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Esmé Duke of Lennox 1579–1624 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: April 1579

Birth Location: Lenox Castle, Midlothian, Scotland

Death Date: 30 July 1624

Death Location: Lennox Hills, Dunbartonshire, Scotland

Father: Esmé Lennox

Mother: Katherine Balsac

Spouse(s): Katherine Leighton

Children(s): James Richmond

Esmé Duke of Lennox was born in 1579 in Lenox Castle, Midlothian, Scotland, the child of Esme Stuart Seigneur Of Aubigny Duke Of Lennox And Katherine De Balsac. Esmé Duke of Lennox married Katherine Clifton De Balsac Lady Of Leighton, and had children including James Stuart Duke Of Lennox Duke Of Richmond. Esmé Duke of Lennox passed away in 1624 in Lennox Hills, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Esmé Duke of Lennox was born in 1579 in Lenox Castle, Midlothian, Scotland, the child of Esme Stuart Seigneur Of Aubigny Duke Of Lennox And Katherine De Balsac.
  • Esmé Duke of Lennox married Katherine Clifton De Balsac Lady Of Leighton, and had children including James Stuart Duke Of Lennox Duke Of Richmond.
  • Esmé Duke of Lennox passed away in 1624 in Lennox Hills, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Esmé Lennox
1542–1583
Birth Location: Ville, Paris, Ile-De-France, France
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Katherine Balsac
1547–1631
Birth Location: Entrage, Basse, Alpes, France
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Spouses(s)

Katherine Leighton
1592–1637
Birth Location: Leighton Bromswold, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

James Richmond
1612–1655
Birth Location: Blackfriars
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Esmé Lennox's Ancestors

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Esmé Lennox
1579–1624
Birth Place: Lenox Castle, Midlothian, Scotland
Parents
Esmé Stuart Seigneur of Aubigny, Duke of Lennox
1542–1583
Ville, Paris, Ile-De-France, France
Katherine (De) Balsac
1547–1631
Entrage, Basse, Alpes, France
Grandparents
John (Stewart Hertog of Lennox, 5th Lord of) Aubigny
1519–1567
Dunbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Anne (De) LaQueuille
1520–1579
France, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France
Great-Grandparents
Sir III
1492–1526
Lady Atholl)
1495–1564
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Scotland
1473–1513
Elizabeth Stewart
1473–1531
John Atholl
1440–1512
Lady atholl
1457–1519

Esmé Lennox's Descendants

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Esmé (Duke of) Lennox (April 1579–30 July 1624) m. Katherine (Clifton de Balsac Lady of) Leighton (April 1592–17 September 1637)
  1. 1. James (Stuart Duke of Lennox, Duke of) Richmond 1612–1655

Esmé Lennox's Timeline

2 Records

1579
April 1579
Birth of Esmé Duke of Lennox in Lenox Castle, Midlothian, Scotland
Lenox Castle, Midlothian, Scotland
1624
30 July 1624
Age 45
Death of Esmé Duke of Lennox in Lennox Hills, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Lennox Hills, Dunbartonshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: April 1579
    Event Place: Lenox Castle, Midlothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 July 1624
    Event Place: Lennox Hills, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
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