Brief Life History of John
When John Stewart 1st Lord Darnley Commendator of Coldingham was born in 1531, in Caithness, Scotland, his father, James Stewart King James V of Scotland, was 19 and his mother, Elisabeth Carmichael of Meadowflat - Mistress of James 5th of Scotland, was 16. He married Jean-nic-Patrick Hepburn of Bothwell on 4 January 1562, in Crichton, Midlothian, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died on 1 November 1570, in Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland, at the age of 39, and was buried in Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
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Sources (8)
- Legacy NFS Source: John Stewart - Published information: birth:
- John Stewart, "Find A Grave Index"
- John Stewart, Commendator of Coldingham, "Wikipedia"
Spouse and Children
1531–1570 Male
1535–1599 Female
Children (3)
1562–1613 Male
1565–1627 Female
1568–1607 Female
Parents and Siblings
1512–1542 Male
Siblings (1)
1531–1570 Male
Name Meaning
Scottish (Lanarkshire) and English: originally an occupational name for an administrative official of an estate, from Middle English stiward, Old English stigweard, stīweard, a compound of stig ‘house(hold)’ + weard ‘guardian’. In the Anglo-Saxon period this title was used of an officer controlling the domestic affairs of a household, especially of the royal household; after the Norman Conquest it was also used more widely as the native equivalent of Seneschal, for the steward of a manor or manager of an estate. In Scotland the term was also used of a magistrate originally appointed by the king to administer crown lands, forming a stewartry.
History: Stuart or Stewart is the surname of one of the great families of Scotland, the royal family of Scotland from the 14th century, and of England from 1603, when James VI of Scotland acceded to the English throne as James I. There were many minor branches of the family left in Britain after the flight of James II in 1688, but not every bearer of the surname can claim relationship with the royal house, even in Scotland. Every great house in medieval England and Scotland had its steward, and in many cases the office gave rise to a hereditary surname. The fall of the house of Stuart in Britain, conversely, led to the establishment of several highly placed branches bearing this surname in continental Europe, which are in most cases related to the old Scottish royal family.
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