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John Stewart | |
|---|---|
| Earl of Buchan | |
 19th-century painting of Stewart | |
| Born | c.1381 Scotland |
| Died | 17 August 1424 Verneuil-sur-Avre, France |
| Wars and battles | |
| Offices | Constable of France |
| Noble family | House of Stuart |
| Father | Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany |
| Mother | Muriella Keith |
| Military career | |
| Years of service | 1419-1424 |
| Commands | Scottish Army, France, Hundred Years War. |
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John Stewart, Earl of Buchan (c. 1381 – 17 August 1424) was a Scottish nobleman and soldier who fought alongside the Kingdom of France during the Hundred Years War. In 1419, he was sent to France by his father the Duke of Albany, Regent of Scotland, with a Scottish army of 6,000 men. Stewart led the combined Franco-Scottish army at the Battle of Baugé on 21 March 1421, where he comprehensively routed an English force under Thomas of Lancaster, Duke of Clarence.
However, two years later, Stewart was defeated and captured by an English force led by Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury at the Battle of Cravant in 1423. After the battle he was exchanged, and after his release in 1424 he was appointed Constable of France making him the effective Commander-in-Chief of the French army. On 17 August of that year, Buchan was killed in action fighting against English troops at the disastrous Battle of Verneuil, along with most of the Scottish troops in France. The battle led to the effective dissolution of the Scottish army in France.