Robert III of Scotland

Robert III (towards 1340 - April 4th 1406), king of Scotland, ( Raibeart III in Scottish Gaelic) (reign 1390 - 1406), oldest son of the king Robert II and his Elizabeth mistress Walls, was legitimated by the formal marriage of his/her parents towards 1349. (They had already married in 1336, of aucuns regarded this marriage as nonvalid.)

In 1368, its great-uncle, the king David II of Scotland, the fact Count de Carrick, and it takes share with the government of the kingdom until in 1387, a blow given by a horse returns it invalid. Probably because of this accident, it is his/her brother Robert, count of Fife, and not the crown prince himself, which becomes guard of the Kingdom in 1389; but this last succeeds his/her father on the throne at the time of its death in May 1390.

At this time, it replaces Jean, his Christian name - unpopular because of his relationship with Jean de Baliol - by that of Robert and is crowned with Scone, in August 1390, under the name of Robert III. Although it probably attended several meeting of the Parliament, the new king directs only nominally of the country, the real capacity remaining between the hands of his brother, the count de Fife.

Nevertheless, in 1399, because of the " disease of the corps" from the king, his oldest son, David, duke of Rothesay, receive the title of lieutenant of the kingdom; but an English invasion of Scotland, the severe different ones between Rothesay and its uncle Robert are followed from there, from now on duke of Albany, and finally, in March 1402, the mysterious one died of hunger of Rothesay to the Falkland Palace.

Fearing for the life of Jacques, his surviving son, the king holds the hidden boy in Dirleton Castle, in order to make him secretly leave the country for France. Nevertheless, one month after, in 1406, the English capture the young person Jacques in way. On what king Robert dies, probably in Rothesay. The king would have died of sorrow following the capture of Jacques. Robert even asks to be buried under a monticule of dejections with like epitaph: Ici puts back worst the most unhappy Kings and of the men . In fact, it was buried with Paisley, instead of Scone, the traditional burial of Kings d' Écosse, not being estimated worthy of this honor.

Robert III married Annabella Drummond (about 1350 - 1402), girl of Sir John Drummond de Stobhall, and it gave him 6 children:

Elisabeth Stuart marries of James Douglas, Lord de Dalkeith (+1441)
Margaret Stuart marries in 1390 Archibald Douglas (4th count Douglas)
David, duke of Rothesay
Marie Stuart (+ about 1458) wife 1) in 1387 of Georges Douglas Count d' Angus 2) in 1405 of James Kennedy 3) in 1409 of William Cunningham 4) in 1413 of Williqam Graham 5) in 1425 of William Edmonstone
Egidia Stuart
Jacques Ier of Scotland

in more It also had a natural son, Jacques Stewart de Kilbride.

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