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363:. He had arrested the earl's father in 1584. The earl made to move out of Stewart's way then reconsidered. Stewart noted this and complained to the king as an offence to his long service and dignity, warning that Gowrie was a threat to the court. Gowrie was told about this, and said "Aquila non captat muscus", meaning the eagle does not catch flies, that Stewart was beneath his attention.
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He travelled to Norway in 1589 where the Danish fleet carrying Anne of
Denmark rested, and brought back her letters of 3 October to James VI. He then returned to Norway. In December 1590 he sailed to Scotland with instructions for the ruling council from James VI, including orders for ships for the
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playing cards with the imprisoned Earl of
Bothwell shortly before Bothwell escaped on 21 June 1591, and denied that he had secret communications with Bothwell. To gain favour and divert suspicions, Stewart and
397:. Anne of Denmark was godmother to his only son, Frederick (1591-1625). Their daughter Anna was baptised in June 1595. Lady Pitferran gave information leading to the arrest of
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Twice he went on missions to the
Netherlands and States General, seeking confirmation of the Treaty of Binche or Bins. In 1594 he was knighted and was granted lands at
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170:" and this was also the name of one of the captains of his fleet. He commanded the ships which conveyed James and his bride, Anne, from Denmark in April 1590.
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and
Stewart as ambassadors to Denmark and Germany. The mission was to intended to cement a peaceful league in Europe. They met the mother of
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in June 1592, and was arrested on suspicion of planning to help the rebel Earl of
Bothwell capture the king. He was imprisoned at
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that
Stewart had returned from Denmark with news of agreement that James VI should marry the younger daughter
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663:
Miles Kerr-Peterson & Michael Pearce, 'James VI's
English Subsidy and Danish Dowry Accounts, 1588-1596',
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Miles Kerr-Peterson & Michael Pearce, 'James VI's
English Subsidy and Danish Dowry Accounts, 1588-1596',
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Colonel
Stewart became prominent in the king's marriage negotiations with Denmark, joining an embassy with
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Diplomatic
Intelligence on the Holy Roman Empire and Denmark during the Reigns of Elizabeth I and James VI
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429:(d. 1588), a brother of James Stewart, Earl of Arran, who was killed in a fight in Edinburgh in July 1588
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William Stewart of Houston is often confused with other contemporaries of the same name, including:
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in West Lothian. His fee for the lands was used to pay the expenses of ambassadors at the
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Ross Crawford, 'Western Highlands and Isles', Miles Kerr-Peterson & Steven J. Reid,
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James VI made him Lieutenant of the Isles in 1596, instead of a Gaelic noble from the
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to power; these acts largely restored the young King James's position, after the
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and assisted Arran in governing Scotland. In April 1584 he captured Gowrie at
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joked with Stewart over the lack of written responses the king had received.
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Lords High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
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who had been travelling in England and Scotland, and returned in July.
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Calendar State Papers Scotland, vol. 12 (Edinburgh, 1952), pp. 29-30.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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Stewart married in 1582, Erica or Erika (1540-1587), Countess of
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He visited the English court in the king's interest in 1583 with
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in January 1592. It was suspected that he had helped the rebel
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Journal of the Transactions in Scotland, by Richard Bannatyne
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David Scott Gehring, ‘ANE ACCOUNT OF ANE EMBASSIE’, 1590' in
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On 7 June 1590 he married Isobel Hepburn, Lady Pitferran, at
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He was sent on an embassy to Denmark in May 1598, escorting
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on the progress of affairs. In 1582 he was in Scotland, and
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James VI ordered that Colonel Stewart be given some of the
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and Stewart told James that she was "old and crooked".
693:, vol. 16 (London, 1715), pp. 68-71: Annie I. Cameron,
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166:. James VI had a valet in Denmark who was also called "
130:, making "unreverent speeches" about her. According to
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Rethinking the Renaissance and Reformation in Scotland
64:. Later that year, Stewart helped to free James from
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Register of the Privy Council of Scotland: 1585-1592
390:, forfeited by the Earl of Angus, in November 1584.
773:Esther Mijers, 'Diplomatic Visit', Steven J. Reid,
709:, vol. 12 (Edinburgh, 1952), p. 370, 384, 388, 492.
340:refused to meet with him and claimed to be unwell.
862:, vol. 8 (Edinburgh, 1982), pp. 457-8 nos. 2613-5.
587:, vol. 9 (Edinburgh, 1915), p. 541: Edmund Lodge,
205:at Dresden. In April 1591 the English ambassador
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733:, vol. 10 (Edinburgh, 1936), pp. 709, 713, 718.
