Individual Details
Sir James "The Black Knight of Lorn" Stewart
(Abt 1383 - 17 Aug 1451)
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James Stewart is a descendant of Magna Carta surety barons
[[Clare-673|Gilbert de Clare]] and [[Clare-651|Richard de Clare]]. [[Category:Clare-673 Descendants]][[Category:Clare-651 Descendants]]
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'''This profile is not [[Stewart-419|King James (James I) of Scotland]] who also married Joan Beaufort February 1424 in St. Andrew's, Fifeshire, Scotland. This profile is of James "the Black Knight of Lorn," who married the same Joan after September 21, 1439 (which is the date of a dispensation, they being relatives) after the death of King James Stewart of Scotland.'''
== Biography ==
He was probably, but not certainly, born at Innermeath.
He and his wife received a dispensation for marriage dates Sept. 21, 1439 as they were related in numerous ways, but with the condition that whichever spouse survived would remain unmarried. [http://www.archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun01paul#page/440/mode/2up Sir James Balfour Paul, Editor, 1908, The Scots Peerage,] founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, Published by David Douglas, Edinburgh, Scotland, Vol. 1 p. 440 and Vol. 5 p. 2
He died after 1451, as on Aug 17, 1451 he had an English safe-conduct.Douglas Richardson, "Magna Carta Ancestry 1st edition" , Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 2005. p 779. Also "Royal Ancestry" Vol. 5 p 41.
He is said to have been captured at sea by a Flemish ship with a large number of Englishmen and put to death.
A somewhat more expanded biography is found at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stewart,_the_Black_Knight_of_Lorn Wikipedia].
He and his wife had three sons, John, 1st Earl of Atholl, James, 1st Earl of Buchan, and Andrew, a cleric.
== Sources ==
*Source: [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLAND,%20Kings%201066-1603.htm#JoanBeaufortdied1445 Cawley, Charles. "STEWART of LORN, (Robert Stewart)." Foundation for Medieval Genealogy: Medieval Lands, A Prosopography of Medieval European Noble and Royal Families. Accessed February 13, 2015. ]
*Richardson, Douglas. ''Royal Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, in 5 vols''. (Salt Lake City, Utah, 2013): vol. 5 p. 41; vol. I p. 657.
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[[Category:5-Star Magna Carta Project Profiles]][[Category:Clare-673 Descendants]][[Category:Clare-651 Descendants]]
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}James Stewart is a descendant of Magna Carta surety barons Richard de Clare and Gilbert de Clare (see [[#Magna Carta Project|text below]]).: '''Note:''' This profile is not '''[[Stewart-419|King James (James I) of Scotland]]''', who also married [[Beaufort-20|Joan Beaufort]] (February 1424 in St. Andrew's, Fifeshire, Scotland). This profile is of [[Stewart-4030|James "the Black Knight of Lorn"]], who married the same [[Beaufort-20|Joan]] (about 1439) after the death of King James Stewart of Scotland.
== Biography ==}
}'''James Stewart''', Knt., "Black Knight of Lorn"Douglas Richardson. ''Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families,'' 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), volume IV, pages 102-107] STEWART.Richardson, ''Magna Carta Ancestry,'' IV:103] STEWART 9.
James Stewart, younger son of John Stewart of Innermeath and his wife Isabel of Lorn, was probably, but not certainly, born at Innermeath.
He and his wife received a dispensation for marriage dated Sept. 21, 1439 as they were related in numerous ways, but with the condition that whichever spouse survived would remain unmarried. [http://www.archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun01paul#page/440/mode/2up Sir James Balfour Paul, Editor, 1908, The Scots Peerage,] founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, Published by David Douglas, Edinburgh, Scotland, Vol. 1 p. 440 and Vol. 5 p. 2
He died after 1451, as on Aug 17, 1451 he had an English safe-conduct.Douglas Richardson, "Magna Carta Ancestry 1st edition" , Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 2005. p 779. Also "Royal Ancestry" Vol. 5 p 41.
He is said to have been captured at sea [the North Sea between Scotland and Flanders] by a Flemish ship with a large number of Englishmen and '''put to death there'''.
A somewhat more expanded biography is found at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stewart,_the_Black_Knight_of_Lorn Wikipedia].
He and his wife had three sons, John, 1st Earl of Atholl, James, 1st Earl of Buchan, and Andrew, a cleric.
