Royal stewert tarten?

Question

according to my family records the royal stewert tarten is our real tarten but does that mean i am royal... P.S. my grandmother always joked about being relatetd to mary queen of scotts and on her death bed swore it. was she lieing?

Answer 1

The House of Stuart or Stewart was a royal house of the Kingdom of Scotland, later also of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Ireland, and finally of the Kingdom of Great Britain. Mary Queen of Scots adopted the French spelling Stuart while in France to ensure that the Scots Stewart was pronounced correctly. The name itself originates from the ancient hereditary Scottish title High Steward of Scotland.

The House of Stuart ruled the Kingdom of Scotland for 336 years, between 1371 and 1707. Queen Elizabeth I of England's closest heir was King James VI of Scotland via her grandfather King Henry VII of England, who was founder of the Tudor dynasty. At Elizabeth's death, James Stuart ascended the thrones of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Ireland and inherited the English claims to the French throne.

From 1603, the Stuarts styled themselves "Kings/Queens of Great Britain", though there was no parliamentary union until the reign of Queen Anne, the last monarch of the House of Stuart. The Stuarts were followed by the House of Hanover, under the terms of the Act of Settlement 1701. Members of various cadet and illegitimate branches still survive today.

Read more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_St...

Answer 2

Why don't you research your family tree, and you might get a big surprise?

http://www.clanstewart.org/History/ClanT...

Look at this site and the link re the history of the Stewart tartan

Answer 3

There are a lot of branches of the Stewarts; for example, the McLarens of Balquhidder are a sept of Stewart of Appin.  Other surnames affiliated with the House of Stewart include Bonkil, Blackhall, Greenock, Castlemilk, Balquhidder, Achnacone, Ardsheal, Ardvorlich, Dalguise, Fasnacloich, Grandtully, and Inverhahyle.  

Then again, "Stewart" itself is also a fairly common surname name; witness the actors Patrick Stewart of "Startrek: The Next Generation" fame and Jimmy Stewart as in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington".

P. S.  Sue, the "Stuarts" were "Stewarts" until the reign of Mary Queen of Scots whereupon she spelled her House's name as "Stuart" to make sure that the French pronounced it correctly.  James I of England (and VI) of Scotland continued to use the French spelling as did his descendants.

I also agree that Scots and descendants of Scots will find that attending a local Highland games day is a pleasant way of geting in touch with their roots, although genealogical information may also be obtained on line by visiting  clan chat rooms: Many of the larger clans will have booths soliciting clan members at any gathering, and if dues-paying clan members dutifully submit their family history (as far back as they can verify it), the clan genealogist may be able to help them discover their heritage by comparing their family trees to other clan members.

Answer 4

Unless I´m completely off in my understanding of tartans, there are three or more for each clan...there's the tartan, the dress tartan, and the royal tartan.

You may be related to the Stewarts, but that is not the Royal Family, they were the Stuarts.  

And, yes, the Stewarts had a regular, dress, and royal tartan (the royal, red background, is one of my faves).  your "real" tartan would be all of those, as they are related to each other...all being the same plaid, with different color combinations.  Dress, I believe, is a navy background, and regular is tan, but I might have those confused somehow.  The contrast colors are the same on all three.

Okay, now someone is going to come along and prove me to be completely off on this, but that's been my understanding from the things that I have noticed through the years, going to Scottish Highlands festivals and dance shows and Renaissance Fairs and such.  

Do a little more research, and see what you come up with.  Start with genealogical sites, and go from there.  There's a great genelogical society in Salt Lake City, tied to the Latter Day Saints (the respected ones).

Answer 5

Stewert? don't you mean Stewart.