STEWART, Elspet ^{1 2}

   Another name for Elspet was STEWART, Elizabeth.¹

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  General Notes:

This Elspet Stewart, mother of John Innes 1. of Edingight deserves, however, some more notice, seeing that her grandfather, Sir James Stewart, the Black Knight of Lorn, was cousin to James I., and that her grandmother, Joan Beaufort, was the widow of James I. and daughter of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, and grand-daughter of Edward III. ; also that she was one of seven sisters who all were married and whose descendants survive in many families, some of them of high rank. The eldest, Jean, married Sir Robert Gordon of Pitlurg ; the second, Catherine, married John VI., Lord Forbes; the third, Elizabeth, married Robert Innes of Innermarkie ; the fourth, Marjory, married Sir Colin Campbell of Glenurquhart ; the fifth, Margaret, married William Murray of Tullibardine ; the sixth, Isobel, married Alexander Robertson of Strowan; the seventh, Anne, married John XI., Earl of Lennox. No doubt, this alliance with families of power and distinction contributed to the prominent position which the Innermarkies began to assume, and their possessions in land had become so considerable that they were able to provide appanages for younger sons."

from Innes of Edingight

Note: The author, Thomas Innes, may be inaccurate regarding the Stewart sister who married Sir Colin Campbell of Glenurquhart. Other sources have that Stewart wife as belonging to the Lennox Stewart family. If placed as the author here suggests "Marjory Stewart" would have been the mother of her sister in law. ¹

Elspet married Robert INNES 2nd of Innermarkie, son of Walter INNES of Innermarkie (Invermarkie) and Christine GORDON 'of Pitlurg'?.^{1 2} (Robert INNES 2nd of Innermarkie was born about 1485 and died in October 1547.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Walter Innes's charter for Innermark is dated 1487. His son, Robert Innes, married Elizabeth Stewart, sister of the Duke of Athol, and in 1536 we have a Precept of Seisin by the Superior, the Earl of Huntly, for infefting him and his wife, Elizabeth Stewart, in liferent, and their son Robert in fee in these lands of Innermarkie."

from Innes of Edingight




"This Robert Innes of Innermarky was marryed to Elspet Stewart, sister to some Earle of Atholl. For I have seen a part of those lands of Innermarky confirmed to Robert Innes of Innermarky and Elspet Stewart his spouse, sister to the Earle in liferent, &e. He had two sones (as I take it), who may be found in wreat."

from Familie of Innes ^{1 2}