Andrew Stewart, 1st Lord Avondale (died 9 September 1513) was a Scottish nobleman.
He was the son of Alexander Stewart, from whom he inherited the lands of
Avondale. Alexander had inherited them from his uncle
Lord Avondale, who had in turn received them following their forfeiture by
the last Earl of Douglas and Avondale in 1455.
The title
Lord Avondale was revived for Andrew Stewart of Avondale in about 1499. He died in 1513, killed at the
Battle of Flodden
The Battle of Flodden, Flodden Field, or occasionally Branxton, (Brainston Moor) was a battle fought on 9 September 1513 during the War of the League of Cambrai between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, resulting in an English ...
. and was succeeded by his son.
Marriage and family
Lord Avondale married Margaret Kennedy, daughter of
John Kennedy, 2nd Lord Kennedy
John Kennedy, PC, 2nd Lord Kennedy (12 October 1454 – 29 December 1508) was a Scottish lord, the son of Gilbert Kennedy, 1st Lord Kennedy and Catherine Maxwell. He succeeded to the title of 2nd Lord Kennedy in 1489 after the death of his ...
, and their children included:
*
Andrew Stewart, 2nd Lord Avondale, who exchanged the Avondale title for
Ochiltree
Ochiltree is a conservation village in East Ayrshire, Scotland, near Auchinleck and Cumnock. It is one of the oldest villages in East Ayrshire, with archaeological remains indicating Stone Age and Bronze Age settlers. A cinerary urn was found in ...
and thus became first
Lord Ochiltree
Lord Ochiltree (or Ochiltrie) of Lord Stuart of Ochiltree was a title in the Peerage of Scotland. In 1542 Andrew Stewart, 2nd Lord Avondale (see the Earl Castle Stewart for earlier history of the family) exchanged the lordship of Avondale with Si ...
.
*
Henry Stewart, 1st Lord Methven
Henry Stewart, 1st Lord Methven (c. 1495 – 1552) was Master of the Scottish Artillery and third, and last husband, of Margaret Tudor, eldest daughter of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York.
Ancient lineage
He was a son of Andrew Stewa ...
, married to
Margaret Tudor
Margaret Tudor (28 November 1489 – 18 October 1541) was Queen of Scotland from 1503 until 1513 by marriage to King James IV. She then served as regent of Scotland during her son's minority, and successfully fought to extend her regency. Marg ...
as her 3rd husband; her 1st was
James IV of Scotland.
*Sir James Stewart of Beath, father of
James Stewart, 1st Lord Doune
James Stewart, 1st Lord Doune (1529-1590) was a Scottish landowner.
Career
James Stewart was the son of Sir James Stewart of Beith (d. 1547), Constable of Doune Castle, who was the third son of Andrew Stewart, 1st Lord Avondale, and Margaret Lind ...
, whose son
James Stewart
James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an American actor and military pilot. Known for his distinctive drawl and everyman screen persona, Stewart's film career spanned 80 films from 1935 to 1991. With the strong morality h ...
became
Earl of Moray.
*Barbara Stewart, who married (1) James Sinclair of
Sanday, and (2) in 1541,
Roderick MacLeod of Lewis
*David Stewart, married Elizabeth Elphinstone, sister of
Alexander Elphinstone, 1st Lord Elphinstone
Ancestry
References
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Person Page
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15th-century births
1513 deaths
Year of birth unknown
Deaths at the Battle of Flodden
Andrew
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Lords of Parliament (pre-1707)