John Stewart, Earl of Mar (died 1503)
John Stewart, Earl of Mar (December 1479 – 11 March 1503) was the youngest son of James III of Scotland and Margaret of Denmark.
Biography[]
He was born at Dunfermline Palace in Fife as the youngest son of the King. He was created Earl of Mar on 2 March 1486, at the age of eight. Not much is known of his life and he died in Scotland on 11 March 1503.[citation needed] As he died unmarried, the earldom became extinct and James IV awarded many of the Mar lands to Lord Elphinstone.[1]
Family[]
Stewart had two brothers, King James IV and James Stewart, Duke of Ross. He died unmarried.
Ancestry[]
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References[]
- "thePeerage.com". Retrieved 26 November 2006.
- ^ Round, John Horace (1911). . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 665–666.
Categories:
- House of Stuart
- Earls or mormaers of Mar
- Scottish princes
- 1470s births
- 1503 deaths
- 15th-century Scottish peers
- 16th-century Scottish peers
- Peers created by James III
- Peerage of Scotland earl stubs