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Esmé 1st Duke of Lennox Stuart 1542–1583 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1542

Birth Location: Lennox Castle, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 26 May 1583

Death Location: Ville, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Father: John Aubigny

Mother: Anne Queuille

Spouse(s): Lady Balsac

Children(s): Lord KG

The story of Esmé 1st Duke of Lennox Stuart began in 1542 in Lennox Castle, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom. Esmé 1st Duke of Lennox Stuart married Lady Katherine Catherine De Balsac, and had children including Lord Esme Stewart Stuart Of Darnley 3Rd Duke Of Lennox Duke Of Richmond Kg. Esmé 1st Duke of Lennox Stuart passed away in 1583 in Ville, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France.

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Biography

  • The story of Esmé 1st Duke of Lennox Stuart began in 1542 in Lennox Castle, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • Esmé 1st Duke of Lennox Stuart married Lady Katherine Catherine De Balsac, and had children including Lord Esme Stewart Stuart Of Darnley 3Rd Duke Of Lennox Duke Of Richmond Kg.
  • Esmé 1st Duke of Lennox Stuart passed away in 1583 in Ville, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Esmé Stuart's Ancestors

Self
Esmé Stuart
1542–1583
Birth Place: Lennox Castle, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
John Barclye Stewart 5th Lord of Aubigny
1519–1567
Dunbarton Castle, dunbarton, dunbartonshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Anne (de La) Queuille
1520–1579
Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Grandparents
Lord (Sir Knight John Stewart III, Earl of) Lennox
1492–1526
Lennox, East-Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Elisabeth Stewart
1494–
Balveny, Fifeshire, Schotland
François (de La) Queuille
1460–
Verrey, Auvergne, France
Lady (Anne DeRohan) D'Espinay
1490–1540
Rohan, Morbihan, Bretagne, France
Great-Grandparents
Matthew Lennox
1472–1513
Elisabeth Hamilton
1473–1535
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Esmé Stuart's Descendants

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Esmé (1st Duke of Lennox) Stuart (1542–26 May 1583) m. Lady (Katherine (Catherine) De) Balsac (1547–31 June 1631)
  1. 1. Lord (Esme Stewart\Stuart, of Darnley, 3rd Duke of Lennox, Duke of Richmond,) KG 1574–1624 m. KATHERINE ((Catherine)) CLIFTON 1592–1637 m. Katherine Hamilton 1592–1637 m. Johanna Campbell 1575–1610 m. Frances Howard, 1578–1639
    1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth Stuart \ Countess of) Arundel 1610–1674 m. Henry (Howard Earl van) Arundel 1608–1652
      1. 1. Walter (STEWART OF) PARDOVAN 1630–1679 m. Elizabeth 1616–1700
        1. 1. Elizabeth (LITTLEJOHN) POLLOCK 1650–1712 m. John POLLOCK 1651–1703
      2. 2. Thomas (Howard Hertog van) Norfolk 1627–1677
      3. 3. Karel (Lord) Howard 1630–1713
      4. 4. Philips (Thomas Kardinaal) Howard 1630–1694
      5. 5. Bernhard (Lord) Howard 1641–1717
      6. 6. Henry (Howard Hertog van) Norfolk 1628–1684
    2. 2. James (Duke of Lenox) Stuart 1612–1655
    3. 3. Ludovic (Stewart 10th Lord of) Aubigny 1619–1665
    4. 4. Lady (Frances Stewart Countess of) Portland 1617–1694
    5. 5. Lord (Bernhard 'The Black' Stewart Earl of) Lichfield 1622–1645
    6. 6. Lady (Anne (Anna) Stewart of) Darnley 1614–1646
    7. 7. George Stewart 1618–1642
    8. 8. Henry Stewart 1615–1632
    9. 9. Lady (Margaret Stuart) (Stewart) 1618–1618
    10. 10. Elizabeth Stuart 1610–1673
    11. 11. Frances Stuart 1617–1693
    12. 12. Lord (Henry 8th Seigneur d'Aubigny) Stuart 1618–1642

Esmé Stuart's Timeline

3 Records

1542
1542
Birth of Esmé 1st Duke of Lennox Stuart in Lennox Castle, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lennox Castle, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1564
1564
Age 22
Esmé 1st Duke of Lennox Stuart was married in Aubigny Sur, Cher, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Aubigny Sur, Cher, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
1583
26 May 1583
Age 41
Death of Esmé 1st Duke of Lennox Stuart in Ville, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Ville, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1542
    Event Place: Lennox Castle, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1564
    Event Place: Aubigny Sur, Cher, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 May 1583
    Event Place: Ville, Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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