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JAMES Stewart
Earl of Buchan
JAMES STEWART, called "Hearty_James," son of JAMES, Black Knight of Lorn, was in 1469 created EARL OF BUCHAN and Lord Auchterhouse (S.). By his wife Margaret Ogilvy, daughter of Alexander Ogilvy of Auchterhouse, he had a son
a) Alexander ALEXANDER, 2nd Earl of Buchan.
and a daughter who married Alexander Abernethy, 4th Lord Saltoun
By Margaret Murray, his mistress he several illegitimate children
Agnes Stewart d. c Feb 1557
Isabella Stewart
James Stewart, 1st of Traquair+4 b. b 1498, d. 1513
b) James was legitimated in 1489, and was ancestor of the Earls of Traquair JAMES, granted lands of Traquair .
Arms: on his Seal, 1491.-1 and 4. Three garbs. 2 and 3. A fiss chequy. CREST: A stag lodged (Macdonald). [Plate V., fig. 78.] Burke gives the CREST: A right hand proper holding a green club raguly. SUPPORTERS: Two silver storks beaked and legged red. MOTTO: "Judge_nocht."