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Henry Stewart Lord Darnley 1545–1567 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 7 Dec 1545

Birth Location: Temple Newson, Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 10 Feb 1567

Death Location: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland

Father: Matthew Stewart

Mother: Lady Douglas

Spouse(s): Mary Stuart

Children(s): John Stuart, James England, Catherine Stewart, Seigneur STUART, Mary Stuart

In 1545, Henry Stewart Lord Darnley entered the world in Temple Newson, Yorkshire, England, born to Matthew Earl Of Lennox Stewart And Lady Margaret Countess Lennox Douglas. Henry Stewart Lord Darnley married Mary I Of Scotland Stuart, and had children including Catherine Stewart, James I Stewart England, John Stuart, Mary Elizabeth Stuart, Seigneur Daubig Stuart. Henry Stewart Lord Darnley passed away in 1567 in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1545, Henry Stewart Lord Darnley entered the world in Temple Newson, Yorkshire, England, born to Matthew Earl Of Lennox Stewart And Lady Margaret Countess Lennox Douglas.
  • Henry Stewart Lord Darnley married Mary I Of Scotland Stuart, and had children including Catherine Stewart, James I Stewart England, John Stuart, Mary Elizabeth Stuart, Seigneur Daubig Stuart.
  • Henry Stewart Lord Darnley passed away in 1567 in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Matthew Stewart
1516–1571
Birth Location: Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
MS
Lady Douglas
1515–1578
Birth Location: Harbottle, Northumberland, England
LD

Spouses(s)

Mary Stuart
1542–1587
Birth Location: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
MS

Children(s)

John Stuart
1519–1567
Birth Location: Of, Scotland
JS
James England
1566–1625
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
JE
Catherine Stewart
1564–1610
Birth Location: England
CS
Seigneur STUART
1519–1567
Birth Location: Of, Scotland
SS
Mary Stuart
1762–
Birth Location: –
MS

Henry Darnley's Ancestors

Self
Henry Darnley
1545–1567
Birth Place: Temple Newson, Yorkshire, England
Parents
Matthew "Earl of Lennox" Stewart
1516–1571
Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Lady (Margaret "Countess Lennox") Douglas
1515–1578
Harbottle, Northumberland, England
Grandparents
John Stewart
1492–1526
Lennox, Scotland
Elizabeth Stewart
1492–1555
Of, Fife, Scotland
Archibald Douglas
1490–1556
Douglasdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Margaret (Scotland) Tudor
1489–1541
Westminster, Middlesex, England
Great-Grandparents
Matthew Stewart
1472–1513
Elizabeth Hamilton
1473–1531
John Stewart
1440–1512
Eleanor Sinclair
1457–1518
George Douglas
1469–1495
Elizabeth Drummond
1472–1514
Henry VII
1457–1509
Elizabeth Plantagenet
1466–1503
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Stewart
1428–1495
Margaret Montgomerie
1428–1461
James Hamilton
1479–1479
Mary Stewart
1452–1488
James Stewart
1383–1451
Joan Beaufort
1406–1445
William Sinclair
1408–1480
Marjory Sutherland
1436–1480
Archibald Douglas
1445–1513
Elizabeth Boyd
1458–1498
John Drummond
1438–1519
Elizabeth Lindsay
1445–1519
Edmund Tudor
1430–1456
Margaret Beaufort
1443–1509
Edward Rutland
1442–1483
Elizabeth Plantagenet
1437–1492

