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James "Hearty James" STEWART, 1st Earl of Buchan 1442–1499 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1442

Birth Location: Earl Shell, Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1 Jan 1499

Death Location: Auchterhouse, Angus, Scotland

Father: James Stewart

Mother: Johanna Scots

Spouse(s): Margaret Ogilvy, Countess Sinclair

Children(s): Lady Buchannan, Isabel Stewart, Alexander Stewart, Lady Stewart, James Stewart, Margaret Stewart, Katherine Stewart, Lady Stewart, Janet Stewart, Mary Stewart, Sir BUCHAN, Isabel STEWART, Agnes Stewart, Alexander Stewart, James Stewart, Katherine Stewart, John Stewart, David Stewart, Isabella Stewart, Baroness STEWART, Joanna Stewart, King Stewart, Margaret Scotland, Mary Stewart, James SCOTLAND, Lady Mistress, John Stewart, Marjory Stewart, John Stewart, Isabel Stewart, Andrew, Stewart, Jean Stewart, Margaret Stewart, Catherine Stewart, Elspeth Stewart, Anne Stewart

James "Hearty James" STEWART, 1st Earl of Buchan was born in 1442 in Earl Shell, Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of James I King Of Scotland The Black Knight Of Stewart And Johanna Joan Beaufort Queen Of Scots. James "Hearty James" STEWART, 1st Earl of Buchan married Countess Eleanor Sinclair, Margaret Lady Margaret Murray Baroness Achterhouse Countess Buchan Ogilvy, and had children including Agnes Stewart, Alexander Buchan Stewart, Alexander Stewart, Andrew Bishop Of Caithness Stewart, Anne Stewart, Baroness Saltoun Stewart, Catherine Stewart, David Stewart, Elspeth Stewart, Isabel Buchan Stewart, Isabel Mistress James V Stewart, Isabel Stewart, Isabella Stewart, James Iii Stewart, James Scotland, James Stewart, Janet Jean Stewart, Jean Atholl Stewart, Joanna Stewart, John 2Nd Earl Of Atholl Stewart, John Stewart, Katherine Stewart, King Iii James Scotland Stewart, Lady Agnes Stewart, Lady Elizabeth Anne Stewart, Lady Isabel Stewart Buchannan, Lady Isabell Agnes Stewart Countess Bothwell Mistress, Margaret Cecilia Of Scotland, Margaret Jane Stewart, Margaret Stewart, Marjory Stewart, Mary Stewart, Princess Margaret Stewart Of Scotland, Sir Alexander Stewart Buchan. James "Hearty James" STEWART, 1st Earl of Buchan passed away in 1499 in Auchterhouse, Angus, Scotland.

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Biography

  • James "Hearty James" STEWART, 1st Earl of Buchan was born in 1442 in Earl Shell, Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of James I King Of Scotland The Black Knight Of Stewart And Johanna Joan Beaufort Queen Of Scots.
  • James "Hearty James" STEWART, 1st Earl of Buchan married Countess Eleanor Sinclair, Margaret Lady Margaret Murray Baroness Achterhouse Countess Buchan Ogilvy, and had children including Agnes Stewart, Alexander Buchan Stewart, Alexander Stewart, Andrew Bishop Of Caithness Stewart, Anne Stewart, Baroness Saltoun Stewart, Catherine Stewart, David Stewart, Elspeth Stewart, Isabel Buchan Stewart, Isabel Mistress James V Stewart, Isabel Stewart, Isabella Stewart, James Iii Stewart, James Scotland, James Stewart, Janet Jean Stewart, Jean Atholl Stewart, Joanna Stewart, John 2Nd Earl Of Atholl Stewart, John Stewart, Katherine Stewart, King Iii James Scotland Stewart, Lady Agnes Stewart, Lady Elizabeth Anne Stewart, Lady Isabel Stewart Buchannan, Lady Isabell Agnes Stewart Countess Bothwell Mistress, Margaret Cecilia Of Scotland, Margaret Jane Stewart, Margaret Stewart, Marjory Stewart, Mary Stewart, Princess Margaret Stewart Of Scotland, Sir Alexander Stewart Buchan.
  • James "Hearty James" STEWART, 1st Earl of Buchan passed away in 1499 in Auchterhouse, Angus, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Stewart
1383–1451
Birth Location: Innermeath, Argyllshire, Scotland,
JS
Johanna Scots
1406–1445
Birth Location: Westminster, Middlesex, England
JS

