Robert (Stewart) Stewart First Lord Lorn (abt. 1387 - 1449)

Born about 1387 in Innermeath, Perthshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Johanna Margaret Stewart — married before 1409 (to 1439) in Scotland

Descendants

Died 1449 at about age 62 in Lorn, Argyllshire, Scotland [uncertain]

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Biography

Robert (Stewart) Stewart First Lord Lorn is a member of Clan Stewart.

This profile is part of the Stewart Name Study.

Sir Robert Stewart, 1st Lord of Lorn was the son of John Stewart and Isabel MacDougall.^[1]

He married Joan Stewart, Lady Lorn sometime before 1409.^[2] (see Research Notes) They had issue:

1. John "Mourach", 2nd Lord of Lorn, b. 1400^[2]
2. Walter, 3rd Lord of Lorn, 1st Lord Innermeath, b. 1402^[2]
3. Alan, b. 1410^[2]
4. David, b. 1405^[2]
5. Robert, of Laithers, b. 1414^[2]
6. Agnes, m. John, first Lord Lindsay of the Byres^[2]
7. Lindsay
8. Margaret

Robert died in 1449 in Lorn, Argyllshire, Scotland.

Research Notes

Robert's exact date of birth is unknown, but estimated to have been c. 1387, based on the fact that his parents married c.1386 and he was their eldest child.^[3][4] Although the Scots Peerage cites a papal dispensation for the marriage of Robert and Johanna, daughter of the duke of Albany, dated 27 September 1397^[2], Robert would have been no more than ten years of age at that time. It was not unusual during this period for parents to contractually arrange a marriage for their minor children which was then consummated when the childen reached adulthood. The first written evidence that a marriage had actually occurred is in a charter dated 1409 from the duke of Albany to Robert, in which he refers to Robert as "filius suus" (my son).^[2] Robert would have achieved his majority by this time, being about twenty-two years of age, and it is likely that the wedding took place shortly before this charter was granted. Stevens-17832 19:03, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1908, Vol. V, Archive.org, p. 2
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8} Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1908, Vol. V, Archive.org, p. 3
3. ↑ Stewart, John H.J. Stewarts of Appin. Edinburgh: Maclachlan & Stewart (1880), pp. 54-55.
4. ↑ MacGregor, Gordon. The Red Book of Scotland. Scotland: by the author (2020) vol. 9, p. 362 (giving 1386 as date of marriage).

See also:

• lan MacFarlane: Robert Stewart

• The Big Stuart Book, Stuart Publishers, Chicago, 1914.

• Wikipedia:Lord_of_Lorne

• Wikidata: Item Q75388124

• The Peerage: Robert Stewart

• Geni: Robert Stewart, 1st Lord of Lorn

• Roots Web

• WeRelate: Robert Stewart, 1st Lord of Lorn