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Janet Stewart

Noblewoman; Scottish governess (1502-1562) · Died at 59

Janet Stewart, Lady Fleming, called la Belle Écossaise, 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.

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Her daughter, Mary Fleming, was one of the young queen's "Four Marys".

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Lived 1502 to 1562 · aged 59