Spouses(s)

Margaret Ogilvy
1442–1486
Birth Location: Eddleston, Peeblesshire, Scotland
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Countess Sinclair
1457–1519
Birth Location: Ravenscraig, Fifeshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Lady Buchannan
1452–1557
Birth Location: Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
LB
Isabel Stewart
1480–1557
Birth Location: Traquhair, Peeblesshire, Scotland
IS
Alexander Stewart
1468–1505
Birth Location: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
AS
Lady Stewart
1480–1557
Birth Location: Traquhair, Peeblesshire, Scotland
LS
James Stewart
1480–1513
Birth Location: Traquhair, Peeblesshire, Scotland
JS
Margaret Stewart
1482–1530
Birth Location: Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
MS
Katherine Stewart
1463–1529
Birth Location: Traquhair, Peeblesshire, , Scotland
KS
Lady Stewart
1465–1529
Birth Location: Traquair, parish, Peebles Shire, Scotland
LS
Janet Stewart
1461–1510
Birth Location: Traquair, Perthshire, , Scotland
JS
Mary Stewart
1477–
Birth Location: Scotland
MS
Sir BUCHAN
1454–1505
Birth Location: Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
SB
Isabel STEWART
1465–1516
Birth Location: Garlies, Kirkcudbrightshr, Scotland
IS
Agnes Stewart
1480–1499
Birth Location: Falahil, Eddl, Peeb, Scotland
AS
Alexander Stewart
–1563
Birth Location: –
AS
James Stewart
1473–1513
Birth Location: Traquair House, Perthshire, Scotland
JS
Katherine Stewart
1470–1510
Birth Location: Traquhair, Peeblesshire, Scotland
KS
John Stewart
1440–1512
Birth Location: Balveny, Fife, Scotland
JS
David Stewart
1455–1457
Birth Location: –
DS
Isabella Stewart
1425–1494
Birth Location: Buchanan, Stirlingshire, Scotland
IS
Baroness STEWART
1482–1530
Birth Location: Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
BS
Joanna Stewart
1450–1510
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
JS
King Stewart
1451–1488
Birth Location: St Andrews Castle, Fife, Scotland
KS
Margaret Scotland
1459–1488
Birth Location: Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
MS
Mary Stewart
1452–1488
Birth Location: Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
MS
James SCOTLAND
1475–1503
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
JS
Lady Mistress
1470–1530
Birth Location: Garlies, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
LM
John Stewart
1479–1503
Birth Location: –
JS
Marjory Stewart
1490–1524
Birth Location: Balveny, Fifeshire, , Scotland
MS
John Stewart
1478–1521
Birth Location: Balveny, Fifeshire, , Scotland
JS
Isabel Stewart
1481–1516
Birth Location: , Fife, , Scotland
IS
Andrew, Stewart
1485–1542
Birth Location: Of, Balveny, Fifeshire, Scotland
AS
Jean Stewart
1479–1522
Birth Location: Banff, Bannffshire, Scotland
JS
Margaret Stewart
1479–
Birth Location: Balveny, , Fifeshire, Scotland
MS
Catherine Stewart
–1538
Birth Location: Of, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland
CS
Elspeth Stewart
1492–1564
Birth Location: Of, Fife, , Scotland
ES
Anne Stewart
1499–1564
Birth Location: Balvenie, , Fifeshire, Scotland
AS

