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John Stewart, Earl of Mar (died 1503)

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(Redirected from John Stewart, Earl of Mar (d. 1503)) 15th-/16th-century Scottish earl For the son of James II of Scotland, see John Stewart, Earl of Mar (died 1479).

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John Stewart, Earl of Mar (December 1479 – 11 March 1503) was the youngest son of James III of Scotland and Margaret of Denmark.

Biography

He was born at Dunfermline Palace in Fife as the youngest son of the king. He was created Earl of Mar on 2 March 1486, at the age of eight. Not much is known of his life and he died on 11 March 1503, at the age of 23.

As he died unmarried, the earldom became extinct for almost 60 years, and his brother James IV awarded many of the Mar lands to Lord Elphinstone.

Family

Stewart had two brothers, King James IV and James Stewart, Duke of Ross.

Ancestry

Ancestors of John Stewart, Earl of Mar (died 1503)
16. Robert III of Scotland
8. James I of Scotland
17. Anabella Drummond
4. James II of Scotland
18. John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset
9. Joan Beaufort
19. Margaret Holland
2. James III of Scotland
20. John II of Egmond
10. Arnold, Duke of Gelderland
21. Maria van Arkel
5. Mary of Guelders
22. Adolph I, Duke of Cleves
11. Catherine of Cleves, Duchess of Guelders
23. Mary of Burgundy
1. John Stewart, Earl of Mar
24. Christian V, Count of Oldenburg
12. Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg
25. Agnes of Hohnstein-Heringen
6. Christian I of Denmark
26. Gerhard VI, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg
13. Hedvig of Holstein
27. Catherine Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg
3. Margaret of Denmark
28. Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg
14. John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
29. Elisabeth of Bavaria
7. Dorothea of Brandenburg
30. Rudolf III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg
15. Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg
31. Barbara of Legnica

References

  1. Undiscovered Scotland website, Margaret of Denmark
  2. Stewart Society website, History of the Stewarts: John Stewart Earl of Mar and Garioch
  3. Round, John Horace (1911). "Mar, Earldom of" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 665–666.


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