Robert
"Prior of Whithorn"
Stewart
Born about in Scotland
Ancestors 
Son of James (Stewart) King of Scots
and [mother unknown]
Brother of
Jean (Stewart) Campbell Countess of Argyll [half], James (Shaw) Stewart [half], James Stewart Tertius [half], John (Stewart) Stewart Lord Darnley [half], James (Stewart) First Earl of Moray [half], Robert (Stewart) Stewart First Earl of Orkney [half], Adam Stewart [half], Margaret Stewart, James (Stewart) Stewart Duke of Rothesay [half], Arthur (Stewart) Stewart First Duke of Albany [half] and Mary (Stewart) Queen of Scots [half]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died about
at about age 46
in Scotland
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Oct 2011
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Biography
Robert Stewart was commentator of Whithorn Priory, Galloway, Scotland 1568-1581 and again in 1582. [1] He is acknowledged by the Stewart Society as an Illegitimate son of King James V of Scotland, the second son of Margaret Erskine; noting that this Robert Stewart is not the same person as his half-brother Robert Stewart, Abbot of Holyrood and later Earl of Orkney, known to have died in 1593
Sources
- ↑ Wikipedia : Prior of Whithorn - List of priors of Whithorn 1154 - 1516 & List of commendators 1516 - 1612
- The Stewart Society : History of the Stewarts | Family Lines - The king had also several illegitimate children:- (8) Robert Stewart, Prior of Whithorn.second son of Margaret Erskine
- The Peerage #108350 : Robert Stewart quoting Paul, Sir James Balfour. The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's The Peerage of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland: David Douglas, 1904.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers:
- Basil Stewart
:
AncestryDNA Paternal Lineage (discontinued) 47 markers, haplogroup R1b, Ancestry member BasilStewart, MitoYDNA ID A10718 [compare] - Robert Stewart :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-FT26747, FTDNA kit #635158, MitoYDNA ID T10731 [compare]
- Angus Stewart :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-FT371927, FTDNA kit #IN46351, MitoYDNA ID T10758 [compare]
- Randee Stewart :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-Z43064, FTDNA kit #B356623
- Christian Boyd :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-JFS0056, FTDNA kit #9204
- Robbin Stewart :
Y-Chromosome Test, haplogroup R-L21
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