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John I 'The Hearty' Stewart of Balveny, 1st Earl of Atholl & Balveny, Ambassador to England, Lord Great Chamberlain of Scotland 1439–1512 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 Sep 1439

Birth Location: Balveny Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland

Death Date: 15 Sep 1512

Death Location: Dunkeld, Perth and Kinross, Scotland

Father: James Lorn

Mother: Joan Beaufort

Spouse(s): Beatrix Douglas, Eleanor Nithsdale

Children(s): Anne Stewart, Christian Stewart, Katherine Stewart, Isabel Stewart, Janet Stewart, Margaret Stewart, John Atholl, Elizabeth Stewart, Marjory Stewart, Jean Athol, Andrew Stewart, Margaretha Stewart

In 1439, John I 'The Hearty' Stewart of Balveny, 1st Earl of Atholl & Balveny, Ambassador to England, Lord Great Chamberlain of Scotland entered the world in Balveny Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland, born to James Stewart The Black Knight Of Lorn And Joan Beaufort. John I 'The Hearty' Stewart of Balveny, 1st Earl of Atholl & Balveny, Ambassador to England, Lord Great Chamberlain of Scotland married Beatrix Margaret The Fair Maid Of Galloway Douglas Countess Of Douglas, Eleanor Sinclair St Clair Countess Of Nithsdale, and had children including Andrew Stewart, Anne Elizabeth Stewart, Christian Christine Stewart, Elizabeth Anne Stewart, Isabel Stewart, Janet Jean Stewart, Jean Stewart Of Athol, John Stewart 2Nd Earl Of Atholl, Katherine Catherine Stewart, Margaret Stewart, Margaretha Stewart, Marjory Stewart. John I 'The Hearty' Stewart of Balveny, 1st Earl of Atholl & Balveny, Ambassador to England, Lord Great Chamberlain of Scotland passed away in 1512 in Dunkeld, Perth and Kinross, Scotland.

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  • In 1439, John I 'The Hearty' Stewart of Balveny, 1st Earl of Atholl & Balveny, Ambassador to England, Lord Great Chamberlain of Scotland entered the world in Balveny Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland, born to James Stewart The Black Knight Of Lorn And Joan Beaufort.
  • John I 'The Hearty' Stewart of Balveny, 1st Earl of Atholl & Balveny, Ambassador to England, Lord Great Chamberlain of Scotland married Beatrix Margaret The Fair Maid Of Galloway Douglas Countess Of Douglas, Eleanor Sinclair St Clair Countess Of Nithsdale, and had children including Andrew Stewart, Anne Elizabeth Stewart, Christian Christine Stewart, Elizabeth Anne Stewart, Isabel Stewart, Janet Jean Stewart, Jean Stewart Of Athol, John Stewart 2Nd Earl Of Atholl, Katherine Catherine Stewart, Margaret Stewart, Margaretha Stewart, Marjory Stewart.
  • John I 'The Hearty' Stewart of Balveny, 1st Earl of Atholl & Balveny, Ambassador to England, Lord Great Chamberlain of Scotland passed away in 1512 in Dunkeld, Perth and Kinross, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Lorn
1399–1451
Birth Location: Innermeath, Argyllshire, Scotland
JL
Joan Beaufort
1406–1445
Birth Location: Westminster, Middlesex, England
JB

Spouses(s)

Beatrix Douglas
1430–1473
Birth Location: Eddleston, Peeblesshire, Scotland
BD
Eleanor Nithsdale
1457–1519
Birth Location: Ravenscraig, Fife, Scotland
EN

Children(s)

