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 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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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