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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alexander Stewart, Archbishop of St Andrews canonical | 3 |
Statements (41)
| 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)
|
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
James II of Scotland