Robert Stuart d'Aubigny
Robert Stuart d'Aubigny , also Robert Stewart d'Aubigny , (* 1470 ; † April 1544 ) was a Scottish nobleman from the Stewart family . He was the fourth Seigneur d'Aubigny and Count of Beaumont-le-Roger .
Robert was a son out of the marriage of John Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox to Margaret Montgomerie. His brother was Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox .
He was married to his cousin Anne (Duca de Terranuova and Marchese de Girace, Seigneur d'Aubigny and de St. Quentin), daughter of Bernard Stewart d'Aubigny. Robert married after the death of his first wife Jacqueline de la Queuille, Heiress de la Queuille.
In 1493 he entered the service of Charles VIII in the Scottish Guard (Garde Écossaise), a military unit in the service of the French royal family, which his uncle (and father-in-law) Bernard Stewart d'Aubigny led. He was a participant in the conflicts of the Holy League in 1495 and the Italian Wars from 1499 to 1504 under the command of General Louis II. De La Trémoille . In 1514 he was appointed Marshal of France . He took part in the Battle of Marignano (1515) and the Battle of Pavia (1525).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Elizabeth Bonner: Stewart, Robert (c.1470-1544) . In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2005.
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| SURNAME | D'Aubigny, Robert Stuart |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | D'Aubigny, Robert Stewart |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish nobleman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1470 |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 1544 |