John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Buchan

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John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Buchan was born circa 1381.1 He was the son of Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany and Muriel Keith.1 He married Lady Elizabeth Douglas, daughter of Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas and Margaret Stewart, Lady of Galloway, in November 1413.1 He died on 17 August 1424 at Verneuil, France, killed in action, without male issue.1

John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Buchan succeeded to the title of 3rd Earl of Buchan [S., 1382] on 20 September 1406.2 He held the office of Great Chamberlain [Scotland] on 12 March 1406/7.3 In 1416 he went to England to treat for the release of King James I.3 In 1420 he went to france with 7,000 Scots to support King Charles VII.3 He fought in the Battle of Baugé on 22 March 1420/21, where he greatly distinguished himself.3 Constable of France.3 He fought in the Battle of Verneuil on 17 August 1424 at Verneuil, France.

1 Child of John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Buchan and Lady Elizabeth Douglas

1.Margaret Stewart+4 d. b 8 Jan 1461

His father, Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany, was grandfather to Euphemia II, Countess of Ross and persuaded her to resign her rights to his son.Stewart appears as Earl of Ross for a time, until his right was challenged by Domhnall of Islay, Lord of the Isles, for his wife, who successfully became known as Mariota, or Mary Leslie, Countess of Ross

Stewart's death had important consequences for domestic politics in Scotland. His death fatally weakened the position of his brother Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany, who was soon afterwards arrested and executed by James I of Scotland, leading to the almost complete ruin of the Albany Stewarts.

The Battle of Cravant in 1423, where Buchan was defeated and captured.

Citations

• 1.[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 219. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Family.
• 2.S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 376. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
• 3.[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 377. 4.[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family, page 220.
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