== Research Notes ==
'''Estimated Dates''':
: Birth year (about 1399 selected):* 1399 (The Stewart Society: "The Black Knight of Lorn was born at Innermeath, Scotland in 1399.")Article on [https://www.stewartsociety.org/history-of-the-stewarts.cfm?section=famous-stewarts&subcatid=17&histid=507 James Stewart] posted by The Stewart Society (accessed 25 Feb. 2019: bibliography/author not noted in posting)* 1399 (Wikipedia)Wikipedia: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stewart,_the_Black_Knight_of_Lorn James Stewart, the Black Knight of Lorn] (accessed 25 Feb. 2019), citing* Sir James Stewart of Lorn at [http://www.thepeerage.com/p10213.htm#i102129 thepeerage.com]* Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 230. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Family.* Bruce A. McAndrew, Scotland's Historic Heraldry (Woodbridge, Suffolk, U.K : Boydell Press, 2006) page 205* Edward Kimber & John Almon, The Peerage of Scotland (London, U.K: Piccadilly, 1767), page 340.* The Politics of Fifteenth Century England,M.L. Kekewich et. al. (1995) pp. 183–85
* no dateWikipedia: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_knight Black knight] (accessed 25 Feb. 2019)Cawley, Charles. [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTLAND.htm#JamesBlackKnightLornMJoanA James Black], entry in [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CONTENTS.htm Medieval Lands] database (25 Feb. 2019). * 1383 (FindAGrave; no source)} for James Stewart (accessed 25 Feb. 2019
* 1395 (wikidata; no source)
: Death Year (after 17 August 1451 selected)* After 17 August 1451 (date of a safe conduct issued to him by the English king)
* 17 Aug 1451 (FindAGrave; no source)* 1448 (wikidata; no source)[https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6143629 Q6143629], as reported by a database error suggestion (marked as false 22 Feb. 2018 by [[Snow-2128]]: "Wikidata date is wrong."
* 1448 (Cawley)
== Sources ==
*https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46673287/james-stewart*https://www.stewartsociety.org/history-of-the-stewarts.cfm?section=famous-stewarts&subcatid=17&histid=507
==Acknowledgements==Click the Changes tab to see edits to this profile. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this profile.
===Magna Carta Project===:James Stewart appears in a project-approved/badged trail (reviewed in 2015 by a [[Project:Magna Carta|Magna Carta project]] member) from [[:Category:Gateway Ancestors|Gateway Ancestor]] [[Spotswood-2|Alexander Spotswood]] to [[:Category:Surety Barons|Magna Carta Surety Barons]] [[Clare-673|Gilbert de Clare]] and [[Clare-651|Richard de Clare]]. The trail can be viewed in the [[Spotswood-2#Magna Carta Trails|Magna Carta Trails]] section of the Gateway's profile.
: As an 18th-century immigrant, [[Rose-6077|Robert Rose]] is not listed in ''Magna Carta Ancestry'' as a [[:Category:Gateway Ancestors|Gateway Ancestor]] (vol. I, pages xxiii-xxix) and is not covered in Richardson's works. However, this profile is in a project-approved/badged trail (reviewed August 2015 by a [[Project:Magna Carta|Magna Carta project]] member) between Robert Rose and [[:Category:Surety Barons|Magna Carta Surety Barons]] [[Clare-673|Gilbert de Clare]] and [[Clare-651|Richard de Clare]]. This trail needs re-review and can be seen in the [[Rose-6077#Magna Carta Trails|Magna Carta Trails]] section of Robert Rose's profile.
*'''Needs Re-review''': This profile needs re-review against the project's [[Space:Magna_Carta_Project_Checklist|checklist]] to bring it up to current project standards. ~ [[Thiessen-117|Thiessen-117]] 01:17, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
: See [[Space:Magna_Carta_Team_Base_Camp|Base Camp]] for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's [[Space:Magna Carta Project Glossary|glossary]] for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".
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[[Clare-673|Gilbert de Clare]] and [[Clare-651|Richard de Clare]].
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'''This profile is not [[Stewart-419|King James (James I) of Scotland]] who also married Joan Beaufort February 1424 in St. Andrew's, Fifeshire, Scotland. This profile is of James "the Black Knight of Lorn," who married the same Joan after September 21, 1439 (which is the date of a dispensation, they being relatives) after the death of King James Stewart of Scotland.'''
== Biography ==
He was probably, but not certainly, born at Innermeath.
