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Helen STUART 1525–1565 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1525

Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Death Date: 5 Apr 1565

Death Location: West Lothian, Scotland

Father: John Darnley

Mother: Lady Lennox

Spouse(s): William Erroll, John Gordon, Kenneth Kintail, Earl John, James Scotland

Children(s): Lady Erroll, Johanna Stuart, John Stuart, Alexander Gordon, William Duffus, Margaret Gordon, Eleanor Gordon, Adam Stewart, John Sutherland, Margaret Gordon, Lady Sutherland, Alexander Sutherland

In 1525, Helen STUART entered the world in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, born to John Stewart Of Darnley And Lady Anne Elizabeth Stewart Countess Of Lennox. Helen STUART married Earl John, James V Stewart King Of Scotland, John Gordon, Kenneth Mackenzie Tenth Baron Of Kintail, William Hay 6Th Earl Of Erroll, and had children including Adam Stewart, Alexander Gordon, Alexander I Gordon Knight Of Dunrobin 12Th Earl Of Sutherland, Eleanor Gordon, Johanna Stuart, John Gordon Or Stuart, John Gordon Sutherland, Lady Janet Jean Gordon Lady Of Sutherland, Lady Jeanette Hay 8Th Countess Of Erroll, Margaret Gordon, William Sutherland 9Th Earl Of Duffus. Helen STUART passed away in 1565 in West Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1525, Helen STUART entered the world in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, born to John Stewart Of Darnley And Lady Anne Elizabeth Stewart Countess Of Lennox.
  • Helen STUART married Earl John, James V Stewart King Of Scotland, John Gordon, Kenneth Mackenzie Tenth Baron Of Kintail, William Hay 6Th Earl Of Erroll, and had children including Adam Stewart, Alexander Gordon, Alexander I Gordon Knight Of Dunrobin 12Th Earl Of Sutherland, Eleanor Gordon, Johanna Stuart, John Gordon Or Stuart, John Gordon Sutherland, Lady Janet Jean Gordon Lady Of Sutherland, Lady Jeanette Hay 8Th Countess Of Erroll, Margaret Gordon, William Sutherland 9Th Earl Of Duffus.
  • Helen STUART passed away in 1565 in West Lothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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Helen STUART's Ancestors

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Helen STUART
1525–1565
Birth Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Parents
John Stewart of Darnley
1500–1526
Lennox, East-Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Lady (Anne Elizabeth Stewart, Countess of) Lennox
1512–1564
Balvenie Castle, Glen Fiddich, Fifeshire, Scotland
Grandparents
James (IV King of) Scots
1473–1513
Fordell, Fife, Scotland
Elizabeth Hamilton
1473–1531
Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
John (Stewart\) Sr
1492–1526
Lennox, Scotland
Lady (Eleanor Sinclair Countess of) atholl
1457–1564
Of Oakley,Caithness,Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Ambass
1475–1530
Lady Hamilton,
1484–1544
James Stewart
1473–1513
Elizabeth Hamilton
1473–1531
William Caithness
1459–1513
Lady Innes
1485–1557
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Helen STUART's Descendants

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Helen STUART (1525–5 Apr 1565) m. William (HAY, 6th Earl of) Erroll (1520–11 Apr 1541) m. John Gordon (1525–23 June 1567) m. Kenneth (Mackenzie tenth Baron of) Kintail (–6 Jun 1568) m. Earl John (–30 May) m. James (V Stewart, King of) Scotland (15 Apr 1512–14 Dec 1542)
  1. 1. Lady (Jeanette HAY 8th Countess of) Erroll 1540–1570 m. Andrew (HAY, 8th Earl of) Erroll 1530–1585
    1. 1. Alexander HAY 1564–1631 m. Mrs (Alexander) HAY 1555–
      1. 1. Catherine HAY 1575– m. Gilbert BLAIR 1574–
        1. 1. Thomas Blair 1602–
      2. 2. Thomas Hei 1576–
      3. 3. Thomas Hei 1576–
    2. 2. Eleanor Hay 1547–1592
    3. 3. Francis Hay 1564–1631
  2. 2. Johanna Stuart 1538–1588
  3. 3. John (Gordon Or) Stuart 1550–1551
  4. 4. Alexander Gordon 1552–1594
  5. 5. William (Sutherland 9th Earl of) Duffus 1558–1618
  6. 6. Margaret Gordon 1554–1579
  7. 7. Eleanor Gordon 1556–1584
  8. 8. Adam Stewart 1535–1606
  9. 9. John (Gordon) Sutherland 1549–1594
  10. 10. Margaret Gordon 1564–1638
  11. 11. Lady (Janet "Jean" Gordon Lady of) Sutherland 1556–1584
  12. 12. Alexander (I Gordon Knight of Dunrobin, 12th Earl of) Sutherland 1552–1594

Helen STUART's Timeline

4 Records

1520
25 Nov 1520
Birth of Helen STUART in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
1525
1525
Birth of Helen STUART in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
1565
5 Apr 1565
Age 40
Death of Helen STUART in West Lothian, Scotland
West Lothian, Scotland
1567
23 June 1567
Age 42
Death of Helen STUART in Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Scotland
Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 Nov 1520
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1525
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Gloucestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 June 1567
    Event Place: Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 Apr 1565
    Event Place: West Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975

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