Governor of Scotland Murdock Stuart 
Governor of Scotland Murdock was born about 1363 in Dundonald Castle, Irvine, Ayshire, Scotland.1 Governor of Scotland Murdock's father was Duke of Albany Robert Stuart and his mother was Countess of Mentieth Margaret Murdock Graham. His maternal grandparents were Sir John Graham and Countess of Menteith Mary Stewart. He had two brothers and seven sisters, named Robert, Earl of Buchan John, Lady Margaret, Janet, Maria, Lady Marjory, Lady Isabella, Lady Marcelline and Elizabeth. He was the second oldest of the ten children. He died on May 25th, 1425 in Beheaded at Stirling Castle, Scotland by King James I. He was buried in Church of the Black Friars, Stirling, Scotland.2 2 General Notes
When Robert Stewart Duke of Albany died at the age of about eighty-one, his son Murdock Stewart succeeded him as Governor of Scotland. His attempt at governing foundered after four years of futile misrule. In 1424 King James I, his cousin, returned to Scotland after eighteen years of imprisonment in England. Since James I's kingship had been at risk while imprisoned in England, he did not intend for it to be threatened upon his return to Scotland. In 1425 he ordered Murdock & his two sons beheaded at Sterling.[murdock stuart.ged]
When Robert Stewart Duke of Albany died at the age of about eighty-one, his son Murdock Stewart succeeded him as Governor of Scotland. His attempt at governing foundered after four years of futile misrule. In 1424 King James I, his cousin, returned to Scotland after eighteen years of imprisonment in England. Since James I's kingship had been at risk while imprisoned in England, he did not intend for it to be threatened upon his return to Scotland. In 1425 he ordered Murdock & his two sons beheaded at Sterling.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1339 in Dundonald Castle, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland d.03 Sep 1420 in Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1363 in Dundonald Castle, Irvine, Ayshire, Scotland d.25 May 1425 in Beheaded at Stirling Castle, Scotland by King James I
- b.~ 1216 in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland d.1283 in Eskdale, Langholm, Dumfrieshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1243 in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland d.1304 in Abercorn, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
- b.~ 1220 in Eskdale, Langholm, Dumfrieshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1270 in Abercorn, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
- b.~ 1248 in Strathearn, Perthshire, Scotland d.1318 in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland
- b.~ 1310 in Abercorn, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland d.1358 in Doune Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1275
- b.~ 1340 in Doune Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland d.~ 1395 in Dundonald Castle, Irvine, Ayshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1312 in Mentieth, Perthshire, Scotland
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1 margaret dunbar.ged
2 murdock stuart.ged
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2 murdock stuart.ged
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