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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 Scottish monarchs ( Robert II, Robert III, and James I ). A ruthless politician, Albany was widely regarded as having murdered his nephew, the Duke of Rothesay, and brother to the future King ...
Jul 10, 2023 · Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany was born circa 1340. He was the son of Robert II Stewart, King of Scotland and Elizabeth Mure of Rowallan. He married, firstly, Margaret Graham, Countess of Menteith, daughter of Sir John Graham and Mary Menteith, Countess of Menteith, after 9 September 1361, by Papal dispensation.
- Irvine, Scotland
- Scotland
Robert Stewart, 1st duke of Albany (born c. 1340—died September 1420, Stirling Castle, Stirling, Scot.) was a regent of Scotland who virtually ruled Scotland from 1388 to 1420, throughout the reign of his weak brother Robert III and during part of the reign of James I, who had been imprisoned in London. The third son of Robert II of Scotland ...
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When Sir Robert Stewart 1st Duke of Albany was born about 1340, in Irvine, 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 daughters.
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 ...
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 ...
