Stewart, Princess Mary

Birth Name Stewart, Princess Mary
Gender female
Age at Death 78 years

Narrative

Mary Stewart (c. 1380 – c. 1460) was a Scottish princess. The third daughter of King Robert III and his wife, Annabella Drummond, she was married four times, most notably to George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus, with whom she was the progenitor of the so-called Red Douglas bloodline of the Douglas family.

On 24 May 1397, Mary was betrothed to George Douglas, Lord of Angus, at a meeting in Edinburgh between Robert III and George's mother, Margaret, Countess of Angus. The marriage, which was concluded during the summer of 1397, was likely supported by Mary's influential elder brother, David, Earl of Carrick, and her father. Shortly after Mary's marriage, her father recognized her husband's title as Earl of Angus. George was captured at the Battle of Homildon Hill in 1402, and died in England soon afterwards, possibly during an outbreak of bubonic plague. Mary was left as a widow with a young son, William, who succeeded his father as Earl of Angus.

Sources:
https://www.douglashistory.co.uk/famgen/getperson.php?personID=I111598&tree=One
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Stewart_(daughter_of_Robert_III)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_III_of_Scotland

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1380      
Death 1458      

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Stewart, Robert III (John), King of Scotland13374 April 1406
Mother Drummond, Annabella (of Stoball)13501401
         Stewart, Princess Mary 1380 1458
    Sister     Stewart, Princess Margaret 1370
    Sister     Stewart, Princess Elizabeth 1371
    Brother     Stewart, David (Duke of Rothesay) 24 October 1378 27 March 1402
    Brother     Stewart, Robert 1383
    Brother     Stewart, James I (King of Scotland) 1394

Families

Family of Douglas, George (1st Earl of Angus) and Stewart, Princess Mary

Married Husband Douglas, George (1st Earl of Angus) ( * 1378 + 1402 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 24 May 1397      
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Douglas, William (2nd Earl of Angus)13981437