Born in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Ancestors 
Daughter of James (Stewart) King of Scots
and Joan (Beaufort) Queen Dowager of Scots
Sister of
Mary (Stewart) Stewart Countess of Buchan, Margaret (Stewart) Stewart Dauphine of the Viennois, Isabella (Stewart) of Scotland, Joan (Stewart) Douglas Countess of Morton, Eleanor (Stewart) Stewart Duchess of Austria, James (Stewart) King of Scots, Alexander Stewart, John (Stewart) Stewart of Balveny First Earl of Atholl [half], James (Stewart) First Earl of Buchan [half] and Andrew (Stewart) Stewart Bishop of Moray [half]
Wife of
Louis (Savoie) de Savoie
— married
about 1447 (to 1458) [location unknown]
Wife of
George (Seton) Gordon Second Earl of Huntly
— married
before 10 Mar 1460 (to 24 Jul 1471) in Scotland
Descendants 
Mother of
Elizabeth (Gordon) Keith, Janet (Gordon) Gordon Lady Southwood, Isabella (Gordon) Hay, Eleanor (Gordon) Sinclair and Margaret Gordon
Died
at about age 74
in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
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Biography
Annabella (Stewart) de Savoie is Notable.
Princess Annabella Stewart was the youngest daughter of King James I and his wife, Joan Beaufort. Her date of birth is not provided in source material but, based on life events and her position in the family, might be presumed to be circa 1435. There is a page on Wikipedia that provides some detail.
She was betrothed on 14 December 1444 to Louis of Savoy, count of Geneva (and later King of Cyprus).[1] He was eight years old at that time.[2] The following year (1445) Annabella was taken to Savoy for the marriage ceremony.[2] She was about ten years old, and her groom was nine. On 3 March 1455/6 the Bishop of Galloway and the Chancellor of Savoy agreed, in the presence of King Charles VII, that the marriage should be dissolved. The groom's father agreed to pay 25,000 "for the damages and interests of the wife" and for Annabella's expenses in travelling back to Scotland.[2] There were no known children from this marriage.
She married, secondly, before 10 March 1460, as his second wife, Sir George Gordon, then Master of Huntly.[3][4] George was five years younger than Louis, her first husband. He had married (first) at the age of fourteen, the widow Elizabeth Dunbar, who was thirty years of age.That marriage was eventually dissolved on grounds on consanguinity. Confirmation of the marriage of Annabella with George Gordon is noticed in a grant of lands by her brother James II made to George and Annabella jointly on the date of their marriage.[3]
In May 1466, Gordon started divorce proceedings, on the basis of consanguinity, and was divorced on 24 July 1471.[3]
The number and identities of children from this marriage remain a mystery and sources conflict. Sir James Balfour Paul suggests there were no male children. Most reliable source material suggests that:
- Isabel Gordon was a daughter of this union. She married, contract dated 11 January 1482, William Hay, 3rd Earl of Errol.[3] She died shortly after the marriage in 1485.
Some sources, including notice on wikipedia, suggest that Alexander Gordon, third Earl of Huntly, was a son of this marriage. Sir James Balfour Paul is sceptical pointing (1) to a Charter of Feb 1505 to Elizabeth [Hay], Countess of Huntly "in which she is distinctly referred to as mother of Alexander, Earl of Huntly"; and (2) to the publication, in 1492, of the divorce proceedings between his father and Lady Annabella which was performed at the Earl's request. Thus it seems unlikely that he was a son to this marriage.
There are other claims. Wikipedia also notices an unsubstantiated claim by Lord Bryon that she "left four sons: the third, Sir William Gordon, I have the honour to claim as one of my progenitors".
Lady Annabella is said to have died 27 June 1509 at Roxburgh Castle, Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland.
Research notes
A daughter Ann Gordon was previously shown, but no sources have been found to substantiate the relationship. If a reliable source can be provided, please advise the Scotland Project via the comments on this profile. Madison-125 20:01, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
Sources
- ↑ Burnett, George (ed). Rotuli Scaccarii Regum Scotorum (Exchequer Rolls of Scotland). Edinburgh: General Register House (1882), vol. 5 (1437-1454), vol. 5, preface p. lxii.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), vol. 1, pp. 660-661BRUS 12.viii. Annabelle Stewart
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Paul, James Balfour. The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1907), vol. 4, pp. 528-529.
- ↑ Paul, James Balfour. The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1904), vol. 1, p. 19.
See also:
- Wikipedia: Annabella of Scotland
- Wikidata: Item Q2912335, en:Wikipedia
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Linda, PC for Scotland Project.
More probably however was that she had failed to produce an heir male and that both Adam and William resulted from a carnal relationship filling in the time between 12 May 1466 when he swore on the Gospels that he would have no "actual delen" with the Elizabeth Hay until he could have her as his lawful wife which was 1471.