Henry Darnley's Descendants

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Henry (Stewart Lord) Darnley (7 Dec 1545–10 Feb 1567) m. Mary (I of Scotland) Stuart (8 Dec 1542–8 Feb 1587)
  1. 1. John Stuart 1519–1567
  2. 2. James (I Stewart) England 1566–1625 m. Anne Denmark 1574–1619
    1. 1. Henry (Frederick) Stuart 1593–1612
    2. 2. Elizabeth ("Queen of Bohemia") Stuart 1596–1662 m. Frederick (V "Elector Palatine") Wittelsbach 1596–1632
      1. 1. Frederick (Henry) Wittelsbach 1614–1629
      2. 2. Charles (Louis "Elector Palatine") Wittelsbach 1617–1680
      3. 3. Elizabeth ("Princess Palatine") Wittelsbach 1618–1680
      4. 4. Rupert ("Prince of the Rhine") Wittelsbach 1619–1682
      5. 5. Maurice ("Prince von Simmern") Wittelsbach 1620–1652
      6. 6. Louise (Marie Hollandine) Wittelsbach 1622–1709
      7. 7. Ludwig Wittelsbach 1624–1624
      8. 8. Edward ("Count Palatine of Simmern") Wittelsbach 1625–1663
      9. 9. Henrietta (Maria) Wittelsbach 1626–1651
      10. 10. Johann (Philip Frederick) Wittelsbach 1627–1650
      11. 11. Charlotte Wittelsbach 1628–1631
      12. 12. Sophia ("Electress consort of Brunswick-Luneburg") Wittelsbach 1630–1714 m. Ernest (Augustus "Elector of Hanover") Augustus 1629–1698
        1. 1. King (George I of Hanover and Great) Britain 1660–1727 m. Sophia Dorothea 1666–1726
        2. 2. Frederick (Augustus) Hanover 1661–1690
        3. 3. Maximillian (William) Hanover 1666–1726
        4. 4. Sophia (Charlotte) Hanover 1668–1705
        5. 5. Charles (Philip) Hanover 1669–1690
      13. 13. Gustavus (Adolfus) Wittelsbach 1631–1640
    3. 3. Margaret Stuart 1598–1600
    4. 4. Charles (I England Scotland) Stuart 1600–1649 m. Henrietta (Maria England) deBourbon 1609–1669
      1. 1. Charles (II Stuart King of England, Scotland and) Ireland 1630–1685 m. Mistress (Mary) Davis 1648–1708 m. Mistress (Elizabeth Killigrew Viscountess) Shannon 1622–1680 m. Mistress (Lucy) Walter 1630–1658 m. Catherine (Princess of) Portugal 1638–1705
        1. 1. Lady (Mary Tudor 2d Countess Of) Derwenwater 1673–1726 m. Edward (Radclyffe 2d Earl) Derwenwater 1655–1705 m. James Rooke 1660–1773 m. Henry Graham 1665–1707
        2. 2. Charlotte (FitzRoy Countess of) Yarmouth 1650–1684
        3. 3. James (Scott 1st Duke of) Monmouth 1649–1685
      2. 2. Mary (Henrietta) Stewart 1631–1660
      3. 3. James (VII of England Scotland) Stuart 1633–1701 m. Anne (Hyde Duchess of York, Duchess of) Albany 1638–1671 m. Maria (Beatrice Anne Margaret Isabel d'Este, of) Modena 1658–1718 m. Arabella (Godfrey Churchill Mistress of James) II 1648–1730
        1. 1. James (Francis Edward Stuart Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, King of England, Scotland and Ireland, Earl of Chester, Eart of) Car 1688–1766
        2. 2. Louisa (Maria Teresa Stuart The Princess) Royal 1692–1712
        3. 3. Edgar (Stuart Duke of) Cambridge 1667–1671
        4. 4. Charles (Stuart Duke of) Kendal 1666–1667
        5. 5. Charles (Stuart Duke of) Cambridge 1660–1661
        6. 6. Isabel Stuart 1676–1681
        7. 7. Mary (II Stuart Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, Prinses van) Oranje 1662–1694
        8. 8. Anne (Stuart Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, Queen of Great) Britain 1665–1714
        9. 9. James (Stuart Duke of Cambridge, Baron of Dauntsey, Earl of) Cambridge 1663–1667
        10. 10. Countess (Henrietta Fitzjames Butler , Lady Waldevrave, Viscountess Galmoye (Said mistress of Charles Calvert), daughter of King James) II 1670–1730
        11. 11. James (FitzJames) Stuart 1670–1734
        12. 12. Henry (Fitzjames Duke of) Albemarle 1673–1702
        13. 13. Arabella (( Stuart ) Fitz) james 1674–1704
      4. 4. Henrietta (Anne) Stuart 1644–1670
      5. 5. Henry Stuart 1640–1660
      6. 6. Catherine Stuart 1639–1639
      7. 7. Charles (James) Stuart 1629–1629
      8. 8. Elizabeth Stuart 1635–1650
      9. 9. Anne Stuart 1637–1640
    5. 5. Robert (Bruce Kintyre) Stuart 1602–1602
    6. 6. James (VI) Scotland 1603–1603
    7. 7. Mary (Anne) Stuart 1605–1607
    8. 8. Sophia Stuart 1606–1606
  3. 3. Catherine Stewart 1564–1610 m. Charles Gunter 1562–1643
    1. 1. John Gunter 1590–1679
      1. 1. John Gunter 1624–1696 m. Johanna Bendall 1651–1696
        1. 1. John (Lasten Gunter) Sr 1678–1750 m. Johanna Bendall 1651–1696
    2. 2. Urslea Gunter 1591–1592
    3. 3. Alice Gunter 1600–1601
    4. 4. Anthony Gunter 1602–1603
    5. 5. Anne Gunter 1603–1604
    6. 6. Temperance Gunter 1608–1646
    7. 7. Charles Gunter 1610–1646
    8. 8. Jane Gunter 1612–1613
    9. 9. Robert Gunter 1614–1654
    10. 10. Pardingando GUNTER 1605–1655
  4. 4. Seigneur (dAubig) STUART 1519–1567
  5. 5. Mary (Elizabeth) Stuart 1762–

Henry Darnley's Timeline

4 Records

1545
7 Dec 1545
Birth of Henry Stewart Lord Darnley in 1682278, Yorkshire, England
1682278, Yorkshire, England
1545
7 Dec 1545
Birth of Henry Stewart Lord Darnley in Temple Newson, Yorkshire, England
Temple Newson, Yorkshire, England
1567
10 Feb 1567
Age 22
Death of Henry Stewart Lord Darnley in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
1899
Jan 1899
Age 354
Henry Stewart Lord Darnley was married in London
London

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 Dec 1545
    Event Place: 1682278, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 Dec 1545
    Event Place: Temple Newson, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: Jan 1899
    Event Place: London

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Edinburgh City
    Record Source: U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current, findagrave.com; Publication Place: USA; GRid=13063352

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Feb 1567
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current, findagrave.com; Publication Place: USA; GRid=13063352
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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