Old Photograph Moorpark Renfrew Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses, a horse and cart and children in Moorpark, Renfrew located six miles West of Glasgow, Scotland. Renfrew town is known as the Cradle of the Royal Stewarts as a result of its early link with the Royal house of Scotland and Great Britain. The House of Stuart, originally Stewart and, in Gaelic, Stiùbhart, was a European royal house that originated in Scotland. The dynasty's patrilineal Breton ancestors had held the office of High Steward of Scotland since the 12th century, after arriving by way of Norman England. The royal Stewart line was founded by Robert II, and they were Kings and Queens of Scots from the late 14th century until the union with England in 1707. Mary, Queen of Scots, was brought up in France, where she adopted the French spelling of the name, Stuart. Her son, James VI of Scotland, inherited the thrones of England and Ireland upon the death of Elizabeth I in 1603. Except for the period of the Commonwealth, 1649 to 1660, the Stuarts were monarchs of the British Isles and its growing empire, until the death of Queen Anne in 1714.



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