Anne Stewart
1468–1529
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
AS
Christian Stewart
1476–1538
Birth Location: Balveny, Fife, Scotland
CS
Katherine Stewart
1463–1538
Birth Location: Traquhair, Peeblesshire, Scotland
KS
Isabel Stewart
1481–1516
Birth Location: Fife, Scotland
IS
Janet Stewart
1468–1510
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
JS
Margaret Stewart
1466–1524
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
MS
John Atholl
1475–1513
Birth Location: Castle Balveny, Fifeshire, Scotland
JA
Elizabeth Stewart
1465–1529
Birth Location: Traquhair, Peeblesshire, Scotland
ES
Marjory Stewart
1479–1524
Birth Location: Castle Balveny, Fifeshire, Scotland
MS
Jean Athol
1479–1522
Birth Location: Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
JA
Andrew Stewart
1485–1542
Birth Location: of,, Scotland
AS
Margaretha Stewart
1490–
Birth Location: –
MS

John Scotland's Ancestors

Self
John Scotland
1439–1512
Birth Place: Balveny Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland
Parents
James Stewart, The Black Knight of Lorn
1399–1451
Innermeath, Argyllshire, Scotland
Joan Beaufort
1406–1445
Westminster, Middlesex, England
Grandparents
John (Stewart Laird van) Innermeath
1350–1421
Innermeath, Argyllshire, Schotland
Isabelle (Mac-Dougall, Lady van) Lorn
1355–1439
Isle of Kerrera, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
John (Beaufort, K.G., Marquis of Dorset & 1st Earl of Somerset, Teutonic Knights, Admiral of the Irish) fleet
1371–1410
Beaufort, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
Margaret ("The Poet's Muse" de Holand, Countess of) Somerset
1385–1440
Upholland, Lancashire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Innermeath
1310–1388
Isabella MacDuff
1328–1389
John Lorn
1317–1362
Jonet Isaac
1337–1382
Sir Lancaster
1340–1398
Catherine Lancaster
1350–1403
Thomas Kent
1348–1408
Alice Kent
1352–1415
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Appin
1276–1333
Thomas Isaac
1306–1364
Matilda (Brus)
1320–1353
Edward artillery
1312–1377
Philippa Hainault
1310–1369
Sir Roet
1310–1380
Lady Hainault
1311–1369
Thomas Kent
1314–1360
Joan Kent
1328–1385
Richard wealthy
1306–1376
Eleanor Lancaster
1318–1372

