James (Stewart) Duke of Ross (1476 - 1504)

Born Mar 1476 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

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Died 17 Jan 1504 at age 27 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

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Biography

James was born in March 1475/6, the second son of James III, King of Scots, and Margaret, his queen consort.^[1][2] Most of his boyhood was spent at Stirling Castle, where he remained under his mother's guardianship after the death of his father.^[3] His tutor was George Shaw, the abbot of Paisley.^[3]

On 23 January 1480/1 he was granted the earldom of Ross, with the castle of Dingwall, in tail male,'^[1] and was created Duke of Ross, Marquess of Ormond, and Earl of Ederdale in Parliament 29 January 1487/8.^[1][2] From 31 March 1497 he sat as a Lord of Council in CIvil Causes.^[1] Also in 1497 the king nominated him to the vacant archbishopric of St Andrews.^[1] He served as Commendator of the Abbeys of Holyrood (December 1497), Dunferline (June 1500), and Arbroath (July 1503), and in 1500 was a Papal Legate.^[1] In 1502 he became Chancellor of Scotland.^[4]

James Stewart, Duke of Ross, died unmarried between 12 - 17 January 1503/4, and was buried in St Andrews Cathedral.^[1][5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), vol. 1, pp. 667-668. BRUS. 14. ii. James Stewart.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Paul, Sir James Balfour. The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1904), vol. 1, pp. 20-21.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Chalmers, Trevor. Stewart, James, duke of Ross. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online (23 Sep 2004), rv 4 Oct 2012, available here by subscription.
4. ↑ Dickson, Thomas. Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer of Scotland. Edinburgh: H.M. General Register House (1877), vol. 1, preface p. lxiv.
5. ↑ Burnett, George. Rotuli Scaccarii Regum Scotorum. Edinburgh: General Register House (1889), vol. 12, preface xxxii.

See Also:

• Birch, W. de G. Catalogue of Seals in the.....British Museum. London: the Trustees (1895), vol. 4, pp. 662-663.

• Dunbar, Sir Archibald H. Scottish Kings: A Revised Chronology of Scottish History 1005-1625. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1899), p.210.

• Macdougall, Norman. James III. Edinburgh: John Donald (2009), repr. 2017 (408 pp.).

• Paul, Sir James Balfour. The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1910). vol. 7, pp. 245-246.

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