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King James III Stewart 1451 – 1488 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 Jul 1451

Birth Location: St Andrews Castle, Scotland

Death Date: 11 Jun 1488

Death Location: Sauchieburn, Stirlingshire, Scotland - Killed during the battle of Battle of Sauchieburn

Father: King Stewart

Mother: Queen Guelders

Spouse(s): Queen Denmark

Children(s): King Stewart

In 1451, King James III Stewart , King of Scotland entered the world in St Andrews Castle, Scotland, born to King James II Stewart and Queen Mary of Guelders. King James III Stewart , King of Scotland married Queen Margaret of Denmark, and had children including King James IV 'Iron Belt' Stewart. King James III Stewart , King of Scotland passed away in 1488 in Sauchieburn, Stirlingshire, Scotland - Killed during the battle of Battle of Sauchieburn.

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Biography

  • In 1451, King James III Stewart , King of Scotland entered the world in St Andrews Castle, Scotland, born to King James II Stewart and Queen Mary of Guelders.
  • King James III Stewart , King of Scotland married Queen Margaret of Denmark, and had children including King James IV 'Iron Belt' Stewart.
  • King James III Stewart , King of Scotland passed away in 1488 in Sauchieburn, Stirlingshire, Scotland - Killed during the battle of Battle of Sauchieburn.

Immediate Family

Parents

King Stewart
1430 – 1460
Birth Location: Holyrood Abbey, Scotland
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Queen Guelders
1434 – 1463
Birth Location: Grave, Duchy of Brabant, Holy Roman Empire
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Spouses(s)

Queen Denmark
1456 – 1486
Birth Location: Copenhagen Castle, Copenhagen, Kobenhavn, Denmark
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Children(s)

King Stewart
1472 – 1513
Birth Location: Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
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King Stewart's Ancestors

Self
King Stewart
1451 – 1488
Birth Place: St Andrews Castle, Scotland
Parents
King James II Stewart
1430 – 1460
Holyrood Abbey, Scotland
Queen (Mary of) Guelders
1434 – 1463
Grave, Duchy of Brabant, Holy Roman Empire
Grandparents
King (James I) Stewart
1394 – 1451
Innermeath, Argyll, Scotland
Queen (Joan) Beaufort
1406 – 1445
Beaufort, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
Great-Grandparents
King Stewart
1337 – 1420
Queen Drummond
1350 – 1401
Lord Beaufort
1373 – 1410
Lady Holland
1385 – 1439
2nd-Great-Grandparents
King Stewart
1316 – 1390
Lady Mure
1320 – 1355
Lord Drummond
Lady Montifex
Lord Gaunt
1340 – 1399
Lady Roet
1350 – 1403
Lord Holland
1350 – 1397
Lady FitzAlan
1350 – 1416

