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Sir John "of Balveny, 1st Earl of Atholl" Stewart
(Abt 1440 - 15 Sep 1512)
[[Category:Scotland, Notables]][[Category:Earls of Atholl]][[Category:5-Star Magna Carta Project Profiles]][[Category:Bigod-1 Descendants]] [[Category:Bigod-2 Descendants]][[Category:Clare-673 Descendants]][[Category:Clare-651 Descendants]][[Category:Quincy-226 Descendants]][[Category:De_Vere-309 Descendants]]
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----John Stewart is a descendant of Magna Carta surety barons Robert de Vere, the Bigods, the Clares, and Saher de Quincy (see [[#Magna Carta Project|text below]]).
== Biography ==}
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}Sir John Stewart, born about 1440, was the oldest child of [[Beaufort-20|Joan Beaufort]], widow of James I of Scotland, and her second husband [[Stewart-4030|Sir James Stewart]], the Knight of Lorn. He became Earl of Atholl in or before 1457 in the eighth creation of that title.Paul, Sir James Balfour, ed., ''The Scots Peerage, founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland''. (Edinburgh, Scotland: David Douglas, 1904), [http://www.archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun01paul#page/440/mode/2up Vol. 1, pages 440-443].
He has been confused with another [[Stewart-1338|John Stewart]], the son of Sir Alan Stewart and Catherine Seton. Joan's husbands have also been confused in the past.
===Marriages and Children===:John was married twice. He married first before Mar 1460 to [[Douglas-1926|Margaret Douglas]], "The Fair Maid of Galloway", widow of William, 8th Earl of Douglas and daughter and heiress of Archibald, 5th Earl of Douglas, Duke of Touraine. He married second, before 19 Apr 1475, to [[Sinclair-143|Eleanor Sinclair]], stated to be the daughter of William, Earl of Orkney and Caithness.
:John had children with both wives, birth order unknown. The following children are listed in ''Scots Peerage'':*[[Stewart-1604|John]], 2nd Earl of Atholl, m. [[Campbell-1591|Janet Campbell]], died after 1520 and before 1522.
*[[Stewart-1621|Andrew]], Bishop of Caithness in 1518, died 1542.*[[Stewart-3029|Jean]] (or Joanna or Janet), m. before 1482 to [[Gordon-741|Alexander Gordon]], 3rd Earl of Huntly.
*[[Stewart-1210|Katherine]], m. [[Forbes-185|John]], 6th Lord Forbes.*[[Stewart-8262|Elisabeth]], m. 1st Jan 1511/12 [[Stewart-3266|John Stuart]], 3rd Earl of Lennox, [perhaps m. 2nd Ninian Lord Ross }]*[[Stewart-1628|Christian]], m. Neil Stewart of Garth, died 30 May 1538.*[[Stewart-1620|Margaret]], m. William Murray of Tullibardine, but more likely to his son, William of Castletown.
*[[Stewart-1611|Elizabeth]], m. [[Gray-2070|Andrew]], Lord Gray.
*[[Stewart-1606|Jean]], possibly m. Sir Robert Gordon of Pitlurg.*[[Stewart-20440|Elizabeth]] or Isabel, married to Alexander Robertson of Strowan.*Margaret or [[Stewart-23914|Isabel]], m. Robert Robertson, younger of Strowan.*[[Stewart-3215|Marjory]] (or Mariote), m [[Campbell-6406|Sir Colin Campbell]] of Glenurchy, died 26 Jul 1524.*[[Stewart-3270|Elspeth]], m. [[Innes-122|Robert Innes]] of Innermarky.
:A daughter not named in the ''Scots Peerage'' entry for her father is named in the same source, under Arbuthnott, and is also named as a daughter by Richardson, may be the same [[Stewart-1606|Jean]], wife of Robert Gordon, named above:*[[Stewart-7750|Jean]], m. to James Arbuthnott of ArbuthnottScots Peerage V. 1 p. 308, under Arbuthnott. See also Douglas Richardson, ''Royal Ancestry''.
