Margaret Stewart, Countess of Erroll

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Margaret married Frances Hay, Ninth Earl of Erroll on 27 Jun 1584 in Edinburgh Parish, Midlothian (Edinburghshire), Scotland. Frances was born on 30 Apr 1564 in Erroll Castle, Inchetuthyll, Perth, Scotland; died on 16 Jul 1631 in Kirktown of Slains, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Born c. 1531 and murdered 1570. Moray, born James Stewart, was the illegitimate half-brother of Mary Queen of Scots. Moray was a ruthless, and clever politician who always seemed to be in the right place at the right time. Ambitious and power-hungry, he was the most powerful nobleman of his age. He played a major part in driving Mary from Scotland. [2, 3]**

James Stuart/Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray lived from 1531 to 23 January 1570. A half brother of Mary Queen of Scots, he was a convert to Protestantism who variously supported and opposed her, before eventually, while acting as Regent to the infant James VI, defeating her in battle and forcing her into exile and imprisonment in England.

James Stewart was the illegitimate son of James V of Scotland and Lady Margaret Erskine, daughter of John Erskine, 4th Earl of Mar. During Mary Queen of Scots' childhood years in France, James became an early convert to Protestantism. He then joined with the Protestant lords opposing the efforts of Mary's mother, Marie de Guise, who as Regent of Scotland sought to preserve the Catholic status quo, using French troops against both the English and internal Scottish dissent.

When Mary Queen of Scots returned from France in 1561, James Stewart became her chief adviser, and the following year she made him the 1st Earl of Moray. In 1562 he led Mary's forces to put down a rebellion by the 4th Earl of Huntly: and in the same year married Agnes Keith, daughter of William Keith, 4th Earl Marischal.

In 1565 James Stewart strongly opposed the marriage between Mary and Lord Darnley. When the marriage went ahead anyway, Stewart raised a rebellion against Mary in Ayrshire. On 26 August 1565, Mary led an army out of Edinburgh to put down the rebellion, pursuing the rebels over much of southern Scotland in what became known as the Chaseabout Raid. James Stewart escaped and sought sanctuary in Queen Elizabeth I's England, a country with which he had been trying to negotiate closer links.

Stewart was among those who plotted a coup attempt against the now heavily pregnant Mary in March 1566, the first step of which was the murder of her Private Secretary, David Rizzio. The coup was defeated after Mary turned Lord Darnley against the other consiprators, and he helped her to safety at Dunbar Castle under the protection of James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell.

Mary's ruthless suppression of the conspirators against her overlooked Stewart, partly because he was in England at the time, and partly because his involvement remained unknown to her. As a result he was able to returning to Scotland in 1566, being pardoned by Mary for his rebellion following her marriage to Darnley. By luck or design, he happened to be in France when Lord Darnley was murdered, and during the period of uproar that followed Mary's marriage to the Earl of Bothwell culminating in Mary's forced abdication in favour of her infant son James VI.

James Stewart returned to Scotland to be appointed Regent to the young James VI. When Mary later escaped from Lochleven Castle and attempted to regain power, it was James Stewart who led the forces that defeated her at the Battle of Langside on 13 May 1568, leading to her ill-judged flight to, and imprisonment in, England.

James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray ruled Scotland as a very effective Regent for James VI until 23 January 1570. During a visit to Linlithgow he was assassinated by James Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh, a supporter of Mary. In death he wrote one last small footnote in history: his was the first ever recorded assassination by a firearm anywhere in the world. James Stewart was buried at St Giles Kirk in Edinburgh.

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James married Anna Agnes Keith, Countess of Moray. Anna (daughter of William Keith, Fourth Earl of Marischal and Margaret Keith) was born on 14 Jul 1530 in Midlothian, Scotland; died on 16 Jul 1588 in Midlothian, Scotland; was buried on 25 Aug 1588 in Saint Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Agnes Keith,Countess of Moray, Regent of Scotland and at one time most powerful woman in Scotland, daughter of William Keith 3rd or 4th "Earl of Marishal" of Dunnottar Castle. She married James Stuart 1st Earl of Moray regent of Scotland 1567-1570, illegitimate son of King James and half brother of Mary Queen of Scots.