John Scotland's Descendants

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John (I 'The Hearty' Stewart of Balveny, 1st Earl of Atholl & Balveny, Ambassador to England, Lord Great Chamberlain of) Scotland (21 Sep 1439–15 Sep 1512) m. Beatrix (Margaret 'The Fair Maid of Galloway' Douglas, Countess of) Douglas (1430–21 Jan 1473) m. Eleanor (Sinclair ( St Clair), Countess of) Nithsdale (19 Apr 1457–21 Mar 1519)
  1. 1. Anne (Elizabeth) Stewart 1468–1529
  2. 2. Christian (Christine) Stewart 1476–1538 m. James Barclay –1513
  3. 3. Katherine (Catherine) Stewart 1463–1538 m. Sir (John Forbes, 6th Lord of) Forbes 1461–1547
    1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth) Forbes 1487–1545 m. James ("The Bold") Grant 1483–1553
  4. 4. Isabel Stewart 1481–1516
  5. 5. Janet (Jean) Stewart 1468–1510 m. Alexander (Gordon, 3rd Earl of) Huntly –1524
    1. 1. John (Gordon, Master) Huntly 1496–1517 m. Margaret Stewart, 1497–1531 m. Elizabeth Keith 1513–
      1. 1. George ('Ballad of the Gay Gordons" Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly, Earl of) Moray 1513–1562 m. Lady (Elizabeth) Keith 1515–1562
        1. 1. George (Gordon, 5th Earl of Huntly, Chancellor of Scotland, involved with the troubles of Mary Queen of) Scots 1535–1576 m. Lady (Anne Hamilton) Chatellerault 1541–1574
        2. 2. Elizabeth (Gordon, Countess of) Atholl 1530–1557 m. John (Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl, Chancellor of) Scotland 1527–1579
        3. 3. Alexander Gordon 1531–1553
        4. 4. James Gordon 1535–1620
        5. 5. Adam Gordon 1536–1580
        6. 6. Patrick Gordon 1538–1594
        7. 7. Robert Gordon 1539–1572
    2. 2. Lady (Jean Clan Gordon, Countess of) Argyll 1479–1530 m. Sir (Colin 'Cailen Malloch' Campbell, 3rd Lord of) Glenorchy 1486–1529
  6. 6. Margaret Stewart 1466–1524
  7. 7. John (Stewart, 2nd Earl of) Atholl 1475–1513 m. Lady (Janet Mary Campbell, Countness of) Atholl 1480–1546
    1. 1. John (Stewart, 3rd Earl of) Atholl 1507–1542 m. Grizel Rattray 1507–1542 m. Jean Forbes 1518–1554
      1. 1. John (Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl, Chancellor of) Scotland 1527–1579 m. Elizabeth (Gordon, Countess of) Atholl 1530–1557
        1. 1. Lady (Janet Stewart, Baroness) Campbell 1554–1585 m. Donald (Robertson, 13th of Struan, 9th Chief of Clan) Donnachaidh 1550–
      2. 2. Lady (Margaret Stewart of) Athol 1525–1555
      3. 3. Elizabeth Stewart 1533–1621
    2. 2. Margaret (Stewart, Lady of) Knockie 1509–1555
    3. 3. Jean Stewart 1492–1522
    4. 4. Lady (Janet Stewart, Countess Consort of Sutherland and Lady of Methven and) Ruthven 1505–1566 m. Sir (Alexander I Gordon, Earl of) Sutherland 1505–1529
      1. 1. John ("The Good Earl' Gordon, 11th Earl of Sutherland, 2nd) husband 1526–1567 m. Lady (Helen Stewart Stuart, Countess of Sutherland &) Erroll 1520–1565
        1. 1. Lady (Margaret) Gordon 1539–1607 m. Sir (William Douglas of) Hawick 1541–1572
        2. 2. Alexander Gordon 1552–1594
        3. 3. Alexander (I Gordon, Knight of Dunrobin, 12th Earl of) Sutherland 1552–1594
  8. 8. Elizabeth (Anne) Stewart 1465–1529 m. Andrew (Gray, 2nd Lord Gray, Sheriff of Forfar, and Justice of of) Scotland 1446–1514
    1. 1. Margaret Gray 1482–1539
    2. 2. Lady (Marjory de) Gray 1498–
    3. 3. Sir (William de) Gray 1502–1585
    4. 4. Sir (Edward de) Gray 1490–1521
    5. 5. Sir (Andrew de) Gray 1488–1541
  9. 9. Marjory Stewart 1479–1524 m. Sir (Colin 'Cailen Malloch' Campbell, 3rd Lord of) Glenorchy 1486–1529 m. Sir (William VI Murray, Earl of) Castleton 1470–1513
    1. 1. Sir (Douglas "the Grey Baird" Campbell, 4th of) Glenorchy 1499–1583 m. Katherine (Ruthven Lady of Glenorchy), Baroness Campbell, Countess of Craufurd) Ruthven 1526–1579 m. Margaret (Catherine Stewart) (Graeme) 1520–1543
      1. 1. Duncan ("Black Duncan" Campbell, 7th Laird of Glenorchy, 1st Baronet of) Glenorchy 1550–1631 m. Elizabeth (Sinclair) (Campbell) 1575–1654 m. Lady (Jean "Janet" Stewart of Atholl Baroness) Campbell 1557–1595
        1. 1. Lady (Margaret Jane Campbell (Drummond) ) 1571–1631