:There are conflicts among the reputable sources about which wife had which daughters (Catherine and Jean), and in one case (Jean) the name of her husband. One Jean is assigned to two husbands, not necessarily incorrectly, but with no indication she had two husbands. It is even possible that there were three daughters, some incorrectly translated in English as Jean. There is a primary source quoted in Scots Peerage that makes one Jean clearly wife of Arbuthnott. Richardson in "Royal Ancestry" agrees. No secondary source quotes a primary source for Catherine. Richardson quotes a very reputable secondary source (Andrew MacEwen in "The Genealogist" (USA) Vol. 2, Issue1) about Sinclair, but that article is silent about this question. In a private message he states he cannot at this time provide a reason for his choice, and Mr. MacEwen, the expert on these matters, died before he could be contacted.
=== Death and Burial ===:John died at the Laighwood on 15 Sep 1512 and was buried in Dunkeld Cathedral, Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland.
==Research Notes==A previous version of biography had the following children with respective mothers (unsourced - but could be Richardson, source needs to be checked):
:By his first wife, Margaret Douglas, he had six daughters:::Janet, m. Alexander Gordon, Master of Huntly; Catherine, m. John Forbes; Elizabeth, m. Andrew Gray, Lord Gray; 3 additional daughters.
:By his second wife, Eleanor Sinclair, he had the following children:::John, 2nd Earl of Atholl, m. Janet Campbell; Andrew, Bishop of Caithness; Jean, m. Sir Robert Gordon of Pitlurgo; and/or James Arbuthnott of Arbuthnott; Elspeth, m. Robert Innes of Innermarky; Marjory, m. Sir Colin Campbell of Glenurchy; Margaret, m. Sir William Murray of Tullibardine; Isabel, m. Alexander Robertson of Struan; Elisabeth, m.1 John Stuart, Earl of Lennox and m.2 Ninian Lord Ross; Christian, m. Neil Stuart of Garth; Margaret or Isabel, m. Robert Robertson of Struan.
== Sources ==
See also:
* Richardson, Douglas. ''Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families,'' 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013). Vol. 5, pages 1 and 41. See also WikiTree's source page for ''[[Space:Royal Ancestry|Royal Ancestry]].
* Richardson, Douglas. ''Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families'', 1st ed., page 780, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co, 2005). See also WikiTree's source page for ''[[Space:Magna Carta Ancestry|Magna Carta Ancestry]].''
* Wikipedia: [[Wikipedia:John_Stewart,_1st_Earl_of_Atholl|John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl]]
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* Charles Cawley. [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc268450030 John Stewart], Ch. 2.D., entry in "Medieval Lands": A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families © by Charles Cawley, hosted by ''Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG).'' database (accessed 21 Oct 2019). See also WikiTree's source page for [[Space:Medieval_Lands|MedLands]].
* Marlyn Lewis. [http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p98.htm#i2944 John Stewart], entry in "[http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/ Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors and Cousins]" database (accessed 21 Oct 2019).
* [http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/mm4fz/murray02.php StirNet] database with subsription only.
== Acknowledgements ==Click the Changes tab for details of edits to this profile. Thanks to everyone who contributed.
=== Magna Carta Project ===
} :John Stewart appears in project-approved/badged trails (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]], [[Clare-651|Richard de Clare]], [[Bigod-1|Hugh le Bigod]], [[Bigod-2|Roger le Bigod]], [[Quincy-226|Saher de Quincy]], and [[De_Vere-309|Robert de Vere]]. Each of these trails needs re-review and 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 project-approved/badged trails (reviewed August 2015 by a [[Project:Magna Carta|Magna Carta project]] member) between Robert Rose and [[:Category:Surety Barons|Magna Carta Surety Barons]] [[De_Vere-309|Robert de Vere]], [[Quincy-226|Saher de Quincy]], [[Clare-673|Gilbert de Clare]] and [[Clare-651|Richard de Clare]]. This profile also appears in another trail was later badged to surety barons [[Bigod-1|Hugh le Bigod]] and [[Bigod-2|Roger le Bigod]]. These trails all need 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]] 21:40, 18 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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----John Stewart is a descendant of Magna Carta surety barons Robert de Vere, the Bigods, the Clares, and Saher de Quincy (see [[#Magna Carta Project|text below]]).
== Biography ==}
}
}Sir John Stewart, born about 1440, was the oldest child of [[Beaufort-20|Joan Beaufort]], widow of James I of Scotland, and her second husband [[Stewart-4030|Sir James Stewart]], the Knight of Lorn. He became Earl of Atholl in or before 1457 in the eighth creation of that title.Paul, Sir James Balfour, ed., ''The Scots Peerage, founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland''. (Edinburgh, Scotland: David Douglas, 1904), [http://www.archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun01paul#page/440/mode/2up Vol. 1, pages 440-443].
