Sir Thomas Stewart, Master of Mar was an illegitimate son of
Alexander Stewart, the earl of Mar. He was the great-grandson of
King 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 Stewa ...
. He died before August 1432.
Thomas married Elizabeth, the widow of
John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Buchan
John Stewart, Earl of Buchan (c. 1381 – 17 August 1424) was a Scottish nobleman and soldier who fought alongside Scotland's French allies during the Hundred Years War. In 1419 he was sent to France by his father the Duke of Albany, Regent of ...
, who was daughter of
Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas
Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas, Duke of Touraine (c. 1369 – 17 August 1424), was a Scottish nobleman and warlord. He is sometimes given the epithet "Tyneman" ( Old Scots: Loser), but this may be a reference to his great-uncle Sir ...
and Margaret Stewart, Lady of Galloway. They were required to obtain a marriage license, which was granted on 1 May 1427, due to their degrees of
consanguinity
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Many jurisdictions have laws prohibiting people who are related by blood fr ...
and
affinity
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.
He had a son.
Citations
References
*Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families (2013).
*Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, Vol. 2. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.
*The Scots Peerage, Vol. III, edited by Sir James Balfour Paul
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1430s deaths
15th-century Scottish people
Children of peers and peeresses
Thomas
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* Thomas the Ap ...
Illegitimate branches of the House of Stuart