439
- b.1306 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland
- b.1337 in Scotland
- b.Jul 1243 in Annandale, Dumfrieshire, Scotland d.04 Apr 1304 in Palestine
- b.11 Jul 1274 in Writtle, Near Chelmsford, Essex, England d.07 Jun 1329 in Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
- b.1252 in Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland d.27 Oct 1292
- b.1310 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland d.20 Jul 1353 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.1259 in Ulster Planation, Ulster, Ireland d.26 Jul 1326 in Athassel Monastery near Cashel, County Tipperary, Ireland
- b.1289 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
- b.1264 d.1304
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Details of James' family with Joan de Beaufort
1 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=clcaldwell&id=I28152&style=TABLE
2 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=clcaldwell&id=I28139
2 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=clcaldwell&id=I28139
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