Robert Blackadder
Robert Blackadder was a medieval Scottish cleric, diplomat and politician, who was abbot of Melrose, bishop-elect of Aberdeen and bishop of Glasgow; when the last was elevated to archiepiscopal status in 1492, he became the first ever archbishop of Glasgow.
Archbishop Robert was one of the leading figures of the regime of King James IV. He was involved in a number on embassies of James' behalf, including embassies to England, France, Italy and Spain. In September 1491 he went to France with Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell and the Dean of Glasgow to renew the Auld Alliance. He then travelled on to the Court of the Sforza in Milan, where the Madonna Bona showed him the sights. On 24 August 1495 he arrived at the court of King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile. A letter, dated 12 September that year, was written by these monarchs to the pope urging that Archbishop Robert be made Cardinal. Nothing seems to have come of it. Blackadder was back in Scotland by Christ…more
Archbishop Robert was one of the leading figures of the regime of King James IV. He was involved in a number on embassies of James' behalf, including embassies to England, France, Italy and Spain. In September 1491 he went to France with Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell and the Dean of Glasgow to renew the Auld Alliance. He then travelled on to the Court of the Sforza in Milan, where the Madonna Bona showed him the sights. On 24 August 1495 he arrived at the court of King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile. A letter, dated 12 September that year, was written by these monarchs to the pope urging that Archbishop Robert be made Cardinal. Nothing seems to have come of it. Blackadder was back in Scotland by Christ…more
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The Thistle and The Rose: The Extraordinary Life of Margaret Tudor
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2024
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William Elphinstone and the Kingdom of Scotland, 1431 - 1514: The Struggle for Order
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1985
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