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Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney. Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney and Lord of Zetland ( Shetland) (spring of 1533 – 4 February 1593) was a recognised illegitimate son of James V, King of Scotland, and his mistress Eupheme Elphinstone. [1] Robert Stewart was half-brother to Mary, Queen of Scots and uncle to James VI and I of Scotland and ...
The Brough is now a tidal islet but in earlier times it was connected to Mainland Orkney by an isthmus. [ 1 ] Earl of Orkney, historically Jarl of Orkney, is a title of nobility encompassing the archipelagoes of Orkney and Shetland, which comprise the Northern Isles of Scotland. Originally founded by Norse invaders, the status of the rulers of ...
In 1564 Lord Robert Stewart, natural son of James V of Scotland, who had visited Kirkwall twenty-four years before, was made sheriff of Orkney and Shetland, and received possession of the estates of the udallers; in 1581 he was created earl of Orkney by James VI, the charter being ratified ten years later to his son Patrick, but after Patrick's ...
Scalloway Castle. Coordinates: 60.13627°N 1.27429°W. Scalloway Castle in August 2013. Scalloway Castle is a tower house in Scalloway, on the Shetland Mainland, the largest island in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. The tower was built in 1600 by Patrick Stewart, 2nd Earl of Orkney, during his brief period as de facto ruler of Shetland.
Earl's Palace, Birsay. Coordinates: 59.13°N 3.3155°W. The Earl's Palace, Birsay. The Earl's Palace in Birsay, Orkney, Scotland, is a ruined 16th-century castle. It was built by Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney (1533–1593), illegitimate son of King James V and his mistress Euphemia Elphinstone. The palace is in the care of Historic ...
The first and fourth quarters show the Scottish royal arms debruised by a ribbon, a symbol of bastardy, while the second and third quarters show the arms of the Earldom of Orkney. Patrick Stewart, 2nd Earl of Orkney, Lord of Zetland [nb 1] (c. 1566 [1] – 6 February 1615) was a Scottish nobleman, the son of Robert, Earl of Orkney, a bastard ...
Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of March (c. 1522–1586), 1st Earl of March, Scottish nobleman; Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney (1533–1593), illegitimate son of James V, King of Scotland; Sir Robert Stewart (d. c.1670), Scottish soldier, Governor of Londonderry; Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry (1739–1821), Irish politician and ...
He was created Earl of Atholl in around 1457, [ 3] the first earl of the eighth creation of the title. He is believed to have had a hand in suppressing the rebellion of John Macdonald, 11th Earl of Ross, the last of the Lords of the Isles. John Stewart became ambassador to England in 1484. According to 18th century historian William Guthrie ...