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Elizabeth Stewart
Bornc. 1372
Diedc. 1411 (aged c. 40)
SpouseJames Douglas of Dalkeith
IssueJames Douglas, 2nd Lord Dalkeith
HouseStewart
FatherRobert III of Scotland
MotherAnnabella Drummond

Elizabeth Stewart (c. 1372 – c. 1411) was a Scottish princess. The second daughter of King Robert III and his wife, Annabella Drummond, she married James Douglas of Dalkeith, who was later created a Lord of Parliament as 1st Lord Dalkeith.

Life

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Little is known about Elizabeth's life. Her parents were married by April 1367,[1] while Elizabeth herself had been born by 1373.[2] Elizabeth was named as her father's younger daughter in 1378,[3] in a charter confirming her betrothal to James Douglas of Dalkeith, a member of the Douglas of Mains branch of the Douglas family. Elizabeth's future father-in-law James, Lord of Dalkeith, had been a prominent courtier during the later reign of David II,[4] and remained powerful in Lothian. Elizabeth's marriage to the younger James Douglas was concluded around 1387, possibly at the same time as the marriage of her sister Margaret to Archibald Douglas.[5] Her eldest child had been born by September 1390.[6]

Elizabeth's husband was captured at the Battle of Homildon Hill in 1402,[7] but had returned to Scotland by 1404.[8] Elizabeth died before 1411.[9] At the time of her death, Elizabeth's husband had not yet succeeded to his father's title of Lord of Dalkeith.[10]

References

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  1. ^ Penman, Michael (2004). David II (First ed.). Tuckwell Press. p. 348. ISBN 1-86232-2023.
  2. ^ Boardman, Stephen (1996). The Early Stewart Kings: Robert II and Robert III, 1371-1406 (First ed.). Tuckwell press. p. 56. ISBN 978-1-904607-68-7.
  3. ^ Registrum Honoris de Morton: A Series of Charters of the Earldom of Morton With Other Original Papers - Volume II (Reprinted ed.). Nabu Press reprint of Bannatyne Club. 1853. p. 136.
  4. ^ Brown, Michael (1998). The Black Douglases: War and Lordship in Medieval Scotland. Second: Tuckwell Press. p. 69. ISBN 1-86232-036-5.
  5. ^ Brown, Michael (1998). The Black Douglases: War and Lordship in Medieval Scotland (Second ed.). Tuckwell Press. p. 70. ISBN 1-86232-036-5.
  6. ^ "James Douglas of Dalkeith (d. 1440/41)". Medieval Lands. Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  7. ^ Boardman, Stephen (1996). The Early Stewart Kings: Robert II and Robert III, 1371-1406. Tuckwell Press. p. 267. ISBN 978-1-904607-68-7.
  8. ^ Boardman, Stephen (1996). The Early Stewart Kings: Robert II and Robert III, 1371-1406. Tuckwell Press. p. 279. ISBN 978-1-904607-68-7.
  9. ^ "Elizabeth Stewart". Medieval Lands. Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  10. ^ "Elizabeth Stewart". Medieval Lands. Foundation of Medieval Genealogy. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
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