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Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany (c. 1340 – 3 September 1420) was a member of the Scottish royal family who served as regent (at least partially) to three different Scottish monarchs (Robert II, Robert III, and James I). A ruthless politician, Albany was widely regarded as having caused the murder of his nephew, the Duke...
Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany. Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany lived from 1340 to 3 September 1420. He was an illegitimate son of the future King Robert II of Scotland and of Elizabeth Mure of Rowallan, but became legitimated in 1349 upon his parents' marriage. Robert, who also at different times carried the titles of Earl of Mentieth ...
Seal of Murdoch's father, Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany. Stewart was born in 1362, the only son of Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany (1340–1420), and his wife Margaret Graham, Countess of Menteith. Duke Robert was a leading Scottish nobleman who was Regent of Scotland at various stages during the reigns of three kings, (Robert II, Robert III ...
When Robert Stewart 1st Duke of Albany was born on 1 July 1340, his father, Robert Stewart II King of Scotland, was 24 and his mother, Elizabeth Mure, was 20. He married Margaret Graham Countess of Menteith on 9 September 1361, in Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 7 daughters.
When Sir Robert Stewart 1st Duke of Albany was born about 1340, in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland, his father, Robert II King of Scotland, was 25 and his mother, Elizabeth Mure of Rowallan, was 21. He married Margaret Graham Countess of Menteith on 9 September 1361, in Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 ...
Albany was talented and politically astute, but has been regarded as a master of chicanery who avoided controversial measures and failed to punish powerful offenders. He died aged eighty, in full possession of his faculties, without ever fulfilling his ambitions for the throne. From: Robert Stewart, duke of Albany in The Kings and Queens of ...
Jun 11, 2018 · Albany, Robert Stewart, 1st duke of [S] (1339–1420). Third son of Robert II by his first wife Elizabeth Mure, and uncrowned ruler of Scotland for 32 years (1388–1420). ). While still a young man, Robert acquired the earldoms of Menteith [S] (1361) and Fife [S] (1371); he became royal chamberlain in 1382; and in December 1388 was made guardian for his infirm elder brother John, earl of ...
