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 50 ALBANY. [Kohert Stewart, dylert "of Fife," ov Master of Fife, 1st p. and h. ap. He was a witness to charters 1407, 1409 ami 1410 ; living 1 116 ; d. v.p. and num.. before July 1421.] [Sir Walter Stewart, xiijlnl "ok I.f.nnhx." ami, afti-r 1121, "of Fire," 2nd but 1st sure, s. aad h. n>. ; Keeper irf Dunib»rt*>n f'astU.-. 24 AprS 1421 lie had dispensation to marry Janet, da. of Sir Hubert Ki:skini:, but it is doubtful if such match was ever consummated. He </. v.p., probably s.p.legit., "i and umter attainder, being executed at the same time as his father, 24 .May 1425. IIT. 14§6 i /. Alexander Stewart, 2nd s. of .James II [S.], I,. about 1454, was Kaki. as March fB.] before 8 July 1455, was stijltit •' Loud of Annan da i.k and EaKL of MakCB " [S.] in an Act of Pari.. 1 Aug. 1455, and soon afterwards (certainly before :! July 1458) was en DUKE OF ALBANY [S]. In 147'J his br. James III [S,] on suspicion of conspiracy, arretted bin) anil his br. John, Karl of Mar [S.J. The latter was put to death, but the Duke escaped to France, where he was honorably received by the King Louis XI. In 1482 be (styling himself KING OF SCOTLAND*, made an agreement with Kdward IV [E] to pay homage to him. but, soon afterwards, he appears to have been reconciled to his l>r. James III [IS.], who apparently about this time (Jan. 14S2-3) must have it. him Kaio. or Mau and Gaiuoch [&.], which dignity had belonged to his above-named br. In 1483, however, be renewed his treaty with the English and placed his Cattle, of Dunbar in their hands, and was forfi tied " in that year. Having invaded Scotland he was routed near Lochmaben, 22 July 14S4, and escaped again into France. He hi. firstly, Catherine, (, b ) 1st da. of William (Si.nci.aiu) Kaui. ok Orkney and C'aithxkss [S, | by his his 1st wife Elizabeth, Dow. Countess of Buchau [S.], da. of Archibald (Douglas), 4th Eaiil ok Douglas [S.J. She was divorced 2 March 1477-8 on account, of propinquity of blood, by sentence pronounced at Lothian and ratified by Act of Pari., 15 Nov. 1516. He m. secondly, lo' Feb. 1480, Anne de la Todr, 3rd da. of Bertrund. Comte d' AuvekcKE and de BoL'II.I.on. He is said to have d. in 1485 in Paris, being accidentally killed at a tournament and was bur. in the Church of the Celestins there. " By Act of Pari., 1 Oct. 1487 the lauds forfeited by Alexander, Duke ok Albany, E.uu. qe March, Mar and Garioch, Lord ok Annandalk. and Man ( c ) [S.] were annexed to the Crown. These lands were the Lordship and Earldom of March, the Baronies of Dunbar and Colbrandspath, with the Castle of Dunbar and tower and fortalice of Colbrandspath, and the Lordship of Annandale, with the Castle of Lochmaben." — See "Douglas," p. 59. His widow m. 15 Feb. 1487 Louis, Comte de la Chambre. She d. 13 Oct. 1512 and was bur. in the Carmelite Monastery of La ltochette in Savoy. IV. 1505? John (Stewart), Duke of Albany [S.],(' 1 ) only child by 2nd wife, and h., his elder br. (of the half blood) having been ( ll ) He had many sons, all probably illegit., of whom the eldest, Andrew, was cr. Lord Avondale[S.] in 1439. This Andrew, with his brothers Arthur and Walter, were legitimated 17 April 1479. Notwithstanding that Walter is included in this Act, there maybe some grounds for supposing it possible that he (thouijk he alone) may have been a s. by Janet Erskine, and consequently legitimate. The matter is discussed in a most able article oil the Stewart Genealogy, written by George Burnett, Lyou King of Arms, in the Preface* to vol. iv of the " Exchequer Rolls " [S.J. ( b ) They had one s. Alexander Stewart pronounced illegit. by Act of Pari., 13 Nov. 1516. He was Bishop of Moray, 1527, d. 1534, and was bur. at Scone.— See "Douglas," vol. i, p. 59. (<=) See as to the Grant of the Isle of Man by Robert I [S.], in 1324, in " Kiddell," p. 102, &c. Also in Kiddell's " Remarks," &c, 1833, p. 55, &e. George (Dunbar), Karl of March, &c. [S.], the h. gen. of the disponee, is styled in the reign of Robert II [S.], " Dominus Vallis Annandiw et Mannicu," shewing that these two Lordships were thus early united. ( tl ) There is no Act of Pari, or any recorded charter extant, restoring to him the Dukedom, forfeited, by his father's attainder. He must have come of age about 1605 in which year also he married, and very possibly may have been restored.