King Stewart's Descendants

1.
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King (James III) Stewart (10 Jul 1451 – 11 Jun 1488) m. Queen (Margaret of) Denmark (23 Jun 1456 – 14 Jul 1486)
  1. 1. King (James IV 'Iron Belt') Stewart (17 Mar 1472 – 09 Sep 1513) m. Lady (Agnes 'Isabel') Stewart (1480 – 20 February 1557) m. Queen (Margaret) Tudor (28 November 1489 – 18 October 1541) m. Lady (Elizabeth) Hamilton (Mar 1473 – 8 Apr 1531) m. Lady (Catherine) Stewart (28 November 1489 – 5 Jul 1554) m. Lady (Marion) Boyd (1476 – 31 Aug 1559) m. Lady (Nicholace) Ker (1472 – Feb 20, 1557)
    1. 1. Lady (Janet) Stewart (17 July 1502 – 20 February 1562) m. Lord (Malcolm Henry) Fleming (1500 – 10 Sep 1547)
      1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth) Fleming (December 1525 – 15 Mar 1586)
      2. 2. Lady (Margaret Methven "The Honorable") Fleming (1536 – 15 March 1586) m. Lord (John) Stewart (1533 – 24 Apr 1579) m. Robert Graham (13 Mar 1522 – 10 SEP 1547) m. Sir (Robert) Scott (1529 – 9 Sep 1585)
        1. 1. Lady (Jean 'Janet') Stewart (29 Dec 1557 – 15 Sep 1593) m. Sir (Knight Duncan 'Black Duncan') Campbell (7 Aug 1550 – 23 Jun 1631)
        2. 2. Sir (John) Graham (1547 – 9 Nov 1608) m. Lady (Jean, Countess of Montrose,) Drummond (1549 – Mar 1598)
        3. 3. Elizabeth (fitz Roger) Scott (1587 – abt 1827) m. Rev (Richard Peter) Smith (1555 – 1630)
      3. 3. Lord (Sir Knight John Fleming , KNIGHT of BIGGAR, LORD of MONTROSE, 5th LORD of FLEMING, 3rd EARL of WIGTON, GOVENOR of DUNBARTON, 4th LORD) CHAMBERLAI (1540 – 6 Sep 1572) m. Elizabeth (Stewart) Ross (1541 – 14 April 1578)
        1. 1. Lord (John) Fleming (13 January 1567 – 16 Apr 1619) m. Lady (Lillias Katherine) Graham (1568 – 1607)
    2. 2. Lady (Catherine) Kennedy (1500 – 1545) m. Lord (William) Herries (14 Jan 1501 – 26 Sep 1543)
      1. 1. Lady (Agnes) Herries (1530 – 14 Mar 1594) m. Lord (John) Maxwell (1555 – 10 October 1604)
        1. 1. Countess (Margaret Fergusson) Maxwell (1548 – 8 January 1617) m. Mark Kerr (20 February 1558 – 8 April 1609)
        2. 2. Edward Maxwell (abt 1561 – 29 Sep 1598) m. Alice (Margaret) Baillie (ABT 1560 – ABT 1607) m. Margret Blacklock (1570/1560/ – 1592/1607)
      2. 2. Lady (Catharina Elizabeth) Herries (1536 – 8 Feb 1593) m. Laird (Sir Alexander Dubh) Stewart (1527 – 4 Sep 1571)
        1. 1. Lord (Alexander) Stewart (1551 – 6 Oct 1596) m. Christine Douglas (1550 – Feb 1637)
    3. 3. Sir (John James) Watson (1500 – 31 Aug 1568) m. Lady (Joane Margaret Sothern,) (Sotheran) (1502 – Abt. 1565)
      1. 1. Maria (Isabel) Watson (ABT 1525 – 1643) m. Richard Barrett (1541 – Apr 1590)
        1. 1. Elizabeth Barrett (2 Feb 1570 – abt 1638) m. Hugh Maltby (15 Sep 1557 – abt 1633)
    4. 4. King (James V) Stewart (10 April 1512 – 14 March 1544) m. Lady (Elizabeth Isabel Marion) Campbell (1502 – 1550) m. Lady (Margaret) Erskine (8 Oct 1515 – 5 May 1572) m. Marie\Mary (of) Guise (22 Nov 1515 – 10 Jun 1560) m. Madeleine (van Valois-Angoulême Prinses van) Frankrijk (18 Aug 1520 – 2 Jul 1537) m. Euphemia (Elphinstone) Bruce (11 May 1509 – 1547) m. Lady (Margaret Margaretha) Tudor (13 August 1513 – 5 May 1572)
      1. 1. Lord (Sir John) Stewart (1526 – 5 Aug 1574) m. Margaret Wallace (20 May 1839 – 1586)
        1. 1. Sir (Lord Walter) Stewart (1555 – 12 Jun 1618) m. Lady (Nicola) Somerville (1552 – 30 Aug 1614)
      2. 2. King (Regent James) Stewart (22 May 1531 – April 1541) m. Lady (Agnes Anna) Keith (14 Jul 1530 – 16 Jul 1588)
      3. 3. Lady (Jean) Stewart (1547 – 7 Jan 1586) m. Francis (de) Laugharne (1539 – 18 May 1583)
        1. 1. Maj (Gen Rowland) Laugharne (1564 – 5 May 1587) m. Letitia Perrott (1560 – 27 Nov 1620)
    5. 5. Janet (Elizabeth) Stewart (17 July 1502 – 12 December 1523) m. Lord (Ninian) Ross (1491 – 2 Feb 1556)
      1. 1. Lord (Robert) Ross (1511 – 13 Jan 1549) m. Lady (Agnes Margaret Erskine) Moncrieff (1511 – 1543)
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Stewart) Ross (1541 – 14 April 1578) m. Lord (Sir Knight John Fleming , KNIGHT of BIGGAR, LORD of MONTROSE, 5th LORD of FLEMING, 3rd EARL of WIGTON, GOVENOR of DUNBARTON, 4th LORD) CHAMBERLAI (1540 – 6 Sep 1572)
    6. 6. Lady (Catherine) Stewart (28 November 1489 – 5 Jul 1554) m. Lord (Archibald) Douglas (29 Nov 1489 – 22 January 1557) m. King (James IV 'Iron Belt') Stewart (17 Mar 1472 – 09 Sep 1513) m. Lord (James) Douglas (Jan 1487 – December 1548) m. Lord (Henry) Stewart (1500 – 1552)
      1. 1. Lady (Margaret) Douglas (1523 – 24 May 1579) m. Lord (James) Hamilton (1517 – 22 Jan 1575)
        1. 1. Lord (Claud) Hamilton (1546 – 15 Jan 1622) m. Lady (Margaret Montgomerie) Seton (1555 – March 1616)
      2. 2. Lady (Margaret Douglas, Baroness of Hamilton, 2nd Countess of Arran, Duchess of Hamilton & 1st Duchess of) Chatel (1 Jan 1511 – 24 May 1579 - 1580)
    7. 7. Sir (Alexander) Stewart (17 March 1473 – 9 Sep 1513) m. Lady (Elizabeth) Rattray (Abt. 1489 – 1573)
    8. 8. Lord (Alexander) Home ( – 1516) m. Lady (Agnes 'Isabel') Stewart (1480 – 20 February 1557)

King Stewart's Timeline

2 Records

1451
10 Jul 1451
Birth of King James III Stewart , King of Scotland in St Andrews Castle, Scotland
St Andrews Castle, Scotland
1488
11 Jun 1488
Age 37
Death of King James III Stewart , King of Scotland in Sauchieburn, Stirlingshire, Scotland - Killed during the battle of Battle of Sauchieburn
Sauchieburn, Stirlingshire, Scotland - Killed during the battle of Battle of Sauchieburn

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 Jul 1451
    Event Place: St Andrews Castle, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Jun 1488
    Event Place: Sauchieburn, Stirlingshire, Scotland - Killed during the battle of Battle of Sauchieburn
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