STEWART, Thomas 'Master of Mar' ^{1 2}

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  General Notes:

"I may say that Strathaven had been originally part of the estate of Alexander Stewart (fourth son of Robert II.), Earl of Buchan, who died in 1406. He left it to his second (natural) son, Sir Andrew Stewart, and it came to the latter's (bastard) nephew, Thomas Stewart, who in turn sold it to Alexander, Earl of Huntly."

from The Caterans of Inveraven ³

Thomas married Elizabeth DOUGLAS, daughter of Archibald DOUGLAS 4th Earl of Douglas, Duke of Touraine and Margaret STEWART, after 14 August 1424.^{1 2} (Elizabeth DOUGLAS was born about 1399 and died about 1451 ².)

  Marriage Notes:

"Elizabeth (Douglas), married .... secondly, without issue, to Sir Thomas Stewart, natural son of Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar, and was again a widow before 1435"

from Scots Peerage (vol 3)




"The Earl (Alexander Stewart) had no family by either of his wives, but he had a natural son Thomas, and he obtained from King James I., on 28 May 1426, a charter granting the earldom of Mar and the lordship of the Garioch to himself and his son with reversion to the King and his heirs. The King also in the following January granted or continued to him the lordship of Badenoch for life. He died in 1435, without lawful issue, his son Thomas, who had married Elizabeth Douglas, widow of John Stewart, Earl of Buchan .... without issue, having predeceased him."

from Scots Peerage (vol 5) ^{1 2}