Robert Stewart, Master of Atholl was a Scottish nobleman. He was the son of David Stewart, grandson of
Walter Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl, and the great-grandson of
Robert II of Scotland
Robert II (2 March 1316 – 19 April 1390) was King of Scots from 1371 to his death in 1390. The son of Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland, and Marjorie, daughter of King Robert the Bruce, he was the first monarch of the House of St ...
. 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 (late July 139421 February 1437) was King of Scots from 1406 until his assassination in 1437. The youngest of three sons, he was born in Dunfermline Abbey to King Robert III and Annabella Drummond. His older brother David, Duke of ...
.
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Year of birth missing
1437 deaths
15th-century murderers
Scottish regicides
Executed Scottish people
Robert Stewart, Master of Atholl
People executed by Stuart Scotland
15th-century executions
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