bell-cot 7 days ago

But actually, their surname did come from "Steward" -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Stuart

And they were monarchs of England, Scotland, and Ireland from King James IV-who-was-also-King James-I through Queen Anne.

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Veen 7 days ago

James VI and I, not IV and I.

bell-cot 7 days ago

Oops! - yes, thanks.

James IV was about a century earlier, and "only" the King of Scotland. But it was his artfully negotiated marriage to Margaret Tudor that set the dynastic stage - for his great grandson (James VI and I) to also inherit the thrones of England and Ireland in the Union of the Crowns.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_IV