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Henry Lord Darnley 1545–1567 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1545

Birth Location: Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 1567

Death Location: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland

Father: Matthew Stuart

Mother: Margaret Douglas

Spouse(s): Mary Scots

Children(s): James Stewart

Henry Lord Darnley was born in 1545 in Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, the child of Matthew Earl Of Lennox Stuart And Margaret Douglas. Henry Lord Darnley married Mary I Queen Stewart Queen Of Scots, and had children including James I And Vi Stewart. Henry Lord Darnley passed away in 1567 in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Henry Lord Darnley was born in 1545 in Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, the child of Matthew Earl Of Lennox Stuart And Margaret Douglas.
  • Henry Lord Darnley married Mary I Queen Stewart Queen Of Scots, and had children including James I And Vi Stewart.
  • Henry Lord Darnley passed away in 1567 in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Matthew Stuart
1516–1571
Birth Location: Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
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Margaret Douglas
1515–1578
Birth Location: Harbottle, Northumberland Unitary Authority, Northumberland, England
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Spouses(s)

Mary Scots
1542–1587
Birth Location: Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
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Children(s)

James Stewart
1566–1625
Birth Location: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
JS

Henry Darnley's Ancestors

Self
Henry Darnley
1545–1567
Birth Place: Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Parents
Matthew Earl of Lennox Stuart
1516–1571
Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Margaret Douglas
1515–1578
Harbottle, Northumberland Unitary Authority, Northumberland, England
Grandparents
John Stuart
1500–1583
Gartnafuaran, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland
Margaret Montgomery
1520–1560
Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Archibald Douglas
1490–1550
Margaret ?
1489–1541
Great-Grandparents
James ?
1458–1513
Margaret Kennedy
1472–1542
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Henry Darnley's Descendants

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Henry (Lord) Darnley (1545–1567) m. Mary (I Queen Stewart Queen of) Scots (08 DEC 1542–08 FEB 1587)
  1. 1. James (I And VI) Stewart 1566–1625 m. Anne (Princess Anne of Denmark og) Norway 1574–1619
    1. 1. Elizabeth (Stuart Kurfürstin von der) Pfalz 1596–1662 m. Friedrich (V von Wittelsbach) Wittelsbach 1596–1632
      1. 1. Eduard (von der) Pfalz-Simmern 1625–1663 m. Anne (Gonzaga) Nevers 1616–1684
        1. 1. Benedikte (Henriette van Pfalz) Simmern 1652–1730 m. Johann (Friedrich van Brunswijk) Luneburg 1625–1679 m. John (Frederick of Brunswick) Luneburg 1625–1679
        2. 2. Mary (Louisa) ? 1647–1679
        3. 3. Luise (Marie Princess Of) Palatine 1647–1679
        4. 4. Luise (Marie von Wittelsbach von der) Pfalz-Simmern 1647–1679
        5. 5. Anna (Princess) Palatine 1648–1723
        6. 6. Anne (Henriette) Bavaria 1648–1722
        7. 7. Anne ? 1648–1723
        8. 8. Son (Prince Of) Palatine 1650–1651
        9. 9. Son Wittelsbach 1650–1651
        10. 10. Benedicte (Henriette Of Palatine) Simmern 1652–1730
        11. 11. Benedicta (Henrietta of the Palatinate Palatine) Simmern 1652–1730
      2. 2. Karl (I Ludwig von der Pfalz) Wittelsbach 1617–1680
      3. 3. Heinrich (Friedrich Kurprinz von der Pfalz-Simmern) Wittelsbach 1614–1629
      4. 4. Frederick (Henry Electoral Prins of the) Palatinate 1614–1629
      5. 5. Charles (I Louis Elector) Palatinate 1617–1680
      6. 6. Elisabeth (Hervorden von Pfalz-Simmern) Wittelsbach 1618–1680
      7. 7. Ruprecht (Rupert Rhine von Pfalz-Simmern) Wittelsbach 1619–1682
      8. 8. Moritz (von der Pfalz) Wittelsbach 1620–1652
      9. 9. Maurice (of Wittelsbach van der Pfalz of the) Palatinate 1621–1652
      10. 10. Louise (Maria Louise Holladine Hollandine von der Pfalz-Simmern) Wittelsbach 1622–1709
      11. 11. Ludwig (von Pfalz-Simmern) Wittelsbach 1623–1624
      12. 12. Louis (Of) Bohemia 1624–1625
      13. 13. Henrietta (Pfalzi Maria von der Pfalz-Simmern) Wittelsbach 1626–1651
      14. 14. Johan (Philip Friederich von Pfalz-Simmern Pfalzgraf bei) Rhein 1627–1650
      15. 15. Charlotte (von der Pfalz) Pfalz-Simmern 1628–1631
      16. 16. Sophia (София Палатинска Simmern born Sophia Countess Palatine of Simmern von der Pfalz Wittelsbach Kurfürstin zu) Braunschweig-Lüneburg 1630–1714
      17. 17. Sophia (of the) Palatinate 1630–1714
      18. 18. Gustav (Adolphus Pfalz) Simmern 1632–1641
    2. 2. Henry (Frederick Wales) Stuart 1594–1612
    3. 3. Child Stuart 1595–1595
    4. 4. Margaret (Margaret Stuart Stuart Stewart Princess of) Scotland 1598–1599
    5. 5. Charles (I Charles Ier King of England (1625 The Martyr Károly King of England Knight of the Garter Duke of York King Charles the 1st of England) Scotl 1600–1649
    6. 6. Son Stuart 1601–1602
    7. 7. Robert (Great) Britainengland 1601–
    8. 8. Robert (Stuart Stewart Prince of) Scotland 1602–1602
    9. 9. Son (Prince Prince of England) Stewart 1603–1603
    10. 10. Mary (Anne Mary Stuart Princess Mary Anne of England Mary Anne of England Stuart) Stuart 1605–1607
    11. 11. Sophia Stuart 1606–1606

Henry Darnley's Timeline

2 Records

1545
1545
Birth of Henry Lord Darnley in Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
1567
1567
Age 22
Death of Henry Lord Darnley in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1545
    Event Place: Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1567
    Event Place: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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