Elizabeth Stewart (1433 - 1474)

Born 1433 in Rosyth, Scotland

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 20 Oct 1474 at about age 41 in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland

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Biography

Elizabeth Stewart was born in Scotland.

Lady Elizabeth Stewart was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Birth: 1420 • Rossyth, Scotland

Death: 20 Oct 1474 • Castle Clackmannan, Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland

Father: David (of Rosyth) Stewart (1400–1444)

Mother: Margaret Dundas (1400–1433)

Marriage & Family

Spouse: Sir John Bruce, 5th Baron of Clackmannan (1420–1473)

Children:

1. Ursilla Katherine Bruce (1440– )
2. Sir David Bruce van Clackmannan (1445–1513)
3. Robert Bruce, de Cultmalundie et muness (1445–1506)
4. Lady Matilda (Maud) Bruce (1449–1472)
5. Christina, Lady Bruce, Lady of Clackmann (1454–1535)

Scots Peerage

John Bruce, the eldest son, succeeded his father, before 23 May 1422, when he appears as a witness to a notarial instrument executed at Dunfermline; on 28 March 1428, he ratified and confirmed the charter of 2 May 1389 granted by his grandfather Robert De Bruys of these lands to which he had acquired right as heir to his father. He resigned his estates of Clackmannan and Rait in favor of David Bruis, his son and heir, reserving his own liferent and a reasonable terce to Elizabeth Stewart, his wife, during her lifetime, at Edinburgh, 26 March 1473, in which year he died, having married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir David Stewart of Rosyth, by whom he had issue two sons, viz.:

1. Sir David, who succeeded.

2. Robert, ancestor of the Bruces of Cultmaludie in Perthshire, and of Muness in Zetland.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood’s ed. of Sir Robert Douglas’s Peerage, Vol. 3, pg. 470; URL: https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun03pauluoft#page/472/mode/2up/search/Elizabeth+Stewart

• Ancestral Family Trees View Individual Member Trees Source Information: Title: Ancestry Family Trees; Publisher: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Repository Information: Ancestry.com

• Millennium File: Name: Elizabeth Stewart; Gender: Female; Birth Date: 1420; Spouse: John (Sir) Bruce; Children: David (Sir) Bruce; Household Members: Name: John (Sir) Bruce; Elizabeth Stewart

• Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015: Name: Elisabeth Stewart; Gender: f; Birth Date: 1415; Father: David Lord Stewart van Rosyth; Spouse: John Sir Bruce van Clackmannan; Children: David Sir Bruce van Clackmannan; URL: https://www.genealogieonline.nl/en/west-europese-adel/I74042.php

• The PEDIGREE of Elizabeth STEWART; Born: abt. 1433; Died: aft. 1474; Accessed: 17 Dec 2016. Husband/Partner: John (5th of Clackmannan) BRUCE; Children: David (Sir; 6th of Clackmannan) BRUCE; Robert (1st of Cultmalundy) BRUCE; U.S. President: T. ROOSEVELT's 16-Great Aunt. HRH Charles's 15-Great Grandmother. PM Churchill's 17-Great Aunt. Lady Diana's 14-Great Grandmother. PM Cameron's 16-Great Aunt. HRH Albert II's 16-Great Grandmother. Philippe of Belgium's 15-Great Grandmother. Grand Duke Henri's 15-Great Grandmother. URL: http://fabpedigree.com/s033/f108536.htm

• Houses of Bruce & Stewart Family Trees Britroyals.com. Accessed: 17 Dec 2016.