Alexander Stewart, Archbishop of St Andrews

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Alexander Stewart, Archbishop of St Andrews, was the illegitimate son of King James IV of Scotland who became a prominent early 16th-century Scottish churchman and royal favorite before dying at the Battle of Flodden in 1513.

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Alexander Stewart, Archbishop of St Andrews canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 16th-century Scottish person
Scottish churchman
archbishop
illegitimate royal child
appointedBy James IV of Scotland
associatedWith Scottish royal court
surface form: Scottish court of James IV
burialPlace Scotland
surface form: Scotland (exact location uncertain)
centuryOfActivity 16th century
conflict Anglo-Scottish Wars
Battle of Flodden
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Scotland
dateOfBirth 1493
dateOfDeath 1513-09-09
educatedAt University of Padua
Sorbonne University
surface form: University of Paris

University of St Andrews
era Renaissance
father James IV of Scotland
fullName Alexander Stewart
heldEcclesiasticalOfficeIn Diocese of St Andrews
surface form: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St Andrews
heldTitle Lord Chancellor of Scotland
illegitimateChildOf James IV of Scotland
knownFor humanist education
languageOfEducation Latin
mannerOfDeath killed in battle
mentor Desiderius Erasmus
surface form: Erasmus of Rotterdam
mother Marion Boyd
notableEvent death alongside James IV at Flodden
notableFor being a royal favourite of James IV of Scotland
holding high ecclesiastical office at a young age
officeContested Bishopric of St Andrews
surface form: Archbishopric of St Andrews
placeOfBirth Scotland
placeOfDeath Battle of Flodden
positionHeld Bishop of St Andrews
surface form: Archbishop of St Andrews
regionOfActivity Central Lowlands of Scotland
surface form: Scottish Lowlands

St Andrews
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
royalHouse House of Stuart
surface form: House of Stewart
seeAlso Diocese of St Andrews
surface form: Archdiocese of St Andrews

James IV of Scotland
sibling James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (illegitimate)
surface form: James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (illegitimate son of James IV)

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James IV of Scotland child Alexander Stewart, Archbishop of St Andrews
James II child Alexander Stewart, Archbishop of St Andrews
subject surface form: James II of Scotland
James Beaton predecessor Alexander Stewart, Archbishop of St Andrews