29:He is often known as "Colonel Stewart", or the
815:James VI and Noble Power in Scotland 1578-1603
680:, Camden Fifth Series, 49 (2016), pp. 151-217.
289:of entertaining the rebel Earl of Bothwell at
313:heard in September 1595 that he had been in
520:, vol. 6 (Edinburgh, 1914), pp. 400, 410-6.
421:William Stewart of Banchrie and Grandtully
154:on 4 April with a letter to James VI from
833:, 13:1 (Edinburgh, 1969), p. 243 no. 179.
560:Calendar State Papers Scotland: 1584-1585
531:Calendar State Papers Scotland: 1581-1583
518:Calendar State Papers Scotland: 1581-1583
114:. In February 1588 an informant wrote to
952:Members of the Privy Council of Scotland
789:, XXII (Edinburgh, 1903), pp. 377, 405:
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248:. In July 1592 he was questioned by the
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122:, according to the wishes of her mother
41:He began his career as a soldier in the
829:, vol. 5 (Edinburgh, 1882), pp. 457-8:
697:, vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1932), pp. 133-41.
665:Scottish History Society Miscellany XVI
616:Scottish History Society Miscellany XVI
336:. This caused some resentment, and the
325:had travelled to meet his future wife,
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404:William Stewart was created a peer as
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162:to the English diplomat in Edinburgh,
82:jewels that had belonged to his mother
791:Register of the Great Seal, 1593–1608
562:, vol. 7 (Edinburgh, 1913), pp. 65-7.
195:William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
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22:of Houston (c. 1540 – c. 1605) was a
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654:, vol. 10 (Edinburgh, 1936), p. 268.
642:, vol. 10 (Edinburgh, 1936), p. 265.
630:, vol. 10 (Edinburgh, 1936), p. 221.
408:in 1609, and died in December 1625.
355:In February 1600 he encountered the
297:Diplomat and Lieutenant of the Isles
746:, vol. 4 (Edinburgh, 1881), p. 833.
591:, vol. 2 (London, 1791), pp. 350-1.
533:, vol. 6 (Edinburgh, 1914), p. 344.
468:mentioned in Morton's "Confession".
66:William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie
13:
947:Ambassadors of Scotland to Denmark
763:, vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1847), p. 423
287:Alexander Lindsay, 1st Lord Spynie
237:and James VI and Anne of Denmark.
26:soldier, politician and diplomat.
14:
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761:History of the Church of Scotland
731:Calendar of State Papers Scotland
719:Calendar of State Papers Scotland
667:(Woodbridge, 2020) pp. 41-3, 50.
589:Illustrations of British History
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359:in a long gallery or passage in
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144:reception ceremony for the queen
89:Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox
53:made him captain of his guard.
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124:Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
967:16th-century Scottish people
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602:Papers of the Master of Gray
439:William Stewart of Caverston
293:in 1592 but he denied this.
70:James Stewart, Earl of Arran
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844:Domestic Annals of Scotland
575:(Edinburgh, 1997), pp. 7-8.
225:try to capture James VI at
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860:Register of the Privy Seal
817:(Routledge, 2017), p. 126.
433:William Stewart (courtier)
427:William Stewart of Monkton
217:Stewart was imprisoned in
904:(Edinburgh, 1806), p. 513
547:Collection of Inventories
76:. On 4 September 1583 at
31:Commendator of Pittenweem
957:Court of James VI and I
496:Encyclopædia Britannica
460:George Bruce of Carnock
423:(1567-1646), a courtier
345:Ulrik, Duke of Holstein
323:Christian IV of Denmark
307:baptism of Prince Henry
193:, then went on to meet
62:George Young (diplomat)
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199:Rotenburg an der Fulda
777:(Boydell, 2014), 275.
435:, a valet of James VI
366:He died before 1606.
213:Bothwell's rebellions
937:Scottish politicians
491:Stewart, Sir William
399:John Wemyss of Logie
311:John Wemyss of Logie
283:Sir James Sandilands
175:James VI of Scotland
128:Catherine of Bourbon
85:Mary, Queen of Scots
897:John Graham Dalyell
441:and later Laird of
412:Others of this name
370:Family and children
240:He was at court at
142:king's return, the
20:Sir William Stewart
942:Scottish diplomats
116:Francis Walsingham
106:Norway and Denmark
932:Scottish soldiers
842:Robert Chambers,
756:John Spottiswoode
571:David Stevenson,
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168:William Stewart
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274:John Skene
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376:Batenburg
262:Secretary
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