John Fleming, 2nd Lord Fleming

John Fleming, 2nd Lord Fleming (c. 1465 – 1 November 1524) was a Scottish nobleman.

Biography

He was the son of Malcolm Fleming, 1st Lord Fleming, and Euphame Livingstone, a daughter of James Livingston, 1st Lord Livingston. In 1514, he was one of the lords charged with the care of the infant James V and his younger brother, Alexander Stewart, Duke of Ross. In the spring of 1522 he and Lord Hay, the king's secretary, visited France on a diplomatic mission.[1]

Lord Fleming was assassinated by John Tweedie of Drumelzier, and his followers, either while hawking,[2] or at the Tolbooth of Edinburgh.[3]

Personal life

John Fleming was married three times:

His first wife was Eupheme Drummond (1470-1502), daughter of John Drummond, 1st Lord Drummond. They had:

His seond wife was Lady Margaret Stewart (b. 1495), daughter of Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox. They had:

His third wife was Agnes Somerville, of Cambusnethan (d. 1543), daughter of Sir John Somerville (1457-1513). They had:

References

  1. ^ Linda Porter, The Thistle and the Rose: The Extraordinary Life of Margaret Tudor (Head of Zeus, 2024), pp. 207–208, 275.
  2. ^ Alexander Fleming and Roger Mason, Scotland and the Flemish People (Edinburgh: John Donald, 2019), pp. 162–163.
  3. ^ Ken Emond, The Minority of James V (Edinburgh: John Donald, 2019), p. 201.
  4. ^ https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00112047&tree=LEO


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