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Sir James STEWART

Sir James STEWART

Male Abt 1395 - Aft 1451  (~ 56 years)

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  • Name James STEWART 
    Prefix Sir 
    Born Abt 1395  Innermeath, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Also Known As “Black Knight of Lorn” 
    Died Aft 17 Aug 1451  North Sea Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I39969  Main
    Last Modified 14 Dec 2023 

    Father John ATWOOD,   b. 24 Dec 1614,   d. Bef 10 May 1676, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 61 years) 
    Mother Sarah MASTERSON,   b. Abt 1625, Leyden, Holland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 18 Apr 1701, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Married 25 Jul 1612  Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F12203  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Father Sir John STEWART,   b. 1350, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Apr 1421, Lorn, Argyllshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Isabel MACDOUGALL,   b. 1362, Lorn, Argyllshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Dec 1439, Argyllshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married Abt 1378  Argyllshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F30902  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Joan BEAUFORT,   b. ?, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 15 Jul 1445, Dunbar Castle, Dunbar, Hadingtonshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Sir John STEWART,   b. Abt 1440, Mortlach, Banffshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 1512, Laighwood, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 72 years)
    Last Modified 14 Dec 2023 
    Family ID F19236  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • This profile is not 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 (about 1439) after the death of King James Stewart of Scotland.
      James received the nickname "The Black Knight of Lorn" because in battle, as well as in sporting events, he always wore black armor.
      Sir James Stewart, Black Knight of Lorn, escaped to England with their three young sons. In 1447 letters of safe conduct were issued to him and to two of his sons, John and James, by King Henry VI of England. He and his sons received an additional safe conduct on 17 August 1451. This was the last time Sir James Stewart appeared in any written records. He is believed to have been captured by a Flemish ship sometime after August, 1451, and have been put to death. [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S151] WikiTree, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stewart-4030.


Notes

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Updated 23 Dec 2023