Mary
She was the daughter of Arnold, Duke of Gueldres, by Katherine, daughter of Adolf, Duke of Cleves, and she was born in 1433. She was crowned Queen Consort on 3 July, 1449, at Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh. She died on 16 November or 1 December, 1463, and was buried in Holy Trinity Church, Edinburgh.
Issue of marriage:
1 Unnamed child
It was born on 19 May, 1450, and died the same day.
2 Mary
She was probably born in the summer of 1451 (?), certainly before 16 May, 1452. She married firstly Thomas Boyd, 1st Earl of Arran ( d.1473/4), before 26 April, 1467/8, and had issue:
1 James, 2nd Lord Boyd (killed 1484).
2 Margaret or Grizelda (1468/73–after 1516); she married Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes ( d. by 1491). She married secondly David Kennedy, 1st Earl of Cassilis (killed at Flodden, 1513).
Mary’s marriage to Arran was declared null and void in c.February/March, 1473/4 (or, much less probably, in 1469). She married secondly James, 1st Lord Hamilton (1398?–1479), in c.February/March, and before April, 1474, and had issue:
1 James, Earl of Arran (1475?–1529); he married firstly Elizabeth ( d.1544), daughter of Alexander, 2nd Lord Home; they were later divorced. He married secondly Janet ( d.1522), daughter of Sir David Beaton of Creich, and had issue.
2 Robert, Seigneur d’Aubigny ( d.1543).
3 Elizabeth ( d. after 1531); she married Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox (killed at Flodden, 1513), and had issue.
Mary died in c.May, 1488 (?).
3 James III(
4 Alexander
He was born in c.1454/5, certainly before 8 July, 1455. He was created Baron of Annandale and styled Earl of March before 4 August (on 8 July?), 1455, and was created Duke of Albany between 4 July, 1457, and 3 July, 1458. His titles and estates were all declared forfeit on 4 October, 1479, but he was restored in blood between June and December, 1482, and was created Earl of Mar and Garioch between 29 September and 10 October, 1482. His titles and estates were again declared forfeit on 27 June, 1483. He was killed in 1485 (?) in France at a tournament, and was buried in the Church of the Celestines, Paris.
Alexander married firstly, in c.1475 (although no evidence exists as to where):
Katherine
She was the daughter of William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney and Caithness, by Elizabeth, daughter of Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas, by Margaret, daughter of Robert III. She was divorced on 2 or 9 March, 1478, on grounds of propinquity, and her issue declared illegitimate. The divorce was ratified by Act of Parliament on 15 November, 1516.
Issue of marriage:
(i)
Margaret
She married Sir Patrick Hamilton of Kincavil (
d
.1520), and was said to have had issue, but this is improbable. She died after 5 July, 1542.
(ii)
Andrew
Nothing is known of him.
(iii)
Son
(
name not known
)
He was born in 1477, and died before 1479.
(iv)
Alexander
He was born in the late 1470s. He took Holy Orders, and was appointed Prior of Whitehorn. He later became Abbot of Inchaffray. He was nominated Bishop of Moray on 31 May, 1528, and consecrated on 16 April, 1532. He died on 19 December, 1537, and was buried in Scone Abbey, Perthshire.
Alexander had the following
illegitimate issue
:
1 Alexander; he was legitimated in 1550.
2 Alexander.
3 Margaret; she married first Patrick Graham of Inchbrakie (
d
.1536), and had issue. She married secondly Colin Campbell of Glenurchy.
Alexander married secondly, between 16 January and 4 December, 1479 (and not on 10 February, 1480, as is sometimes stated), in France:
Anne
She was the daughter of Bertrand de la Tour, Count of Auvergne, by Louise, daughter of George de la Trémouille, Seigneur of Trémouille in Poitou. After the death of Alexander, she married secondly Louis, Count of La Chambre in Savoy ( d.1517), on 17 February, 1487. She died on 13 October, 1512, at La Rochette Castle, Savoy, and was buried in the Carmelite monastery at La Rochette.
Issue of marriage:
(i)
John
He was born around 1481/5. He was first styled Duke of Albany in June, 1505, and was formally restored to the duchy between 8 April, 1514, and May, 1515. He died on 2 June, 1536, at
Mirefleur in the Auvergne, France, and was buried in the chapel of the Palace of Vic-le-Comte, France.
John had the following
illegitimate issue
:
By Jean Abernethy:
1 Eleanor; she married John de l’Hôpital, Comte de Choisy, and had issue.
John married, after 13 July, 1505 (date of dispensation) (although no evidence exists as to where):
Anne
She was the daughter of John de la Tour, Count of Auvergne and Lauraguais, by Joan, daughter of John of Bourbon, Count of Vendôme, and she was born after 1495. She became Countess of Auvergne and Boulogne in her own right. She died in June, 1524, at the Castle of St Saturnin, France.
5 David
He was born after 1454 and before 12 February, 1456. He was created Earl of Moray on 12 February, 1456, and died before 18 July, 1457.
6 John
He was born after October, 1456, perhaps in c.July, 1457, or in 1459 (?). He was created Earl of Mar and Garioch between 21 June, 1458, and 25 June, 1459. He forfeited all his estates in 1479/80, and died, or was murdered, either on 9 July, 1479, or – more probably – some time in 1480, at Craigmillar Castle, Edinburgh.
7 Margaret
Some sources state that she became the wife of William, Lord Crichton ( d.1493), but this is almost certainly a fabrication. He abducted and seduced her to spite her brother, James III; there is no contemporary evidence for their marriage. Their clandestine union produced the following illegitimate issue:
1 Margaret Crichton ( d. by 1546); she married firstly William Todrik of Edinburgh ( d. by 1507), and secondly George Halkerstoun (killed at Flodden, 1513), and had issue. She married thirdly George Leslie, 2nd Earl of Rothes ( d.1513), and had issue.
James II also had the following illegitimate issue:
1 John Stewart of Sticks and Ballechin; he married and had issue.
JAMES II
He was killed on 3 August, 1460, when a cannon burst at the siege of Roxburgh; he was buried in Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh.
He was succeeded by his son James.
James III
FATHER: James II(