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STEWART, James III King of Scots
(1451-1488)
Margaret
(About 1456-1486)
STEWART, James 'Hearty', Earl of Buchan (3rd creation) and Lord Auchterhouse, Sir
(About 1440-1499)
MURRAY, Margaret
(About 1455-)
STEWART, James IV King of Scots
(1472-1513)
STEWART, Agnes Countess of Bothwell
(About 1486-1557)
STEWART, Janet 'La Belle Ecossaise'
(1502-1564)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. FLEMING, Malcolm 3rd Lord Fleming, Lord Chamberlain of Scotland

2. Henry II King of France

STEWART, Janet 'La Belle Ecossaise' 1 2

  • Born: 17 July 1502, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Marriage (1): FLEMING, Malcolm 3rd Lord Fleming, Lord Chamberlain of Scotland about 26 February 1524(1525) 1
  • Partnership (2): Henry II King of France 2
  • Died: by 1564 1

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Janet married Malcolm FLEMING 3rd Lord Fleming, Lord Chamberlain of Scotland, son of John FLEMING 2nd Lord Fleming, Chamberlain of Scotland and Euphame DRUMMOND of Stobshall, about 26 February 1524(1525).1 (Malcolm FLEMING 3rd Lord Fleming, Lord Chamberlain of Scotland was born about 1494 1 and died on 10 September 1547 in Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, near Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 1.)


  Marriage Notes:

"5. Janet Stewart (daughter of Isabella Stewart, daughter of James, Earl of Buchan). She was married to Malcolm, third Lord Fleming. " (page 22)

from Scots Peerage (vol 1)

referring to Scots Peerage, volume 1:
"p. 22, 1. 3 from foot, for 'Isabella' read ' Agnes.' "
"p. 22, 1. 2 from foot, after 'Buchan,' add 'afterwards Countess of Bothwell (see charter cited in Geneaologist, N.S., viii. 185, 186).' "

from Scots Peerage (vol 9 Addenda et Corrigenda)




"He (Malcolm Fleming) married, dispensation dated 26 February 1524-25, they being within the third degree of consanguinity, (contract dated 27 January same year), Janet Stewart, natural daughter of King James IV. by Isabel (see note above) Stewart, Countess of Bothwell, daughter of James, third Earl of Buchan. Her tocher was 2500 merks. She survived him, was served heir to her terce as relict on 2 November 1547, went to France in 1548 in charge of the child Queen, whose education she superintended, but was superseded by Madam Parois, an extreme Catholic."



from Scots Peerage (vol 8) 1 2 3

Janet had a relationship with Henry II King of France.2 (Henry II King of France was born on 31 March 1519.)


  Marriage Notes:

"King James IV. had several illegitimate children ......

5. Janet Stewart (daughter of Isabella Stewart, daughter of James, Earl of Buchan). She was married to Malcolm, third Lord Fleming. She was in 1551 mistress of Henry II., King of France, by whom she had a son, Henry, 'le Batard d'Angouleme, abbe,
poete et capitaine, un des meurtriers de Saint Barthelemy
.' " (pages 22 and 23)

from Scots Peerage (vol 1)

referring to Scots Peerage, volume 1:
"p. 22, 1. 3 from foot, for 'Isabella' read ' Agnes.' "
"p. 22, 1. 2 from foot, after 'Buchan,' add 'afterwards Countess of Bothwell (see charter cited in Geneaologist, N.S., viii. 185, 186).' "

from Scots Peerage (vol 9 Addenda et Corrigenda)



"She (Janet Stewart) thereafter became mistress of Henry II.. King of France, to whom she had a son, Harry de Valois, 'le Batard d'Angouleme,' returned to Scotland in 1555, resided at Boghall, and died after 1560 and before 1564."

from Scots Peerage (vol 8) 1 2 3

Sources


1 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 8 (1911).

2 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 1 (1904).

3 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 9 (1914).

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