 Ca 1533 - 1593 (59 år)
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| Navn |
STEWART, Robert |
| Født |
Ca Mar 1533 |
Cultmilandie, Shetland, Skotland  |
| Kjønn |
Mann |
| Død |
4 Feb 1593 |
Edinburgh eller Kirkwall, Orknøyene |
| Person ID |
I13884 |
Geelmuyden_etc |
| Sist endret |
30 Jan 2022 |
| Far |
STEWART, James V, f. 10 Apr 1512, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Skotland , d. 14 Des 1542, Falkland, Fife, Scotland (Alder 30 år) |
| Mor |
ELPHINSTONE, Euphame |
| Famile ID |
F13416 |
Gruppeskjema | Familiediagram |
| Familie 1 |
KENNEDY, Jean |
| Gift |
14 Des 1561 |
| Barn |
| | 1. STEWART, Mary, f. Før 3 Nov 1566, d. Ja, ukjent dato |
| | 2. STEWART, Jean, f. Før 3 Nov 1566, d. Ja, ukjent dato |
| | 3. STEWART, Henry, f. Før 3 Nov 1566, d. Ja, ukjent dato |
| | 4. STEWART, Patrick, f. etter 3.11.1566, før 27.9.1568, d. 6 Feb 1615 (Alder 47 år) |
| | 5. STEWART OF EDAY AND TULLOS, James, f. etter Patrick |
| | 6. STEWART, John, f. nær James i tid |
| | 7. STEWART OF MIDDLETON, Robert, f. yngste ektefødte sønn |
| | 8. STEWART, Elizabeth, f. yngste ektefødte datter |
| | 9. STEWART, Thomas |
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| Sist endret |
1 Nov 2013 |
| Famile ID |
F13427 |
Gruppeskjema | Familiediagram |
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| Notater |
- Født utenfor ekteskap, barnet ble vedkjent av faren. Ifølge Wikipedia skal barnemoren ha vært kongens elskerinne Eupheme Elphinstone.
Euphemia Elphinstone
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Visstnok født 1533, men det er en usikkerhet frem til ca. 1542.
Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney, prior and commendator of Holyrood Abbey.
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Robert Stewart, Knt., 1st Earl of Orkney and Lord of Zetland (Shetland) (1533'964 February 1593) was a recognized illegitimate son of James V, King of Scotland, and his mistress Eupheme Elphinstone.[1]
In 1539 Robert was made Abbot of Holyrood Abbey, and Commendator of Charlieu Abbey in France by 1557.[2] On 9 February 1560 he testified against the Hamilton Duke of Châtellerault and Earl of Arran, and the Protestant Lords of the Congregation to James MacGill and John Bellenden of Auchnoule. They were collecting evidence for Henri Cleutin and Jacques de la Brosse, the French advisors of his step-mother Mary of Guise who planned to have the Hamiltons charged with treason against his half-sister, Mary, Queen of Scots and France. Robert himself had signed some of the letters that were to be cited as evidence.[3]
He was knighted as Sir Robert Stewart of Strathdon on 15 May 1565, as part of marriage celebrations of Mary, Queen of Scots and Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley.[4] In 1581 he was named, by James VI, the 1st Earl in a second creation of the Earldom of Orkney. The new earldom replaced a short-lived Dukedom of Orkney, which had been awarded in 1567 by Mary, Queen of Scots, to her notorious third husband James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell. This dukedom was forfeit later that same year after Mary was forced to abdicate and Bothwell was charged with treason. Prior to this dukedom there had existed an Earldom of Orkney that was surrendered in 1470 by William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney.
Mary wrote a will at Sheffield in 1577 ineffectually declaring his title to Orkney null and void,[5] after Robert was imprisoned in 1575 for obtaining a letter from the King of Denmark declaring him sovereign of Orkney. His crimes included colluding with Shetland pirates. The Earl was imprisoned at Linlithgow Palace.[6] He was released in 1579.
On 14 December 1561 Robert Stewart married Jean Kennedy, daughter of Gilbert Kennedy, 3rd Earl of Cassilis, and Margaret Kennedy. On the death of Robert Stewart in 1593 the earldom passed to his son Patrick Stewart, 2nd Earl of Orkney. His younger sons included a James Stewart and John Stewart, 1st Earl of Carrick. Robert built the Palace of Birsay on Orkney.
Notes
James Balfour Paul and John Maitland Thomson, eds., The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, A.D. 1513-1546 (Edinburgh, 1883), 360-61 (no. 1620); Original Letters of Mr John Colville,
1582-1603 (Edinburgh, 1858), 337.
Joseph Robertson, Inventaires de la Royne d'Ecosse, Bannatyne Club (1863), xxxviii, note.
Dickinson, Gladys, ed., 'Report by De La Brosse and D'Oysel,' in Miscellany of the Scottish History Society, no.9, SHS (1958), pp.98, 118-120
Calendar State Papers Scotland, vol. 2, (1900), 161.
A. Labanoff, Lettres de Marie-Stuart, vol. 1, 44; vol. 4, 361.
Calendar State Papers Scotland, vol. 5 (1907), 205-209, 277.Preceded by
Recreated earldom«tab»Earl of Orkney
1581'961593«tab»
Succeeded by Patrick Stewart
Euphemia Elphinstone (also written Euphame or Eupheme; 11 May 1509 '96 either 1542 or after 1547) was a mistress of James V of Scotland and the mother of his son Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney, born in 1532,[1] as well as another royal bastard who died in childhood. One of her sons with her husband John Bruce was Laurence Bruce of Cultmalindie (1547'961617), the builder of Muness Castle.
