John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Buchan, (c.1381–17 August 1424) was the son of Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany and his second wife Muriella Keith. John succeeded to the Earldom of Buchan after the death of his uncle Alexander Stewart, 1st Earl of Buchan (the Wolf of Badenoch). In the Peerage of Scotland the Kings of Scots have thrice created the title Earl of Buchan. ... August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events August 17 - Battle of Verneuil - An English force under John, Duke of Bedford defeats a larger French army under the Duke of Alençon, John Stuart, and Earl Archibald of Douglas. ... Robert Stewart or Stuart, 1st Duke of Albany (c. ... Alexander Stewart or Stuart, nicknamed the Wolf (1343 - July 24, 1394), was a Scottish prince and the first Earl of Buchan of the second creation of the title, from 1382 to his death. ...

Married Elizabeth Douglas (1385x1401–c.1451), daughter of Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas (the Tyneman). One child only, Margaret Stewart (before 1425–before 1461), married George Seton. Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas (1372-1424), was a Scottish nobleman. ...

Fought in the Hundred Years' War. Victorious at the battle of Baugé, captured at the battle of Cravant and exchanged, appointed Constable of France in 1421, killed at the battle of Verneuil. Combatants England Burgundy Brittany Portugal France Castile Scotland Genoa Majorca Bohemia Aragon Navarre Flanders Hainault Aquitaine Luxembourg The Hundred Years War was a conflict between England and France, lasting 116 years from 1337 to 1453. ... The Battle of Baugé, fought between the English and the Franco-Scots on March 21, 1421 in Baugé, France, east of Angers, was one of the first defeats for England during the Hundred Years War. ... The Battle of Cravant was an encounter fought on July 31, 1423, during the Hundred Years War between English and French forces, a victory for the English and their Burgundian allies. ... The Constable of France (French connétable de France, from Latin comes stabulari for count of the stables), as the First Officer of the Crown, was one of the original five Great Officers of the Crown of France (along with seneschal, chamberlain, butler, and chancellor) and Commander in Chief of... The Battle of Verneuil (occasionally Vernuil) was a battle of the Hundred Years War, fought on 17 August 1423 near Verneuil in Normandy and was a significant English victory. ...

Reference

• Chevalier, Bernard, "Les Alliés écossais au service du roi de France au XVe siècle" in James Laidlaw (ed.), The Auld Alliance: France and Scotland over 700 years. Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, 1999. ISBN 0-9-534945-00