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 4

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

University of St Andrews ⓘ
era Renaissance ⓘ
father James IV of Scotland ⓘ
fullName Alexander Stewart ⓘ
heldEcclesiasticalOfficeIn 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 Erasmus of Rotterdam ⓘ
linked to: Desiderius Erasmus
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 Archbishopric of St Andrews ⓘ
placeOfBirth Scotland ⓘ
placeOfDeath Battle of Flodden ⓘ
positionHeld Archbishop of St Andrews ⓘ
regionOfActivity Scottish Lowlands ⓘ
St Andrews ⓘ
religion Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
royalHouse House of Stewart ⓘ
linked to: House of Stuart
seeAlso Archdiocese of St Andrews ⓘ
James IV of Scotland ⓘ
sibling James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (illegitimate son of James IV) ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

James IV of Scotland → child → Alexander Stewart, Archbishop of St Andrews ⓘ
James II of Scotland → child → Alexander Stewart, Archbishop of St Andrews ⓘ
subject linked to: James II
James Beaton → predecessor → Alexander Stewart, Archbishop of St Andrews ⓘ
Marion Boyd → hasChild → Alexander Stewart, Archbishop of St Andrews ⓘ