Earl Robert Of Orkney^[1]

1533 - 1591  (58 years)

• Name	Robert Of Orkney
  Prefix	Earl
  Birth	1533
  Gender	Male
  Death	1591
  Person ID	I71499	Cecilie Family
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2009

  
  

  Father	King James V Of Scotland,   b. 1512   d. 1542 (Age 30 years)
  Mother	Euphemia Elphinstone
  Family ID	F31540	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	N. N.
  Children	1. N. N. Of Orkney
  Family ID	F31541	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2009

  
  

• Notes

  ...The old title of earl of Orknet was granted in 1581 to Robert (1522-1593), an illegitimate son of James V and half brother of Mary Stuart. He was abbot of Holyrood, but joined the Reformers in 1560 and was one of the principal opponents of the Regent Morton. His son Patrick (c. 1569-1615), 2nd earl, acted in such an autocratic and arbitrary manner in the Orkneys that he was imprisoned by the king in 1609 and after his son Robert had been executed for stirring up a rebellion, suffered the same fate himself in Feb. 1615, when his titles and estates were forfeit. Encyclopaedia Britannica (1971) 16:1100.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1484] Ashley, Mike, Ashley (1998), (New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1998.), p. 626 (Reliability: 3).