He has been confused with another [[Stewart-1338|John Stewart]], the son of Sir Alan Stewart and Catherine Seton. Joan's husbands have also been confused in the past.
===Marriages and Children===:John was married twice. He married first before Mar 1460 to [[Douglas-1926|Margaret Douglas]], "The Fair Maid of Galloway", widow of William, 8th Earl of Douglas and daughter and heiress of Archibald, 5th Earl of Douglas, Duke of Touraine. He married second, before 19 Apr 1475, to [[Sinclair-143|Eleanor Sinclair]], stated to be the daughter of William, Earl of Orkney and Caithness.
:John had children with both wives, birth order unknown. The following children are listed in ''Scots Peerage'':*[[Stewart-1604|John]], 2nd Earl of Atholl, m. [[Campbell-1591|Janet Campbell]], died after 1520 and before 1522.
*[[Stewart-1621|Andrew]], Bishop of Caithness in 1518, died 1542.*[[Stewart-3029|Jean]] (or Joanna or Janet), m. before 1482 to [[Gordon-741|Alexander Gordon]], 3rd Earl of Huntly.
*[[Stewart-1210|Katherine]], m. [[Forbes-185|John]], 6th Lord Forbes.*[[Stewart-8262|Elisabeth]], m. 1st Jan 1511/12 [[Stewart-3266|John Stuart]], 3rd Earl of Lennox, [perhaps m. 2nd Ninian Lord Ross }]*[[Stewart-1628|Christian]], m. Neil Stewart of Garth, died 30 May 1538.*[[Stewart-1620|Margaret]], m. William Murray of Tullibardine, but more likely to his son, William of Castletown.
*[[Stewart-1611|Elizabeth]], m. [[Gray-2070|Andrew]], Lord Gray.
*[[Stewart-1606|Jean]], possibly m. Sir Robert Gordon of Pitlurg.*[[Stewart-20440|Elizabeth]] or Isabel, married to Alexander Robertson of Strowan.*Margaret or [[Stewart-23914|Isabel]], m. Robert Robertson, younger of Strowan.*[[Stewart-3215|Marjory]] (or Mariote), m [[Campbell-6406|Sir Colin Campbell]] of Glenurchy, died 26 Jul 1524.*[[Stewart-3270|Elspeth]], m. [[Innes-122|Robert Innes]] of Innermarky.
:A daughter not named in the ''Scots Peerage'' entry for her father is named in the same source, under Arbuthnott, and is also named as a daughter by Richardson, may be the same [[Stewart-1606|Jean]], wife of Robert Gordon, named above:*[[Stewart-7750|Jean]], m. to James Arbuthnott of ArbuthnottScots Peerage V. 1 p. 308, under Arbuthnott. See also Douglas Richardson, ''Royal Ancestry''.
:There are conflicts among the reputable sources about which wife had which daughters (Catherine and Jean), and in one case (Jean) the name of her husband. One Jean is assigned to two husbands, not necessarily incorrectly, but with no indication she had two husbands. It is even possible that there were three daughters, some incorrectly translated in English as Jean. There is a primary source quoted in Scots Peerage that makes one Jean clearly wife of Arbuthnott. Richardson in "Royal Ancestry" agrees. No secondary source quotes a primary source for Catherine. Richardson quotes a very reputable secondary source (Andrew MacEwen in "The Genealogist" (USA) Vol. 2, Issue1) about Sinclair, but that article is silent about this question. In a private message he states he cannot at this time provide a reason for his choice, and Mr. MacEwen, the expert on these matters, died before he could be contacted.
=== Death and Burial ===:John died at the Laighwood on 15 Sep 1512 and was buried in Dunkeld Cathedral, Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland.
==Research Notes==A previous version of biography had the following children with respective mothers (unsourced - but could be Richardson, source needs to be checked):
:By his first wife, Margaret Douglas, he had six daughters:::Janet, m. Alexander Gordon, Master of Huntly; Catherine, m. John Forbes; Elizabeth, m. Andrew Gray, Lord Gray; 3 additional daughters.