He and his wife received a dispensation for marriage dates Sept. 21, 1439 as they were related in numerous ways, but with the condition that whichever spouse survived would remain unmarried. [http://www.archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun01paul#page/440/mode/2up Sir James Balfour Paul, Editor, 1908, The Scots Peerage,] founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, Published by David Douglas, Edinburgh, Scotland, Vol. 1 p. 440 and Vol. 5 p. 2
He died after 1451, as on Aug 17, 1451 he had an English safe-conduct.Douglas Richardson, "Magna Carta Ancestry 1st edition" , Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 2005. p 779. Also "Royal Ancestry" Vol. 5 p 41.
He is said to have been captured at sea by a Flemish ship with a large number of Englishmen and put to death.
A somewhat more expanded biography is found at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stewart,_the_Black_Knight_of_Lorn Wikipedia].
He and his wife had three sons, John, 1st Earl of Atholl, James, 1st Earl of Buchan, and Andrew, a cleric.
== Sources ==
*Source: [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLAND,%20Kings%201066-1603.htm#JoanBeaufortdied1445 Cawley, Charles. "STEWART of LORN, (Robert Stewart)." Foundation for Medieval Genealogy: Medieval Lands, A Prosopography of Medieval European Noble and Royal Families. Accessed February 13, 2015. ]
*Richardson, Douglas. ''Royal Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, in 5 vols''. (Salt Lake City, Utah, 2013): vol. 5 p. 41; vol. I p. 657.
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[[Category:5-Star Magna Carta Project Profiles]][[Category:Clare-673 Descendants]][[Category:Clare-651 Descendants]]
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}James Stewart is a descendant of Magna Carta surety barons Richard de Clare and Gilbert de Clare (see [[#Magna Carta Project|text below]]).: '''Note:''' This profile is not '''[[Stewart-419|King James (James I) of Scotland]]''', who also married [[Beaufort-20|Joan Beaufort]] (February 1424 in St. Andrew's, Fifeshire, Scotland). This profile is of [[Stewart-4030|James "the Black Knight of Lorn"]], who married the same [[Beaufort-20|Joan]] (about 1439) after the death of King James Stewart of Scotland.
== Biography ==}
}'''James Stewart''', Knt., "Black Knight of Lorn"Douglas Richardson. ''Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families,'' 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), volume IV, pages 102-107] STEWART.Richardson, ''Magna Carta Ancestry,'' IV:103] STEWART 9.
James Stewart, younger son of John Stewart of Innermeath and his wife Isabel of Lorn, was probably, but not certainly, born at Innermeath.
He and his wife received a dispensation for marriage dated Sept. 21, 1439 as they were related in numerous ways, but with the condition that whichever spouse survived would remain unmarried. [http://www.archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun01paul#page/440/mode/2up Sir James Balfour Paul, Editor, 1908, The Scots Peerage,] founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, Published by David Douglas, Edinburgh, Scotland, Vol. 1 p. 440 and Vol. 5 p. 2
He died after 1451, as on Aug 17, 1451 he had an English safe-conduct.Douglas Richardson, "Magna Carta Ancestry 1st edition" , Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 2005. p 779. Also "Royal Ancestry" Vol. 5 p 41.
He is said to have been captured at sea [the North Sea between Scotland and Flanders] by a Flemish ship with a large number of Englishmen and '''put to death there'''.
A somewhat more expanded biography is found at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stewart,_the_Black_Knight_of_Lorn Wikipedia].
He and his wife had three sons, John, 1st Earl of Atholl, James, 1st Earl of Buchan, and Andrew, a cleric.
