John Stewart, Earl of Mar (died 1503)

John Stewart, Earl of Mar (December 1479 – 11 March 1503) was the youngest son of James III of Scotland and Margaret of Denmark.^[1]

Biography edit

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.^[2]

As he died unmarried, the earldom became extinct for almost 60 years, and James IV awarded many of the Mar lands to Lord Elphinstone.^[3]

Family edit

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

Ancestry edit

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 (1417–1479)

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. Helvig of Schauenburg

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 edit

^ Undiscovered Scotland website, Margaret of Denmark
^ Stewart Society website, History of the Stewarts: John Stewart Earl of Mar and Garioch
^ 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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[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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