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James V, (born April 10, 1512, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scot.? died Dec. 14, 1542, Falkland, Fife), king of Scotland from 1513 to 1542.

During the period of his minority, which lasted throughout the first half of his reign, James was a pawn in the struggle between pro-French and pro-English factions; after he assumed personal control of the government, he upheld Roman Catholicism against the Protestant nobles and allied his country with France.

James was 17 months old when he succeeded to the throne of his father, James IV (ruled 1488? 1513). In the power struggle that developed between the pro-French regent, John Stewart, duke of Albany, and the head of the English party, Archibald Douglas, earl of Angus, each side sought to gain possession of the young ruler. James's mother, Margaret Tudor, complicated events by shifting her allegiance from her husband, Angus, to Albany.

Albany retired to France in 1524, and Angus kept James in confinement from 1526 until 1528, when the king escaped and forced Angus to flee to England. By 1530 James had consolidated his power in Scotland. He signed a treaty with his uncle, King Henry VIII of England, in 1534, but in 1538 he married the French noblewoman Mary of Lorraine and thereafter allied with France against England. A cruel man, he instituted in his later years a near reign of terror in Scotland, and his financial exactions did not endear him to his subjects.

When Henry VIII's forces attacked Scotland in 1542, James's small army, weakened by the disaffection of the Protestant nobles, crossed into England and was easily routed near the border at Solway Moss on Nov. 24, 1542. The disaster caused the king to suffer a mental breakdown; he died on Dec. 14, 1542, a week after the birth of his daughter? his only surviving legitimate child? Mary Stuart (Mary, Queen of Scots). Among his several illegitimate children was James, earl of Moray (died 1570), who became regent of Scotland when Mary Stuart abdicated her throne in 1567.

His marriage to Mary of Guise: James then proceeded to marry Mary of Guise, daughter of Claude, Duke of Guise, and widow of Louis II d'Orl?ans, Duke of Longueville, by proxy on 12 June 1538. Mary already had two sons from her first marriage, and the union produced two sons. However, both died in April 1541, just eight days after baby Robert was baptised. Their daughter and James's only surviving legitimate child, Mary(Queen of Scots), was born in 1542 at Linlithgow Palace.

His children, many illegitimate:

By Madeleine de Valois: no children

By Mary of Guise:

James, Duke of Rothesay (22 May 1540, St Andrews, Fife ? 21 April 1541).
Arthur[59] or Robert, Duke of Albany (12 April 1541, Falkland Palace ? 20 April 1541), buried in Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh.
Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542, Linlithgow Palace ? 8 February 1587; had issue).
Additionally, James V had nine known illegitimate children, at least three of whom were fathered before the age of 20. The young King was said to have been encouraged in his amorous affairs by the Angus regime to keep him distracted from politics. In addition to these aristocratic liaisons, David Lindsay described the king's other affairs in his poem, The Answer to the Kingis Flyting; 'ye be now strang lyke ane elephand, And in till Venus werkis maist vailyeand.'

Many of the sons of his aristocratic mistresses entered ecclesiastical careers. Pope Clement VII sent a dispensation to James V dated 30 August 1534, allowing four of the children to take holy orders when they came of age. The document stated that James elder was in his fifth year, James younger and John in their third year, and Robert in his first year.

