STEWART, King Robert III

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• Name	STEWART, Robert
  Prefix	King
  Suffix	III
  Christening	1337	Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland
  Birth	14 Aug 1337	Dundonald Castle, Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
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  Death	4 Apr 1406	Rothesay Castle, Rothesay, Bute, Scotland
  Burial	13 Apr 1406	Paisley Abbey, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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  Father	STEWART, King Robert II ,   b. 2 Mar 1316, Paisley Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland Paisley Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotlandd. 19 Apr 1390, Dundonald Castle, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland (Age 74 years)
  Mother	MURE, Countess Elizabeth ,   b. 2 Mar 1320, Rowallan Castle, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Rowallan Castle, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotlandd. 2 May 1355, Paisley Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	22 Nov 1335	Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F23939	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	KEITH, Dutchess Muriella ,   b. Abt 1351, Argyleshire, Scotland Argyleshire, Scotlandd. 1 Jun 1449, Lochawe, Argyll, Scotland (Age 98 years)
  Family ID	F25320	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
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  Family 2	GRAHAM, Countess Margaret ,   b. 1334, Doune Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland Doune Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotlandd. 4 May 1380, Buchanan, Stirlingshire, Scotland (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	9 Sep 1361	Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F25319	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
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  Family 3	DRUMMOND, Queen Annabella ,   b. Abt 1350, Cargill, Perthshire, Scotland Cargill, Perthshire, Scotlandd. Oct 1401, Scone Palace, Perthshire, Scotland (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	13 Mar 1365	Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland
  Children	1 son and 1 daughter
  1. STEWART, Princess Mary Margaret ,   b. 24 Oct 1378, Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotlandd. 20 Mar 1457, Duntreath Castle, Strathblane, Stirlingshire, Scotland (Age 78 years) + 2. STEWART, King James I ,   b. 25 Jul 1394, Dunfermline Palace, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland Dunfermline Palace, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotlandd. 21 Feb 1437, Blackfriars, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland (Age 42 years)
  Family ID	F24068	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  Ref: http://www3.dcs.hutt.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=roval?01457 Acceded: 14 Aug 1390, Scone Abbey, Perthshire Changed his name from John to Robert on ascending to the throne. Reigned, but too injured by kick from horse to rule. Weir says died at Dundonald Castle, Ayrshire. Robert III, also called (until 1390) John Stewart, earl of Carrick, (born c. 1337—died April 4, 1406, Rothesay, Bute, Scotland), king of Scots from 1390, after having ruled Scotland in the name of his father, Robert II, from 1384 to 1388. Physically disabled by a kick from a horse, he was never the real ruler of Scotland during the years of his kingship. The eldest son of Robert the Steward (the future Robert II) and Elizabeth Mure, he was legitimated by their marriage several years after his birth. In 1362–63 he joined his father in a futile revolt against King David II, who both imprisoned him and created him earl of Carrick in 1368. (He had been created earl of Atholl in 1367.) Robert II became king in 1371. In 1384, because of his advanced age, he turned over the government to Carrick. After his injury in 1388, however, Carrick was supplanted by his brother Robert, earl of Fife. On his accession, probably on April 19, 1390, he changed his name to Robert (III) from John, to avoid reminding others of John de Balliol, king of Scotland from 1292 to 1296, who was not favourably remembered. Fife, created duke of Albany in 1398, continued to govern throughout this reign, except for three years (1399–1402) when Robert III’s eldest son, David, duke of Rothesay, took his place. The dissolute Rothesay died in March 1402 while imprisoned in Albany’s castle of Falkland, Fife. Perhaps in an attempt to save his remaining son, James (afterward James I, king of Scots), from death at Albany’s hands, Robert III sent the boy to France, but James was captured by English sailors, a shock to the aging king.