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Janet ("la Belle Écossaise") Stewart, Lady Fleming

b. 17 July 1502, d. 20 February 1562

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Lady Fleming, Janet Stewart

Birth

Janet ("la Belle Écossaise") Stewart, Lady Fleming, was born on 17 July 1502.
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Parents

Father	King James Stewart, IV of Scotland (b. 17 March 1473, d. 9 September 1513)
Mother	Agnes ("Isabel") Stewart, Countess of Bothwell (b. circa 1469, d. 20 February 1557)

Family life

Sir Malcolm ("the Brave") Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming, and Janet ("la Belle Écossaise") Stewart, Lady Fleming, were married on 26 February 1525. Her tocher was 2500 merks.³

Children with Sir Malcolm ("the Brave") Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming, (b. 14 January 1494, d. 10 September 1547)

Daughter	Elizabeth Fleming+ (b. 1525)
Daughter	Johanna ("Janet") Fleming+ (b. 1526, d. 19 January 1596)
Son	Sir James ("the loyal") Fleming, 4th Lord Fleming+ (b. circa 1527, d. 18 December 1558)
Son	Sir John ("the Defiant") Fleming, 5th Lord Fleming+ (b. circa 1528, d. 6 September 1572)
Daughter	Agnes Fleming+ (b. circa 1530, d. 1597)
Daughter	Margaret ("the witch") Fleming, Countess of Atholl+ (b. 1532, d. 1586)
Daughter	Mary ("one of the Four Marys") Fleming+ (b. 1543, d. after 1584)

Child with King Henry, II of France, (b. 31 March 1519, d. 10 July 1559)

Son	Duc Henri ("bâtard de Valois") de Valois-Angoulême, Grand Prior of France (b. 1551, d. 2 June 1586)

Titles

Working life

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Property^3,8³^3,9^{3,10,11,12,13,14,15,16}

Janet ("la Belle Écossaise") Stewart, Lady Fleming, possessed was served heir to her terce as relict on 2 November 1547.^3,17¹⁸ She possessed was in ferme arrears by 30 salmon in 1551 in Bothkennar.¹⁹^20,21 She possessed was in ferme arrears by 30 salmon in 1556 in Bothkennar.²² She possessed borrowed 250/-/- from the Bishop of Dunblane secured by a gold chain weighing 36.5 ounces in April 1559 in Dunblane.²³ She possessed paid 2300 merks to William Lord Livingston as tocher for her daughter Agnes' marriage to himself on 16 September 1560.²⁴

Death

Janet ("la Belle Écossaise") Stewart, Lady Fleming, was named an executor for the will of Sir Malcolm ("the Brave") Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming, on 15 February 1547.^3,25,26,27 She died on 20 February 1562 at age 59 in Boghall.
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Citations

[S2] Various contributors, Various contributors, "Wikipaedia," database, Commons, Wikipaedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/: accessed ), ., online; 8 November 2023; Janet Stewart, Lady Fleming at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Stewart,_Lady_Fleming
[S29] Various, Various, "WikiTree," pedigree, Commons, WikiTree (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki: accessed ), ., online; 10 November 2023; Agnes (Stewart) Stewart Dowager Countess of Bothwell (abt. 1469 - 1557) at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stewart-589
[S28] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage, vol viii, Fleming Earl of Wigtown pages 519 - 558
[S51] Raphael Holinshed, Holinshed's Chronicle, Scotland, vol v, p 558, https://archive.org/details/chroniclesofengl05holiuoft/page/558/mode/2up
[S5] William Hunter, Biggar and the House of Fleming, p 519-20
[S111] Joseph Robertson, Inventaires de la Royne Descosse Douairiere de France, p xlvi, note 4
[S111] Joseph Robertson, Inventaires de la Royne Descosse Douairiere de France, p li, note 2
[S83] George Vere Irving, The upper ward of Lanarkshire described and delineated, vol i, p 314
[S83] George Vere Irving, The upper ward of Lanarkshire described and delineated, vol i, p 479
[S83] George Vere Irving, The upper ward of Lanarkshire described and delineated, vol i, p 299
[S83] George Vere Irving, The upper ward of Lanarkshire described and delineated, vol i, p 319
[S92] Francis Grose, The Antiquities of Scotland, vol i, p 136-137
[S91] Various contributors, Miscellany of the Spalding Club, vol v, ch xxxv, p 296-308
[S91] Various contributors, Miscellany of the Spalding Club, vol v, preface re ch xxxv, p 26-28
[S5] William Hunter, Biggar and the House of Fleming, p 515
[S5] William Hunter, Biggar and the House of Fleming, p 569
[S17] Francis J Grant (Ed), Charter Chest of the Earldom of Wigtown, Charter 88
[S136] Robert Kerr Hannay, Acts of the Lords of Council in Public Affairs, p 580
[S44] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Rotuli scaccarii regum Scotorum, vol 17, p 168
[S43] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum, vol iv, ch 851, p 190
[S111] Joseph Robertson, Inventaires de la Royne Descosse Douairiere de France, p xliii, note 4
[S44] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Rotuli scaccarii regum Scotorum, vol 17, p 354
[S151] Alexander Laing, "An Incident at the Era of the Reformation: from a contemporary manuscript," Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, vol 11 (Between 1874 and 075), online image (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924082044912&seq=581 : online image 12 Aug 2025), p 517-525.
[S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: accessed ), ., viewed; 25 September 2025; GD103/2/2/12, 16 Sep 1560, Discharge by William, Lord Levingstoun, to Jane, Lady Flemyng, relict of Malcome, Lord Flemyng, for 2300 merks
[S17] Francis J Grant (Ed), Charter Chest of the Earldom of Wigtown, Charter 86
[S91] Various contributors, Miscellany of the Spalding Club, vol v, charter xxxvi, p 308
[S91] Various contributors, Miscellany of the Spalding Club, vol v, preface re Lord Fleming, p 29
[S44] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Rotuli scaccarii regum Scotorum, vol 19, p 266

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