Robert (Stewart) Stewart First Duke of Albany (1339 - 1420)

Born 1339 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland

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Died 3 Sep 1420 at about age 81 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland

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Biography

Robert (Stewart) Stewart First Duke of Albany is a member of Clan Stewart.

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Robert Stewart was the son of Robert II, King of Scots and Elizabeth Mure born 1339.^[1][2]

Robert was created Earl of Menteith in 1361 and Earl of Fife in 1371. He served as Governor of Scotland from 1388 until his death in 1420. Finally, he was created Duke of Albany on April 28, 1398, Earl of Atholl September 2, 1403 and Earl of Buchan in 1406.

He married, as her fourth husband, Margaret Graham, Countess of Monteith (Papal dispensation September 9, 1361) and they had seven children. Margaret died after July 21, 1372 and before May 4, 1380.

1. Beatrice Stewart d. c 1424
2. Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany b. 1362, d. 24 May 1425
3. Janet Stewart b. 1370
4. Mary Stewart b. 1372
5. Joan Stewart b. 1372
6. Margaret Stewart b. 1380
7. Isabella Stewart b. 1380
8. Lady Marjorie Stewart b. 1390, d. b Aug 1432

He next married Muriella Keith, daughter of William Keith and Margaret Fraser , Papal dispensation May 4, 1380. They had four children. Muriella was dead before June 1, 1449.

1. John Stewart, Earl of Buchan b. c 1380, d. 17 Aug 1424
2. Elizabeth Stewart b. 1398
3. Andrew Stewart b. 1382, d. c 1413
4. Robert Stewart b. 1385, d. a 1431

While he never held the title of king he did hold equivalent power as governor.

Robert died, at age eighty, on 3 Sep 1420 at Stirling Castle. He is buried at Dunfermline Abbey, located in Fife, Scotland.

Additional Notes

He held the office of Great Chamberlain [Scotland] between 1383 and 1407. In 1385 he made a successful raid into England. In 1388 he made another successful raid into England. He held the office of Guardian of the Realm [Scotland] between 1 December 1388 and 27 January 1399. He held the office of Regent [Scotland] in June 1406. In 1417 he again invaded England, but without success this time.

Other Titles

Research Notes

• He is not to be confused with Robert Stewart of Innermeath (b. abt 1310, d. 1388).

• The Peerage: Robert Stewart]

Sources

1. ↑ Paul, James Balfour. The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904, Vol. I, Archive.org, 146
2. ↑ Cokayne, George Edward, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, London: St. Catherine Press, 1910, Ed. 2 Vol I, Archive.org, p. 77

See also:

• Cawley, Charles. "DUKES of ALBANY (STEWART), (Robert Stewart)." Foundation for Medieval Genealogy: Medieval Lands, A Prosopography of Medieval European Noble and Royal Families. Accessed February 13, 2015.

• Wikipedia: Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany

• Wikidata: Item Q665161, en:Wikipedia

• Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 215.

• Wikipedia: Wikipedia:Duke_of_Albany