        2. 2. Sir (Robert Campbell, Covenanter, 9th Lord and 3d Baronet of Glenorchy; also laird of Glenfalloch, Member of Parliament for) Argyll 1575–1657 m. Lady (Isabel MacIntosh, Baroness) Campbell 1583–1667
        3. 3. Duncan (Campbell of) Glenorchy 1578–1618
        4. 4. Archibald (Campbell, 7th Earl of) Argyll 1576–1640
        5. 5. Sir (Colin Campbell, 8th Laird of Glenarchy - 2nd) Baronet 1577–1640
      2. 2. Janet (MacEvir) Campbell 1563–1633
      3. 3. Margaret Campbell 1552–1610
      4. 4. Duncan Campbell 1550–1631
      5. 5. Patrick Campbell 1556–1622
      6. 6. Archibald Campbell 1545–
    2. 2. John Campbell 1512–1550
    3. 3. Duncan Campbell 1513–1549
    4. 4. Archibald (II Campbell, 4th Earl of) Argyll 1508–1558 m. Margaretha Graham 1522–1558 m. Lady (Helen Hamilton, 1st wife, Countess) Argyll 1529–1590
      1. 1. Lady (Margaret Anne) Campbell 1545–1572 m. James (Stewart, 1st Lord of) Doune 1529–1590
        1. 1. Janet Stewart 1565–1622 m. John (Hamilton, This Hamilton line goes to) Maryland 1560–1619
        2. 2. James ("The Bonnie Earl" Stuart, 2nd Earl of Doune &) Moray 1568–1592 m. Elizabeth (Stewart, 2nd Countess of) Moray 1565–1591
        3. 3. Jean Stewart 1578–1622
        4. 4. Henry (Stewart, 1st Lord St.) Colme 1565–1609
      2. 2. John Campbell 1540–1591
      3. 3. Archibald (Campbell, 5th Earl of) Argyll 1532–1573
      4. 4. Colin (Campbell, 6th Earl of) Argyll 1542–1584 m. Lady (Agnes Anna Keith, Countess of Moray and) Aargyll 1530–1588
        1. 1. Archibald ("Gillesbuig Grumach" Campbell, 7th Earl of Argyll, a Scottish peer, politician, and military leader, a Scottish peer, politician, and military leader,) knight 1576–1638 m. Anne Cornwallis 1589–1634 m. Lady (Anne Agnes Douglas, Countess of) Morton 1574–1607
      5. 5. Donald Campbell 1542–1605
    5. 5. Willem (Murray Lord of) Tullibardine 1510–1562 m. Catharina Campbell 1510–1577
      1. 1. William (Willem Murray Liard of) Tullibardine 1530–1582
      2. 2. Johanna Murray 1545–1614
      3. 3. Lady (Annabella Anabel Murray Of Tullibardine, Countess of) Mar 1540–1603 m. John (II Erskine, 6th Baron, 18th Earl of) Mar 1511–1572
        1. 1. John (Erskine, Knight of the Garter, Lord Treasurer, 1st Lord Cardross, 19th Earl of) Mar 1556–1634 m. Lady (Marie (Mary) Stuart of Lennox, Countess of) Mar 1576–1644 m. Anne (Agnes Drummond, Countess) Marisch 1566–1592
  10. 10. Jean (Stewart of) Athol 1479–1522 m. James (Arbuthnott, 13th of) Arbuthnott 1475–1521
    1. 1. Robert Arbuthnott 1508–1579
    2. 2. Isabel ("Maule") Arbuthnott 1509–1588
  11. 11. Andrew Stewart 1485–1542
  12. 12. Margaretha Stewart 1490–

John Scotland's Timeline

2 Records

1439
21 Sep 1439
Birth of John I 'The Hearty' Stewart of Balveny, 1st Earl of Atholl & Balveny, Ambassador to England, Lord Great Chamberlain of Scotland in Balveny Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland
Balveny Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland
1512
15 Sep 1512
Age 73
Death of John I 'The Hearty' Stewart of Balveny, 1st Earl of Atholl & Balveny, Ambassador to England, Lord Great Chamberlain of Scotland in Perth, Laighwood, Perthshire, Scotland
Perth, Laighwood, Perthshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 Sep 1439
    Event Place: Balveny Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    [2] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 4449722
    [3] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [4] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [5] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Sep 1512
    Event Place: Perth, Laighwood, Perthshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    [2] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 4449722
    [3] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [4] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [5] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Dunkeld, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [2] International, Find a Grave Index
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