== Research Notes ==
'''Estimated Dates''':
: Birth year (about 1399 selected):* 1399 (The Stewart Society: "The Black Knight of Lorn was born at Innermeath, Scotland in 1399.")Article on [https://www.stewartsociety.org/history-of-the-stewarts.cfm?section=famous-stewarts&subcatid=17&histid=507 James Stewart] posted by The Stewart Society (accessed 25 Feb. 2019: bibliography/author not noted in posting)* 1399 (Wikipedia)Wikipedia: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stewart,_the_Black_Knight_of_Lorn James Stewart, the Black Knight of Lorn] (accessed 25 Feb. 2019), citing* Sir James Stewart of Lorn at [http://www.thepeerage.com/p10213.htm#i102129 thepeerage.com]* Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 230. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Family.* Bruce A. McAndrew, Scotland's Historic Heraldry (Woodbridge, Suffolk, U.K : Boydell Press, 2006) page 205* Edward Kimber & John Almon, The Peerage of Scotland (London, U.K: Piccadilly, 1767), page 340.* The Politics of Fifteenth Century England,M.L. Kekewich et. al. (1995) pp. 183–85
* no dateWikipedia: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_knight Black knight] (accessed 25 Feb. 2019)Cawley, Charles. [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTLAND.htm#JamesBlackKnightLornMJoanA James Black], entry in [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CONTENTS.htm Medieval Lands] database (25 Feb. 2019). * 1383 (FindAGrave; no source)} for James Stewart (accessed 25 Feb. 2019
* 1395 (wikidata; no source)
: Death Year (after 17 August 1451 selected)* After 17 August 1451 (date of a safe conduct issued to him by the English king)
* 17 Aug 1451 (FindAGrave; no source)* 1448 (wikidata; no source)[https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6143629 Q6143629], as reported by a database error suggestion (marked as false 22 Feb. 2018 by [[Snow-2128]]: "Wikidata date is wrong."
* 1448 (Cawley)
== Sources ==
*https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46673287/james-stewart*https://www.stewartsociety.org/history-of-the-stewarts.cfm?section=famous-stewarts&subcatid=17&histid=507
==Acknowledgements==Click the Changes tab to see edits to this profile. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this profile.
===Magna Carta Project===:James Stewart appears in a project-approved/badged trail (reviewed in 2015 by a [[Project:Magna Carta|Magna Carta project]] member) from [[:Category:Gateway Ancestors|Gateway Ancestor]] [[Spotswood-2|Alexander Spotswood]] to [[:Category:Surety Barons|Magna Carta Surety Barons]] [[Clare-673|Gilbert de Clare]] and [[Clare-651|Richard de Clare]]. The trail can be viewed in the [[Spotswood-2#Magna Carta Trails|Magna Carta Trails]] section of the Gateway's profile.
: As an 18th-century immigrant, [[Rose-6077|Robert Rose]] is not listed in ''Magna Carta Ancestry'' as a [[:Category:Gateway Ancestors|Gateway Ancestor]] (vol. I, pages xxiii-xxix) and is not covered in Richardson's works. However, this profile is in a project-approved/badged trail (reviewed August 2015 by a [[Project:Magna Carta|Magna Carta project]] member) between Robert Rose and [[:Category:Surety Barons|Magna Carta Surety Barons]] [[Clare-673|Gilbert de Clare]] and [[Clare-651|Richard de Clare]]. This trail needs re-review and can be seen in the [[Rose-6077#Magna Carta Trails|Magna Carta Trails]] section of Robert Rose's profile.
*'''Needs Re-review''': This profile needs re-review against the project's [[Space:Magna_Carta_Project_Checklist|checklist]] to bring it up to current project standards. ~ [[Thiessen-117|Thiessen-117]] 01:17, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
: See [[Space:Magna_Carta_Team_Base_Camp|Base Camp]] for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's [[Space:Magna Carta Project Glossary|glossary]] for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".
Events
| Birth | Abt 1383 | Innermeath, Argyllshire, Scotland | |||
| Birth | Abt 1399 | Innermeath, Argyllshire, Scotland | |||
| Marriage | 21 Sep 1439 | Scotland - Joan Beaufort | |||
| Death | 17 Aug 1451 | Put to death at sea | |||
| Death | Aft 17 Aug 1451 | North Sea | |||
| Reference No | 2641640 | ||||
| Reference No | 2677280 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Joan Beaufort (1404 - 1445) |
| Child | Sir John "of Balveny, 1st Earl of Atholl" Stewart (1440 - 1512) |
| Child | James "1st Earl of Buchan" Stewart (1442 - 1499) |
| Child | Most Rev Andrew Stewart (1443 - 1501) |
| Father | Sir John Stewart (1348 - 1421) |
| Mother | Isabel MacDougall (1362 - 1439) |
| Sibling | Robert "1st Lord Lorn" Stewart (1379 - 1449) |
| Sibling | Alexander Stewart (1377 - ) |
| Sibling | Christian Stuart (1379 - ) |
| Sibling | Archibald Stuart (1381 - ) |
| Sibling | Isabel "Countess of Tullibardine" Stewart (1388 - 1460) |
| Sibling | Jean Stewart (1396 - 1420) |