James Buchan's Ancestors

Self
James Buchan
1442–1499
Birth Place: Earl Shell, Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Parents
James I, King of Scotland, The Black Knight of Stewart
1383–1451
Innermeath, Argyllshire, Scotland,
Johanna ((Joan) Beaufort, Queen of) Scots
1406–1445
Westminster, Middlesex, England
Grandparents
Robert (John III, Lord of all Lorn, Duke of Albany, 36th King of Scotland) Stewart,
1337–1406
Dundonald Castle, Ayrshire, , Scotland
Lady (Annabella of Stobhall, Queen Consort of Scotland) Drummond
1350–1401
Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Scotland
1316–1390
Euphemia Moray
1330–1387
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Stewart
1293–1316
Princess Bruce
1296–1316

James Buchan's Descendants

1.
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James ("Hearty James" STEWART, 1st Earl of) Buchan (1442–1 Jan 1499) m. Margaret (Lady Margaret Murray Baroness Achterhouse Countess Buchan) Ogilvy (1442–14 Jun 1486) m. Countess (Eleanor) Sinclair (19 Apr 1457–21 March 1519)
  1. 1. Lady (ISABEL Stewart) Buchannan 1452–1557 m. Sir (Thomas) WHIPPLE 1450–
    1. 1. Thomas Whipple 1475–1537 m. Isabel (Elizabeth) Ferres 1489–1558
      1. 1. Thomas Whipple 1510–1572 m. Margaret 1539–1577
        1. 1. MATTHEW WHIPPLE 1540–1575 m. Joan Stephens 1540–1612 m. Elizabeth Plumbe 1540–1576
    2. 2. Patrick Hepburn 1512–1556
    3. 3. Joan Stewart 1502–1563
  2. 2. Isabel (Buchan) Stewart 1480–1557
  3. 3. Alexander (Buchan) Stewart 1468–1505
  4. 4. Lady (Agnes) Stewart 1480–1557
  5. 5. James (III) Stewart 1480–1513
  6. 6. Margaret (Jane) Stewart 1482–1530
  7. 7. Katherine Stewart 1463–1529
  8. 8. Lady (Elizabeth Anne) Stewart 1465–1529
  9. 9. Janet (Jean) Stewart 1461–1510
  10. 10. Mary Stewart 1477–
  11. 11. Sir (Alexander Stewart) BUCHAN 1454–1505
  12. 12. Isabel (mistress James v) STEWART 1465–1516
  13. 13. Agnes Stewart 1480–1499
  14. 14. Alexander Stewart –1563
  15. 15. James Stewart 1473–1513
  16. 16. Katherine Stewart 1470–1510
  17. 17. John Stewart 1440–1512
  18. 18. David Stewart 1455–1457
  19. 19. Isabella Stewart 1425–1494
  20. 20. Baroness (Saltoun) STEWART 1482–1530
  21. 21. Joanna Stewart 1450–1510
  22. 22. King (III James Scotland) Stewart 1451–1488
  23. 23. Margaret (Cecilia Of) Scotland 1459–1488
  24. 24. Mary Stewart 1452–1488
  25. 25. James SCOTLAND 1475–1503
  26. 26. Lady (Isabell Agnes Stewart Countess Bothwell) Mistress 1470–1530
  27. 27. John Stewart 1479–1503
  28. 28. Marjory Stewart 1490–1524
  29. 29. John ('2nd Earl of Atholl') Stewart 1478–1521
  30. 30. Isabel Stewart 1481–1516
  31. 31. Andrew, (Bishop of Caithness,) Stewart 1485–1542
  32. 32. Jean (Atholl) Stewart 1479–1522
  33. 33. Margaret Stewart 1479–
  34. 34. Catherine Stewart –1538
  35. 35. Elspeth Stewart 1492–1564
  36. 36. Anne Stewart 1499–1564

James Buchan's Timeline

2 Records

1442
1442
Birth of James "Hearty James" STEWART, 1st Earl of Buchan in Earl Shell, Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Earl Shell, Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1499
1 Jan 1499
Age 57
Death of James "Hearty James" STEWART, 1st Earl of Buchan in Auchterhouse, Angus, Scotland
Auchterhouse, Angus, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1442
    Event Place: Earl Shell, Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 Jan 1499
    Event Place: Auchterhouse, Angus, Scotland
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