John_Stewart,_Earl_of_Mar_(d._1503)

John Stewart, Earl of Mar (died 1503)

John Stewart, Earl of Mar (died 1503)

15th/16th-century Scottish earl

For the son of James II of Scotland, see John Stewart, Earl of Mar (d. 1479).

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

Arms of John Stewart, Earl of Mar

Biography

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

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

Ancestry

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References

  1. [1]
    Undiscovered Scotland website, Margaret of Denmark
  2. [2]
    Stewart Society website, History of the Stewarts: John Stewart Earl of Mar and Garioch
  3. [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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