Lady Janet Stewart - Marriage and Issue

Marriage and Issue

Janet Stewart married Malcolm Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming, despite being related within a forbidden degree of affinity. They had eight children:

  1. Johanna (born 1525)
  2. Janet (born 1527), who was first married to John Livingston, the eldest son of Alexander, 5th Lord Livingston (as well as a brother of Mary Livingston, one of Queen Mary's "Four Marys")
  3. John (born 1529), 5th Lord Fleming (an ancestor of Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States)
  4. Bridget (born 1530)
  5. James (born 1534), 4th Lord Fleming (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)
  6. Agnes (born 1535), who married William, 6th Lord Livingston
  7. Margaret (born 1536), who married Robert Graham, Master of Montrose, by whom she had a son, John, 3rd Earl of Montrose; then was remarried to Thomas Erskine, Master of Mar (younger brother of the 17th Earl of Mar), but had no issue; and thirdly, married John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl and Lord High Chancellor of Scotland, by whom she had a son (also John Stewart, 5th Earl of Atholl) and three daughters. Margaret Fleming was said to be a witch possessing the power to cast spells.
  8. Mary (born 1543), who married William Maitland of Lethington

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