 Abt 1337 - 1406 (69 years)
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| Name |
Robert III (John) Stewart Of Scotland |
| Prefix |
King |
| Birth |
Abt 1337 |
Dundonald Castle, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland  [2, 3] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
4 Apr 1406 |
Rothesay Castle, Isle Of Bute, Scotland [3, 4] |
| Person ID |
I70023 |
Cecilie Family |
| Last Modified |
2 Mar 2009 |
| Father |
King Robert II Stewart Of Scotland, b. 2 Mar 1316, Paisley Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland d. 19 Apr 1390, Dundonald Castle, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland (Age 74 years) |
| Mother |
Elizabeth Mure, b. 1320, Rowallan Castle, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 1355, Paisley Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland (Age 35 years) |
| Marriage |
22 Nov 1347 |
Late Marriage Legitimized Children [5, 6, 7] |
| Family ID |
F30359 |
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| Notes |
- Robert III Stewart (called John at birth), b. 1337, legitimated (dispensation) 1347, d. 4 Apr 1406, Earl of Carrick 22 June 1368, King of Scotland 1390-1406; m. in or before 1367 (dispensation 13 Mar 1365/6), Annabella, d. 1401, daughter of Sir John Drummond and Mary (perhaps Montefichet), of Stobhall. [Magna Charta Sureties]
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Robertt III..., after having ruled Scotland in the name of his father, Robert II, from 1384 to 1388, physically disabled by a kick from a horse, he was never the real ruler of Scotland during the years of his kingship.
The eldest son of Robert the Steward and Elizabeth Mure, he was legitimized by their marriage several years after his birth. In 1362-3 he joined his father in a futile revolt against King David II, who both imprisoned him and created him Earl of Carrick in 1368. (He had been created Earl of Atholl in 1367.) Robert II became king in 1371; in 1384, because of his advanced age, he turned over the government to Carrick. After his injury in 1388, however, Carrick was supplanted by his brother Robert, Earl of Fife.
On his accession, probably on April 19, 1390, he changed his name to Robert III from John to avoid reminding others of John de Balliol, King of Scotland from 1292 to 1296, who was not favourably remembered. Fife, created Duke of Albany in 1398, continued to govern throughout this reign, except for three years (1398-1402) when Robert III's eldest son, David Duke of Rothesay, took his place. The dissolute Rothesay died in March 1402 while imprisoned in Albany's castle of Falkland, Fife. Perhaps in an attempt to save his remaining son, James (afterward James I King of Scotland) from death at Albany's hands, Robert III sent the boy to France, but James was captured by English sailors, a shock to the aging king. [Encylclopedia Britannica]
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| Sources |
- [S1484] Ashley, Mike, Ashley (1998), (New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1998.), p.548 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1625] Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on, Robert III (Reliability: 3).
- [S1630] Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis,, 41-8 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1629] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charl, Robert III (Reliability: 3).
- [S1631] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th, 252-32 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1629] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charl, 1989 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1630] Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis,, 41-7 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1631] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th, 252-33 (Reliability: 3).
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