She was the second daughter of Alexander Elphinstone (born c. 1480, died 9 September 1513, at the Battle of Flodden Field), created Lord Elphinstone in 1510, and Elizabeth Barlow (Berclay) of Aberdeenshire (c. 1476 '96 10 September 1518). The family hailed from Elphinstone in Stirling. Her brother Alexander, Lord Elphinstone, died at Edinburgh following the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, and is the ancestor of the Elphinstone family. Euphemia married John Bruce of Cultmalindie (c. 1507 '96 March 1546/7), a descendant of Robert the Bruce, and had five children: Laurence Bruce, Robert Bruce (born c. 1536), Henry Bruce (born c. 1538), James Bruce (born c. 1540) and Euphamie Bruce (born c. 1542). She died either in 1542, or after 1547: there is no firm evidence for any death date.
Euphemia appears to have been, in her own right, rather unimportant: the daughter of a minor noble, she married a minor member of the Bruce family, and many consider her to be only a passing fancy to James V (although if she conceived by him on two separate occasions then this would appear slightly misleading). However, her children and descendants were to be important in the history of the Shetland Islands and Orkney Islands. Her two most significant children, Laurence Bruce and Robert Stewart and their families were to become closely entwined in the Shetland Islands, of which Laurence Bruce was appointed Sheriff by his half-brother.
According to legend, many people in the Shetland Islands are descended from her; in particular, those named Bruce are supposed to be descended from her children by John Bruce.
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ Robertson, Joseph, Inventaires de la Royne d'Ecosse, Bannatyne Club (1863), xxxviii, note.
Categories: 1509 births
1542 deaths
Mistresses of James V of Scotland
People associated with Orkney
People associated with Shetland
1. earl of Orkney
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Scottish Earls of Orkney:
The next Orkney title was the dukedom of Orkney, which was given to James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, in 1567. Later that year, however, he forfeited the title when his wife was forced to abdicate.
The second creation of the title was for Lord Robert Stewart, an illegitimate son of King James V. His successor Patrick, however, forfeited the title.
The last creation of the earldom was in favour of the man who would become the first British Field Marshal, Lord George Hamilton, the fifth son of William Douglas, Duke of Hamilton. By marriage, the title passed to the O'Brien family, then to the Fitzmaurice family, and finally to the St John family. The present earl holds the subsidiary titles of Viscount of Kirkwall and Lord Dechmont. Both subsidiary titles were created at the same time as the earldom, in 1696.
Dukes of Orkney (1567)[edit]
James Hepburn, 1st Duke of Orkney (c. 1535'961578) (forfeit 1567)
Earls of Orkney, Second Creation (1581)[edit]
Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney (1533'961593)
Patrick Stewart, 2nd Earl of Orkney (c. 1569'961614) (forfeit 1614)
Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney
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Robert Stewart, Knt., 1st Earl of Orkney and Lord of Zetland (Shetland) (1533'964 February 1593) was a recognized illegitimate son of James V, King of Scotland, and his mistress Eupheme Elphinstone.[1]
In 1539 Robert was made Abbot of Holyrood Abbey, and Commendator of Charlieu Abbey in France by 1557.[2] On 9 February 1560 he testified against the Hamilton Duke of Châtellerault and Earl of Arran, and the Protestant Lords of the Congregation to James MacGill and John Bellenden of Auchnoule. They were collecting evidence for Henri Cleutin and Jacques de la Brosse, the French advisors of his step-mother Mary of Guise who planned to have the Hamiltons charged with treason against his half-sister, Mary, Queen of Scots and France. Robert himself had signed some of the letters that were to be cited as evidence.[3]
He was knighted as Sir Robert Stewart of Strathdon on 15 May 1565, as part of marriage celebrations of Mary, Queen of Scots and Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley.[4] In 1581 he was named, by James VI, the 1st Earl in a second creation of the Earldom of Orkney. The new earldom replaced a short-lived Dukedom of Orkney, which had been awarded in 1567 by Mary, Queen of Scots, to her notorious third husband James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell. This dukedom was forfeit later that same year after Mary was forced to abdicate and Bothwell was charged with treason. Prior to this dukedom there had existed an Earldom of Orkney that was surrendered in 1470 by William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney.
Mary wrote a will at Sheffield in 1577 ineffectually declaring his title to Orkney null and void,[5] after Robert was imprisoned in 1575 for obtaining a letter from the King of Denmark declaring him sovereign of Orkney. His crimes included colluding with Shetland pirates. The Earl was imprisoned at Linlithgow Palace.[6] He was released in 1579.
On 14 December 1561 Robert Stewart married Jean Kennedy, daughter of Gilbert Kennedy, 3rd Earl of Cassilis, and Margaret Kennedy. On the death of Robert Stewart in 1593 the earldom passed to his son Patrick Stewart, 2nd Earl of Orkney. His younger sons included a James Stewart and John Stewart, 1st Earl of Carrick. Robert built the Palace of Birsay on Orkney.
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ James Balfour Paul and John Maitland Thomson, eds., The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, A.D. 1513-1546 (Edinburgh, 1883), 360-61 (no. 1620); Original Letters of Mr John Colville,
1582-1603 (Edinburgh, 1858), 337.
Jump up ^ Joseph Robertson, Inventaires de la Royne d'Ecosse, Bannatyne Club (1863), xxxviii, note.
Jump up ^ Dickinson, Gladys, ed., 'Report by De La Brosse and D'Oysel,' in Miscellany of the Scottish History Society, no.9, SHS (1958), pp.98, 118-120
Jump up ^ Calendar State Papers Scotland, vol. 2, (1900), 161.
Jump up ^ A. Labanoff, Lettres de Marie-Stuart, vol. 1, 44; vol. 4, 361.
Jump up ^ Calendar State Papers Scotland, vol. 5 (1907), 205-209, 277.
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