STEWART, John 4th Earl of Atholl, Lord Chancellor 1 2 3
- Born: About 1533
- Marriage (1): GORDON, Elizabeth 1
- Marriage (2): FLEMING, Margaret 1 April 1557(contract) 1 2
- Died: 24 April 1579 1
- Buried: 1579, St Giles Church, Edinburgh, Scotland 1
Cause of his death was poisoning.1
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John married Elizabeth GORDON, daughter of George GORDON 4th Earl of Huntly and Elizabeth KEITH Countess of Huntly.1 (Elizabeth GORDON was born about 1535 and died before 1 April 1557 1.)
Marriage Notes:
"He (John Stewart) is said to have married, first, Elizabeth Gordon, daughter of George, fourth Earl of Huntly .... "
from Scots Peerage (vol 1) 1
John next married Margaret FLEMING, daughter of Malcolm FLEMING 3rd Lord Fleming, Lord Chamberlain of Scotland and Janet STEWART 'La Belle Ecossaise', 1 April 1557(contract).1 2 (Margaret FLEMING was born about 1528.)
Marriage Notes:
"He (John Stewart) is said to have married .... secondly (contract dated 1 April 1557), Margaret Fleming, daughter of Malcolm, third Lord Fleming, and relict both of Robert, Master of Montrose, and Thomas, Master of Erskine. She was believed to have the powers of incantation, and at the birth of James VI. cast the pains of childbirth from the Queen on to Lady Rires. Queen Mary on the Earl of Atholl's death writes to her as 'My good anti.'"
from Scots Peerage (vol 1)
"Margaret, married .... thirdly (contract 1 April 1557, to John Stewart, fourth Earl of Atholl, Lord Chancellor. They had a charter of the lands of Inglassey. She is said to have possessed powers of incantation, and at the birth of James VI. cast the pains of labour from the Queen on the Lady Rires."
from Scots Peerage (vol 8) 1 2
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