Adam Stewart (d. 20 June 1575), son of Lady Elizabeth Stewart, (daughter of John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox.)
Prior of Charterhouse, Perth. Buried at St. Magnus, Kirkwall, Orkney; tombstone survives.
James Stewart, son of Christine Barclay
Jean Stewart (d. 7 January 1588), daughter of Elizabeth Bethune.
Married Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll in 1553, divorced in 1573 due to desertion.
James Stewart (c. 1529? 57), son of Elizabeth Shaw.
Commendator of Kelso and Melrose.
Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney (b.1533), son of Euphame Elphinstone
Prior and Commendator of Holyrood Abbey.
John Stewart, Lord Darnley and Prior of Coldingham, (c. 1531 ? November 1563), son of Elizabeth Carmichael (1514? 1550) who later married John Somerville of Cambusnethan.
He married Jean (or Jane) Hepburn, sister and heiress of James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, their son Francis Stewart became Earl of Bothwell and a daughter Christine Stewart was appointed to rock the cradle of Prince James in March 1567.
James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, son of Margaret Erskine, James's favourite mistress.
Prior of St Andrews, Advisor and rival to his half-sister, Mary, Queen of Scots and regent for his nephew, James VI.
Robert Stewart, junior, (d. 1581), mother unknown.
Prior of Whithorn.

(Research):Nickname
The Poor Man's King
Also Known As
James V
Also Known As
King of Scotland
Also Known As
James V King Scots
Birth Name
James Stewart V
Military Service
Invasion of England
1542
Lauder, Scottish Borders, Scotland
Defeat: Invasion of England at Battle of Solway Moss on the English Side of the Anglo/Scottish border
31 October 1542
Invasion of England at Lauder, Scotland
November 1542
Solway Moss, Scottish Borders, Scotland
Title of Nobility
Prince
Scotland
Earl
Moray
Grand Steward
Scotland
Duke
Rothesay
King
from 21 September 1513 to 1542
Scotland
Custom Event
Fatherless
He was 17 months old when his father was killed in battle on Flotten Field.
9 September 1513
Branxton, Northumberland, England
Kidnapped
The Regent Albany brought 7,000 men to Sterling Castle to abduct him from his mother, Margaret Tudor
1515
Sterling Castle, Scotland
Declared to have 'Authority Royal'
14 June 1526
Tribe Name
Cause of Death: There are accounts he might have died of grief over the war defeat...although some historians consider that it may just have been an ordinary fever, he had been ill for three days, after the war.

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James married Margaret Erskine. Margaret was born on 13 Aug 1513 in Edinburgh Parish, Midlothian (Edinburghshire), Scotland; died on 5 May 1572 in Falkland, Fife, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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William married Margaret Keith. Margaret was born about 1518 in Inverugie Mill, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; died on 18 Jul 1556 in Dunnottar, Grampian, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Nickname
Iron Belt
Also Known As
James IV
Also Known As
King of Scotland
Also Known As
King James Stewart IV of Scotland, Ireland
Military Service
James established a navy and felt great pride for the Great Michael, the largest warship ever to have been built in Scotland.
In 1503, James IV tried to make peace with England by marrying Mary Tudor but soon returned to a policy of close cooperation with France. The Queen of France, Anne of Brittany, urged James to declare war against Henry VIII of England. James invaded England in 1513 and was killed in the Battle of Flodden Field. Scottish troops were again defeated b y the English in 1542. Ruled 1488-1513 Known from the belt he wore in expiation of his having fought against his father at Sauchieburn, as "James of the Iron Belt." Killed at the battle of Flodden
Battle of Sauchieburn
1488
Signed the Treaty of Perpetual Peace with Henry VII of England. By this treaty James married Henry's daughter Margaret Tudor.
1502
Residence
Traquair Estate
Scotland
Religious Affiliation
Archbishop of St. Andrews, but never consecrated
24 August 1497
Title of Nobility
King
Scotland

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James married Margaret Tudor about 1503 in Scotland. Margaret was born on 28 Nov 1489 in Palace of Westminster, Westminster, London, England; died on 18 Oct 1541 in Methven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Robert married Elizabeth Beatrice Douglas, Baroness Keith on 9 Dec 1505 in Morton, Dumfrieshire, Scotland. Elizabeth was born about 1488 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland; died on 5 May 1527 in Dunottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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