Margaret
Stewart
Born before in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Ancestors 
Daughter of John (Stewart) Stewart Third Earl of Atholl
and Grizel (Rattray) Rattray Countess of Atholl
Sister of
Barbara (Stewart) Menzies, Janet (Stewart) Otterburn, John (Stewart) Fourth Earl of Atholl, Elizabeth Stewart, Barbara Stewart [half], Isabella (Stewart) Steuart Lady Grantully, Unknown (Stewart) Wood and Elizabeth Stewart [half]
Wife of
John (Grant) Grant IVth of Freuchie
— married
19 Jan 1539 in Cromarty, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
Descendants 
Mother of
Janet Grant, Katharine Grant, Grissel (Grant) Grant Lady Ballindalloch, Margaret (Grant) Gordon, Duncan (Grant) Grant Younger of Corriemony and Younger of Freuchie, Patrick Grant and Barbara Grant
Died
after age 27
in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Profile last modified
| Created 31 Mar 2011
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Biography
Margaret was the daughter of John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Atholl and Grizel Rattray.[1][2]
She married John 'the Gentle', son of James Grant, 3rd Lord Freuchie and Elizabeth Forbes, before 19 February 1539.[2] They had issue:
- Duncan, younger of Freuchie, d. 25 Mar 1582
- Patrick
- Grissel
- Elizabeth
- Margaret
- Katherine
- Marjory
- Janet, b. 1535
- Barbara, b. 1545
Proof of her parentage appears in a Royal charter [3]
She passed away in 1555.[2]
Research Notes
- Exact date of birth is unknown/estimated. The 1524 date is feasible based on the age of her mother, estimated marriage date, and estimated dates of birth of her children.
- For information on her parents, see Complete Peerage.[4]
- Charles Cawley, "Medieval Lands" online database, http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CONTENTS.htm under Scotland, Mormaers, Earls, Lords, Atholl.
Sources
- ↑ 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, 1904, Vol. I, Archive.org, p. 444
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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, 1910, Vol. VII, Archive.org, p. 463
- ↑
Fraser, William, "Chiefs of Grant" Edinburgh 1883, Vol III p. 83, 90. Precept of Sasine by King James the Fifth in favor of John Grant and Margaret Stewart, of the lands of Mulben, etc. 19th February [1539]; presumably quoting Registrum Magni Sigilli Scotorum
whose text reads:
Jacobus Dei gracia rex Scotorum, vicecomitibus et balliuis suis de Elgin et Forres ac Inuernys, necnon dilectis nostris Vilhelmo Ogiluy, Donaldo McGregor ac eorum cuilibit, coniunctim et diuisim, vicecomitibus nostri de Elgin, Forres et Inuernys in hac parte, salutem: Quia dedimus et concessimus dilecte nistre Margarete Stewart, filie dilecti nostri consanguinei Johannis comitis Athole, et nunc sponse Johannis Grant, filii et apparentis heredis Jacobi Grant de Freuchy, in vitali redditu, pro omnibus diebus vite sue, [and his heirs, the lands of Mulben, etc.] - ↑ Cokayne, George Edward, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, London: St. Catherine Press, 1910, Ed. 2 Vol I, Archive.org, p. 313
See also:
- Wikidata: Item Q75263657
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James, by the grace of God, King of Scots, to his sheriffs and bailiffs of Elgin and Forres and Inverness, as well as to our beloved William Ogiluy, Donald McGregor and their retinue, jointly and severally, to our sheriffs of Elgin, Forres and Inverness in this part, greeting: Because we have given and granted to our beloved Margaret Stewart, daughter of our beloved kinsman John, earl of Athole, and now the wife of John Grant, son and heir apparent of James Grant de Freuchy, in life rent, for all the days of her life;