:By his second wife, Eleanor Sinclair, he had the following children:::John, 2nd Earl of Atholl, m. Janet Campbell; Andrew, Bishop of Caithness; Jean, m. Sir Robert Gordon of Pitlurgo; and/or James Arbuthnott of Arbuthnott; Elspeth, m. Robert Innes of Innermarky; Marjory, m. Sir Colin Campbell of Glenurchy; Margaret, m. Sir William Murray of Tullibardine; Isabel, m. Alexander Robertson of Struan; Elisabeth, m.1 John Stuart, Earl of Lennox and m.2 Ninian Lord Ross; Christian, m. Neil Stuart of Garth; Margaret or Isabel, m. Robert Robertson of Struan.
== Sources ==
See also:
* Richardson, Douglas. ''Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families,'' 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013). Vol. 5, pages 1 and 41. See also WikiTree's source page for ''[[Space:Royal Ancestry|Royal Ancestry]].
* Richardson, Douglas. ''Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families'', 1st ed., page 780, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co, 2005). See also WikiTree's source page for ''[[Space:Magna Carta Ancestry|Magna Carta Ancestry]].''
* Wikipedia: [[Wikipedia:John_Stewart,_1st_Earl_of_Atholl|John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl]]
* }
* Charles Cawley. [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc268450030 John Stewart], Ch. 2.D., entry in "Medieval Lands": A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families © by Charles Cawley, hosted by ''Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG).'' database (accessed 21 Oct 2019). See also WikiTree's source page for [[Space:Medieval_Lands|MedLands]].
* Marlyn Lewis. [http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p98.htm#i2944 John Stewart], entry in "[http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/ Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors and Cousins]" database (accessed 21 Oct 2019).
* [http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/mm4fz/murray02.php StirNet] database with subsription only.
== Acknowledgements ==Click the Changes tab for details of edits to this profile. Thanks to everyone who contributed.
=== Magna Carta Project ===
} :John Stewart appears in project-approved/badged trails (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]], [[Clare-651|Richard de Clare]], [[Bigod-1|Hugh le Bigod]], [[Bigod-2|Roger le Bigod]], [[Quincy-226|Saher de Quincy]], and [[De_Vere-309|Robert de Vere]]. Each of these trails needs re-review and 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 project-approved/badged trails (reviewed August 2015 by a [[Project:Magna Carta|Magna Carta project]] member) between Robert Rose and [[:Category:Surety Barons|Magna Carta Surety Barons]] [[De_Vere-309|Robert de Vere]], [[Quincy-226|Saher de Quincy]], [[Clare-673|Gilbert de Clare]] and [[Clare-651|Richard de Clare]]. This profile also appears in another trail was later badged to surety barons [[Bigod-1|Hugh le Bigod]] and [[Bigod-2|Roger le Bigod]]. These trails all need 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]] 21:40, 18 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 1440 | Mortlach, Banffshire, Scotland | |||
| Marriage | Mar 1460 | Perth, Perthshire, Scotland - Margaret Christian Douglas | |||
| Marriage | 19 Apr 1475 | Scotland - Eleanor 'of Orkney' "Elinor Sinclair" Sinclair Countess of Athol | |||
| Death | 15 Sep 1512 | Laighwood, Perthshire, Scotland | |||
| Reference No | 1303022 | ||||
| Reference No | 1326257 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Eleanor 'of Orkney' "Elinor Sinclair" Sinclair Countess of Athol (1457 - 1518) |
| Child | John "2nd Earl of Atholl" Stewart (1475 - 1521) |
| Child | Christian Stewart (1473 - 1538) |
| Child | Elspeth Stewart (1474 - 1564) |
| Child | Isabel "Margaret" Stewart (1475 - 1490) |
| Child | Elizabeth Stewart (1476 - ) |
| Child | Jean Stewart (1479 - 1522) |
| Child | Elizabeth "Isabel" Stewart (1480 - ) |
| Child | Jean Stewart (1481 - 1550) |
| Child | Andrew Stewart (1485 - 1542) |
| Child | Lady Margaret Stewart (1487 - 1524) |
| Child | Mariote "Marjory" Stewart (1490 - 1529) |
| Spouse | Margaret Christian Douglas (1430 - 1475) |
| Child | Elizabeth Stewart (1460 - ) |
| Child | Jean Stewart Countess of Huntly (1461 - 1510) |
| Child | Katherine Stewart (1473 - 1515) |
| Father | Sir James "The Black Knight of Lorn" Stewart (1383 - 1451) |
| Mother | Joan Beaufort (1404 - 1445) |
| Sibling | James "1st Earl of Buchan" Stewart (1442 - 1499) |
| Sibling | Most Rev Andrew Stewart (1443 - 1501) |