John Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany
John Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany (* around 1484 in Auvergne , France , † July 2, 1536 in Mirefleurs , France) was a member of the Scottish royal family . In the years 1514-1523 he led for the minor King James V the regency.
Life
John was the only son of Alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany , and his second wife Anne de La Tour d'Auvergne († October 13, 1512), daughter of Bertrand VI. His paternal grandparents were the Scottish King James II and Princess Maria von Geldern . His father was an ambitious prince and therefore had to go before his brother, King James III. , fled to France twice after being accused of high treason and of breaking the alliance with England . There he died in 1485 during a tournament in Paris. After the death of his father, little John inherited his title and grew up under the care of his mother and the French King Louis XII. in France. His mother married a second time in 1487, Louis de Seyssel, Count of la Chambre .
On July 8, 1505, John Stewart married his cousin (first degree) Countess Anne de La Tour d'Auvergne (1501–1524), youngest daughter of Count Jean III. d'Auvergne and his wife Jeanne de Bourbon. After the early death of her older sister Madeleine de la Tour d'Auvergne in 1519, she inherited the title of Countess of Auvergne and Lauragais . Anne died giving birth to her first child and the title passed to her niece Catherine de Medici , later Queen of France. From a longstanding relationship with Jean Abernethy, an illegitimate daughter, Eleanor Stewart (1520–1578), emerged. In 1530 she was married to the French nobleman Jean de L'Hopital, comte de Choisy († 1578).
In 1514 John Stewart took over the reign of the young King James V after his mother, the English Princess Margaret Tudor , married the Scottish nobleman Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus , in a second marriage . Stewart was after Jakob and his younger brother Alexander († 1515) in third place in the line of succession. Scotland was a weak, savage and backward country and, because of its feudal dependence on England, was severely handicapped; the institutions of the government were only rudimentary in character, so that the king was barely tolerated as the spokesman for a lawless and contentious aristocracy. In 1524 Stewart was removed from office by James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran , and Archibald Douglas.
John Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, went to France, placed himself in the service of the king; he took in 1525 at the disastrous Italian campaign of Francis I in part. In 1526 he was made Knight of the Order of Saint-Michel and on February 28, 1529, the 6th Governor of Auvergne, an office that he held until May 18, 1536. He died on July 2, 1536 in the castle of Mirefleurs in Auvergne.
Individual evidence
- ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 467
- ^ Anne de la Tour on thepeerage.com , accessed July 26, 2015.
Web links
- John Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany on thepeerage.com , accessed July 26, 2015.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Alexander Stewart |
Duke of Albany 1485-1536 |
Title expired |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stewart, John, 2nd Duke of Albany |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish nobleman and regent in Scotland |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1481 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Auvergne |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 2, 1536 |
| Place of death | Mirefleurs |