Robert Stewart, Master of Atholl
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Robert Stewart, Master of Atholl was a Scottish nobleman of royal descent. He was the grandson of Walter Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl
, and the great-grandson of Robert II of Scotland
. He was executed, along with his grandfather and other Scottish noblemen on 26 March 1437, for his role in the murder of James I of Scotland
.
Walter Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl
Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl, Strathearn and Caithness was a Scottish nobleman, the son of Robert II of Scotland. Stewart was an enthusiastic advocate of the ransom and return to Scotland of the future king in exile, James I of Scotland, in 1424. In 1425 he served as a member of the jury of 21...
, and the great-grandson of Robert II of Scotland
Robert II of Scotland
Robert II became King of Scots in 1371 as the first monarch of the House of Stewart. He was the son of Walter Stewart, hereditary High Steward of Scotland and of Marjorie Bruce, daughter of Robert I and of his first wife Isabella of Mar...
. He was executed, along with his grandfather and other Scottish noblemen on 26 March 1437, for his role in the murder of James I of Scotland
James I of Scotland
James I, King of Scots , was the son of Robert III and Annabella Drummond. He was probably born in late July 1394 in Dunfermline as youngest of three sons...
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