Janet Stewart, Lady Fleming | |
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Lady Fleming | |
Full name | Janet Stewart |
Born | 17 July 1502 |
Died | 20 February 1562 | (aged 59)
Noble family | House of Stuart |
Spouse(s) | Malcolm Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming |
Issue | Johanna 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 |
Father | James IV of Scotland |
Mother | Agnes 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".