Stuart, Governor of Scotland Murdock 1 2a

Birth Name Stuart, Governor of Scotland Murdock
Gender male
Age at Death about 62 years, 4 months, 24 days

Narrative

When Robert Stewart Duke of Albany died at the age of about eighty-one, his son Murdock Stewart succeeded him as Governor of Scotland. His attempt at governing foundered after four years of futile misrule. In 1424 King James I, his cousin, returned to Scotland after eighteen years of imprisonment in England. Since James I's kingship had been at risk while imprisoned in England, he did not intend for it to be threatened upon his return to Scotland. In 1425 he ordered Murdock & his two sons beheaded at Sterling.[murdock stuart.ged]

When Robert Stewart Duke of Albany died at the age of about eighty-one, his son Murdock Stewart succeeded him as Governor of Scotland. His attempt at governing foundered after four years of futile misrule. In 1424 King James I, his cousin, returned to Scotland after eighteen years of imprisonment in England. Since James I's kingship had been at risk while imprisoned in England, he did not intend for it to be threatened upon his return to Scotland. In 1425 he ordered Murdock & his two sons beheaded at Sterling.

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth about 1363 Dundonald Castle, Irvine, Ayshire, Scotland   1
Death 1425-05-25 Beheaded at Stirling Castle, Scotland by King James I   3

Age: 62y

Burial   Church of the Black Friars, Stirling, Scotland   3

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Stuart, Duke of Albany Robert13391420-09-03
Mother Graham, Countess of Mentieth Margaret Murdockabout 1340about 1395
    Sister     Stuart, Lady Margaret about 1362 1432
         Stuart, Governor of Scotland Murdock about 1363 1425-05-25
    Sister     Stuart, Janet about 1365
    Sister     Stuart, Maria about 1366 1420
    Sister     Stuart, Lady Marjory about 1368
    Sister     Stuart, Isabella about 1370
    Sister     Stuart, Lady Marcelline about 1372
    Brother     Stuart, Robert about 1374
    Sister     Stuart, Elizabeth about 1379 1413-06-28
    Brother     Stuart, Earl of Buchan John about 1383 1424-08-17

Source References

  1. margaret dunbar.ged
  2. Michael Neuman: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=clcaldwell&id=I28414 Caldwell and related families
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        ID: I28414
        Name: Lord of Dalkeith & Abercorn Sir Nicholas Graham
        Sex: M
        Birth: ABT 1243 in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland
        Death: 1304 in Abercorn, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
        Birth: ABT 1243

         

         

        Father: Lord of Dalkeith and Abercorn Henry Graham b: ABT 1216 in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland
        Mother: Margaret Avenal b: ABT 1220 in Eskdale, Langholm, Dumfrieshire, Scotland

        Marriage 1 Mary Strathearn b: ABT 1248 in Strathearn, Perthshire, Scotland
        Children
        Has Children Lord of Dalkeith & Abercorn Sir John Graham b: ABT 1270 in Abercorn, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
        Has No Children Nicholas Graham b: ABT 1272 in Abercorn, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
        Has Children Sybilla Graham b: ABT 1280 in Abercorn, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland

         

      • Citation:

        e-mail: michaelneuman@earthlink.net

  3. murdock stuart.ged