Janet Stewart, Lady Fleming

Janet Stewart, Lady Fleming
Lady Fleming
Portrait of Lady Janet Stewart by George Jamesone
Full name
Janet Stewart
Born17 July 1502
Died20 February 1562(1562-02-20) (aged 59)
Noble familyHouse of Stuart
Spouse(s)Malcolm Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming
IssueJohanna
Janet
Margaret Fleming, Countess of Atholl
James Fleming, 4th Lord Fleming
Elizabeth
John Fleming, 5th Lord Fleming
Agnes
Mary Fleming
Bridget Fleming
Henri d'Angoulême
FatherJames IV of Scotland
MotherAgnes Ramsay

Janet Stewart, Lady Fleming (17 July 1502 – 20 February 1562), called la Belle Écossaise (French for 'the Beautiful Scotswoman'), was a Scottish courtier. She was an illegitimate daughter of King James IV of Scotland who served as governess to her half-niece Mary, Queen of Scots. Janet was briefly a mistress of King Henry II of France, by whom she had a legitimated son: Henri d'Angoulême.[1] Her daughter, Mary Fleming, was one of the young queen's "Four Marys".

  1. ^ Robert J. Sealy, The Palace Academy of Henry III, (Droz, 1981), 206.