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Egidia Stewart

Egidia Stewart
Born [date unknown] in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotlandmap
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Wife of — married 1387 in Scotlandmap
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Died after in Scotlandmap
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Biography

Egidia is a daughter of Robert II Stewart and Euphemia Ross.[1] She was known for her great beauty, which was so reknown that the King of France was said to have offered for her hand and sent an artist to Scotland to paint her likeness. Egidia, however, fell in love with one of the most famous knights in Scotland at that time, Sir William Douglas of Nithsdale, the illegitimate son of Archibald Douglas, 3rd earl of Douglas, by an unknown mistress, and in 1387 she married him.[1][2][3][4] On their marriage, an annuity of £300 was granted to "Douglas, and the king's daughter, Egidia" and the first of these payments appears in the Exchequer Rolls of 1388.[2]

There were two children from this marriage:[5]

Sir William Douglas was assassinated (probably) in 1392.[1][2] The date of Egidia's death is not known.

Research Note

Isobel Douglas has been attached to this profile as a daughter of Egidia Stewart and WIlliam Douglas. However, there do not appear to be any reliable sources to back this up, and Isobel's profile lists her birthdate as c.1424. This is about 32 years after William Douglas's death. Accordingly, Isobel Douglas is being removed from this family.

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 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. 640-641 BRUS 10.iii. Giles Stewart.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Burnett, George. Rotuli Scaccarii Regum Scotorum (The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland). Edinburgh: H.M. General Register House (1880), vol. 4, appendix to preface, pp. clxiv-clxv.
  3. Paul, Sir James Balfour. The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1904), vol. 1, p. 16.
  4. Dunbar, Sir Archibald H. Scottish Kings: A Revised Chronology of Scottish History 1005-1625. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1899), p. 169.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Weir, Alison. Britain's Royal Families. London: The Bodley Head (1989), pp. 225-226.




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Stewart-986 and Stewart-3292 appear to represent the same person because: This merge has been unmerged since 2014. reproposing as I see nothing to be lost by completing it.
posted by C. Mackinnon
I remember from prior merges seeing both Egidia and Jill in the same profile. It stuck out because it seemed an odd combination of names. I did not pursue it further.
posted by Sheri (Petersen) Sturm