![]() During the Norman invasion of England in 1066, Sir Gaulter de Somerville accompanied the Duke of Normandy, William the Conqueror. This name Somerville derives from a town in Normandy, near Caen. Husband of Mary Sinclair Janet Stewart of Darnley and Elizabeth Keith of Aboyne & Clunyįather of Sir William Somerville, 2nd Lord Somerville Margaret Kirkpatrick, Lady Agidea de Somerville Thomas Somerville of Racklay Mary Somerville and 2 others Brother of William de Somerville Son of Sir William Somerville and Katherine Halliday, Heiress Mary’s Aisle, Carnwath Parish Church, Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland Lord of SomervilleĬowthally Castle, Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland Sir Thomas’ third wife, whom he married pursuant to a 2 November 1411 dispensation, was Elizabeth Keith, 4th daughter of Sir William Keith, who was the widow of Sir Nicholas Erskine of Kinnoull and of Sir Adam Gordon of Huntly.” 26 August 2013 by sesimons1239602Ĭambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland Baron Thomas Somerville, 1st. The same note says that he married Mary Sinclair in 1407 and that it is unlikely that she was the mother of his son William. ![]() At footnotes, the articles says that Sir Thomas married Janet Stewart before July 1391, thus obtaining the barony of Cambusnethan. The Somerville article in CP12:92, which was published in 1953 and is therefore one of the newer CP volumes, states that William Somerville of Carnwath was the son and heir of Sir Thomas Somerville and his first wife, Janet, daughter of Sir Alexander Stewart of Darnley and was born in or before 1400. Sir Alexander was descended (in the male line) from Sir Alan Stewart, the second son of Sir John Stewart of Bonkyl and (in a female line) from Sir Walter Stewart,the fourth son of Sir Alan. From Doug Hickling: “Janet, daughter of Sir Alexander Stewart of Darnley by his first wife Johanna Turnbull, daughter of Sir Turnbull of Minto. “Some say his 1st wife was Janet, daughter of Sir Alexander Stewart of Darnley and was mother of his children. The Courtyard of Balvany Castle, Mortlach, Banffshire, Scotlandĭeath: 25 September 1512 in Laighwood Castle, Perth, Perthshire, Scotlandīurial: December 1444 in Collegiate Church Cemetery He married, secondly, before 19 April 1475, Eleanor Sinclair, stated to be a daughter of William (Sinclair), Earl of Orkney and Caithness.Ĭhildren with Margaret Douglas, Countess of Galloway : (4) Joanna, David, Janet, and Katherine Stewart The marriage being dissolved she was married to Atholl, as her third husband, circa March 1459. entreating mercy, saying that she was forced to these ungodly nuptials against her will. After the latter’s rebellion in 1455 she remained with him in England for a time, but about 1459 she is said to have repaired to King James II. She married, first, in 1444, William, eighth Earl of Douglas, and on his death his brother James, ninth Earl of Douglas. He married, first, Margaret Douglas, “the Fair Maid of Galloway,” only daughter and ultimate heiress of Archibald, fifth Earl of Douglas, Duke of Touraine. He died at the Laighwood, 15 September 1512, and was buried in Dunkeld Cathedral. On that King’s death the Earl was imprisoned by King James IV., but was liberated before 1489, when he attended Parliament in Edinburgh. In 1484 he was one of the conservators of the peace with England, and in 1488 commanded in the army of James III. ![]() He was sent in the expedition against John, Lord of the Isles, in 1475, and being victorious, adopted the motto ‘Furth fortune and fill the fetters.’ ![]() Styled Earl of Atholl in a charter under the Great Seal, 25 March 1460, of the lordship of Balveny.Īnother charter was granted to him by King James III., on account of near kinship and affection, of the earldom of Atholl and the lands with remainder to the heirs-male of his body, whom failing to the King, with the reddendo of a red rose to be delivered at Blair, 18 March 1481-82. He was created EARL OF ATHOLL in or before 1457, and is so designed in a truce with the English that year. Sir John Stewart of Balveny, first Earl of Atholl of this line, born about 1440, styled ‘frater carnalis’ of King James II. Married: March 1450 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland to Margaret Douglas, Countess of Galloway Earl of Atholl, son of King James Stewart, I of Scotland and Queen Joan Beaufort of Scotlandīorn: 12 October 1436 in Balvenie Castle, Dufftown, Banffshire, Scotland ![]()
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