1533 - 1591 (58 years)
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Name |
Robert (Earl of Orkney) Stewart |
Birth |
1533 |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
1591 |
Person ID |
I153696 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
3 Jun 2023 |
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Notes |
- On 13 or 14 December 1561 Robert Stewart married Lady Jean Kennedy, daughter of Gilbert Kennedy, 3rd Earl of Cassilis, and Margaret Kennedy.] The English diplomat Thomas Randolph wrote that "Lord Robert consumethe with love for Cassillis' sister". At this time Lord Robert had a house near Holyrood Palace, but the marriage took place at the house of one of her family friends.[ Their children included:
Mary, who married Patrick Gray, 6th Lord Gray (b. late 1562)
Jean, who married Patrick Leslie, 1st Lord Lindores (b. 1563?)
Henry, who became Master of Orkney (b. February 1565 - 1590)
Patrick (1565/66 - 6 February 1615), who inherited the title Earl of Orkney and married Margaret Livingstone.
John Stewart, who became Earl of Carrick and married Elizabeth Howard
Robert, was knighted and known as Sir Robert Stewart of Middleton. Imprisoned for debt in London in 1606.
James, was knighted and known as Sir James Stewart of Eday and Tullos, and married Margaret Lyon
Elizabeth, who married James Sinclair of Murkle in Caithness (becoming the mother-in-law of John MacKay, Laird of Strathy in Strathnaver)
Barbara, who married Hugh Halcro of Halcro
Robert Stewart also had a number of illegitimate children with several mistresses.
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