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 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.

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. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 665.