John Stewart, Earl of Mar (died 1479)

John Stewart, Earl of Mar and Garioch (c. 1456 – c. 1479) was the youngest surviving son of James II of Scotland and Mary of Guelders.

After a legal struggle, in 1457 James II obtained from a justiciary court at Aberdeen a recognition of the Crown's right to the earldom and its lands,^[1] and bestowed the titles of Earl of Mar and Earl of Garioch on his son sometime between 1458 and 1459. In 1479, John was accused of treason by the means of witchcraft against the king and imprisoned at Craigmillar Castle. Shortly thereafter he died in suspicious circumstances, possibly on the orders of his brother James III.

Ancestors

Ancestors of John Stewart, Earl of Mar (died 1479)

16. Robert II of Scotland

8. Robert III of Scotland

17. Elizabeth Mure

4. James I of Scotland

18. John Drummond of Lennox

9. Anabella Drummond

19. Mary Montifex

2. James II of Scotland

20. John of Gaunt

10. John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset

21. Katherine de Roet

5. Joan Beaufort

22. Thomas Holland of Kent

11. Margaret Holland

23. Alice FitzAlan

1. John Stewart, Earl of Mar

24. Arnold I of Egmond

12. John II of Egmond

25. Jolanthe of Leiningen

6. Arnold, Duke of Gelderland

26. John XII of Arkel

13. Maria van Arkel

27. Joanna of Jülich

3. Mary of Guelders

28. Adolph III of Mark

14. Adolph I, Duke of Cleves

29. Margaret of Julich

7. Catherine of Cleves

30. John the Fearless

15. Mary of Burgundy

31. Margaret of Bavaria

References

Lynch, Michael (1992). Scotland: A New History. Pimlico. p. 156. ISBN 0-7126-9893-0.
Tabraham, Chris (2003). Craigmillar Castle – The Official Souvenir Guide. Historic Scotland. p. 6. ISBN 1-900168-10-3.
"thePeerage.com". Retrieved 26 November 2006.

^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Round, John Horace (1911). "Mar, Earldom of". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 665.

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[1] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Round, John Horace (1911). "Mar, Earldom of". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 665.

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