Janet Stewart, Lady Fleming (17 Jul 1502 – 20 Feb 1562)

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Also Known As:

"Joan", "Jane", "Jenny", "Jean Stuart", "Jane; Jenny; Lady Janet Stewart"

Birthdate: July 17, 1502

Birthplace:

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Death: Died February 20, 1562 in Richmond, London, England

Occupation:

Janet served as governess to her niece, Mary, Queen of Scots.

Parents:

Illegitimate daughter of King James IV of Scotland with Isabel Buchan, daughter of James Stewart, 1st Earl of Buchan.

married Malcolm Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming, even though they were related within a forbidden degree of affinity. After his death in 1547 ...

In 1548, liason with King Henry II of France. Their son, Henri de Valois-Angoulême (1551–June, 1586), was "the chief and most highly favored natural son of the King.

Immediate Family:

Daughter of James IV of Scotland and Isabel Stewart, of Buchan

Wife of Malcolm Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming

Mother of Isabelle Fleming; Elizabeth Fleming; Johanna Fleming; Margaret Fleming; William Fleming and 6 others

Half sister of Johanna (Jonet) Stewart; Margaret Stewart; James of Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray; Jane Stewart; Catherine Stewart, Countess of Morton and 8 others

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Last Updated: June 25, 2016

Immediate Family:

Malcolm Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming

husband

Isabelle Fleming

daughter

Elizabeth Fleming

daughter

Johanna Fleming

daughter

Margaret Fleming

daughter

William Fleming

son

James Fleming, 4th Lord Fleming

son

Agnes Fleming

daughter

John Fleming, 5th Lord Fleming

son

Mary Fleming

daughter

Henry Fleming

son

Henri II de Valois, roi de France

ex-partner

Janet Stewart, Lady Fleming (17 Jul 1502 – 20 Feb 1562) served as governess to her niece, Mary, Queen of Scots.

8 children of Lord Fleming and Janet Stewart:

Johanna, b. 1525.

Janet, b. 1527, m. 1st, John Livingston, eldest son of Alexander, 5th Lord Livingston and brother of Mary Livingston, one of the Queen's "Four Maries."

John, 5th Lord Fleming, b. 1529.

Bridget, b. 1530.

James, 4th Lord Fleming, b. 1534. His only daughter and heiress, Jean (1554–1609), would marry John Maitland, the younger brother of William Maitland, his sister Mary's husband. His grandson by Jean was John Maitland, 1st Earl of Lauderdale.

Agnes, b. 1535, m. to William, 6th Lord Livingston.

Margaret, b. 1536, m. 1st, to Robert Graham, Master of Montrose, by whom she had a son, John, 3rd Earl of Montrose; 2ndly, to Thomas Erskine, Master of Mar, younger brother of the 17th Earl of Mar, but had no issue; and 3rdly, John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl, high chancellor of Scotland, by whom she had three daughters and a son, John Stewart, 5th Earl of Atholl. Margaret Fleming was said to be a witch and to possess the power to cast spells.[2]

Mary, b. 1543, m. 6 Jan 1567, to William Maitland of Lethington.

Source: geni.com