Robert Maxwell, 4th Lord Maxwell

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Robert Maxwell, 4th Lord Maxwell ( 1493 - 9 July 1546 in Logan near Dumfries ), was a Scottish nobleman .

Life

He was the eldest son of John Maxwell, 3rd Lord Maxwell from his marriage to Agnes Stewart, a daughter of the Alexander Stewart of Garlies. When his father died in the Battle of Flodden Field on September 9, 1513, he inherited his title of nobility as 4th Lord Maxwell .

Even if he did not take part in the battle in which his father fell (" was admiral of a fleet passing to France ... the tyme of Flodden field and being driven back by tempest arryved the 2d day after the battel. "), He was successful as a noble politician and military man. In the years between 1513 and 1534 he received the following posts, titles and honors: Guardian of Threave Castle and Lochmaben Castle , Steward of Kirkcudbright, "Warden of the West Marches", Provost of Edinburgh (three times), Captain of the King's Guard , Master of the Royal Household, Chief Carver to the King, Extraordinary Lord of Session .

In 1536 and 1537 he was regent of Scotland during the absence of King James V , and in 1538 he was appointed Grand Admiral of the fleet that Marie de Guise escorted to Scotland as the king's second wife. On June 6th, 1540 the baronies Maxwell, Caerlaverock, Mearns u. a. combined into a single Barony Maxwell. During this time he was also listed as a "Bailie" (civil administrator) of various abbeys in the Scottish Borders and Galloway areas .

The last years of his life were less successful. He began a feud with members of Clan Johnstone that would not end until 50 years later. In the Battle of Solway Moss on November 24, 1542, he was captured by English troops and only released on condition that he represented the interests of King Henry VIII in Scotland.

In 1543, he moved to the Scottish Parliament for a law that would allow services to be held in the vernacular instead of Latin, and was briefly imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle by his Catholic opponents . In 1544 he was again taken prisoner by the English, from which he was only released in October 1545 after he had handed Caerlaverock Castle over to English troops. For this cowardice he formally apologized to the queen on November 18, 1545 , in whose name he was rehabilitated on January 12, 1546.

He was married twice. The first marriage was about July 4, 1509, to Janet Douglas, daughter of William Douglas, 6th of Drumlanrig; from this marriage came his two sons Robert , who later became 5th Lord Maxwell, and John, iure uxoris 4th Lord Herries of Terregles , as well as a daughter, Margaret, who married Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus . The second marriage, between 1520 and November 15, 1525, with Agnes Stewart, a daughter of James Stewart, 1st Earl of Buchan , remained childless.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fitzwilliam Elliot (Ed.): The Battle of Flodden and the Raids of 1513 . Elliot, Edinburgh 1911, p. 204–207 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
  2. ↑ David C. Harries: V. Robert, fifth Lord Maxwell . In: James Balfour Paul (Ed.): The Scots Peerage . tape 6 : Marchmont-Oxfuird . David Douglas, Edinburgh 1909, p. 479–482 (English, Textarchiv - Internet Archive - here p. 479).
predecessor Office successor
John Maxwell Lord Maxwell
1513-1546 		Robert Maxwell
personal data
SURNAME Maxwell, Robert, 4th Lord Maxwell
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH 1493
DATE OF DEATH July 9, 1546
Place of death Logan at Dumfries