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Henry Stewart Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany, Earl of Ross, King Consort of Scotland 1545–1567 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 7 Dec 1545

Birth Location: Temple Newsam, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 9 Feb 1567

Death Location: Provost's House, Kirk o'the Field, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Father: Matthew Scotland

Mother: Margaret Douglas

Spouse(s): Mary Stuart

Children(s): James Ireland

Henry Stewart Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany, Earl of Ross, King Consort of Scotland was born in 1545 in Temple Newsam, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, the child of Matthew Stewart 12Th Earl Of Lennox Regent Of Scotland And Margaret Douglas. Henry Stewart Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany, Earl of Ross, King Consort of Scotland married Mary I Stuart, and had children including James Vi James I Stewart King Of Scots King Of England Ireland. Henry Stewart Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany, Earl of Ross, King Consort of Scotland passed away in 1567 in Provost's House, Kirk o'the Field, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Henry Stewart Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany, Earl of Ross, King Consort of Scotland was born in 1545 in Temple Newsam, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, the child of Matthew Stewart 12Th Earl Of Lennox Regent Of Scotland And Margaret Douglas.
  • Henry Stewart Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany, Earl of Ross, King Consort of Scotland married Mary I Stuart, and had children including James Vi James I Stewart King Of Scots King Of England Ireland.
  • Henry Stewart Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany, Earl of Ross, King Consort of Scotland passed away in 1567 in Provost's House, Kirk o'the Field, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Matthew Scotland
1526–1571
Birth Location: –
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Margaret Douglas
1515–1578
Birth Location: Harbottle Castle, Harbottle, Northumberland, England
MD

Spouses(s)

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

James Ireland
1566–1625
Birth Location: Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
JI

Henry Scotland's Ancestors

Self
Henry Scotland
1545–1567
Birth Place: Temple Newsam, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Parents
Matthew Stewart 12th Earl of Lennox, Regent of Scotland
1526–1571
Margaret Douglas
1515–1578
Harbottle Castle, Harbottle, Northumberland, England
Grandparents
John (Stewart 11th Earl of) Lennox
–1526
Archibald (Douglas 6th Earl of) Angus
1489–1557
Douglasdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Margaret (Tudor Queen consort of) Scots
1489–1541
Richmond Palace, London, Middlesex, England
Great-Grandparents
Matthew Lennox
–1513
Henry Richmond
1457–1509
Elizabeth England
1466–1503
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John 🧬
1423–1495
Margaret 🧬
1425–1493

Henry Scotland's Descendants

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Henry (Stewart Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany, Earl of Ross, King Consort of) Scotland (7 Dec 1545–9 Feb 1567) m. Mary (I) Stuart (8 Dec 1542–8 Feb 1587)
  1. 1. James (VI \ James I Stewart King of Scots, King of England &) Ireland 1566–1625 m. Princess (Anne of Denmark Queen Consort of Scotland, England and) Ireland 1574–1619
    1. 1. Charles (I Stuart King of England, Scotland and Ireland, Duke of York, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Duke of) Albany 1600–1649 m. Henrietta (Maria de France Queen of England and) Scotland 1609–1669
      1. 1. James (II and VII Stuart King of England, Scotland, and) Ireland 1633–1701 m. Anne (Hyde Queen) Consort 1637–1671 m. Arabella Churchill 1648–1730 m. Maria (Beatrice Eleonora Anna Margherita Isabella (Mary) D'Este of Modena, Queen of England Scotland and) Ireland 1658–1718
        1. 1. Prince (Edgar Stuart Duke of Cambridge, Baron Dauntsey and Earl of) Cambridge 1667–1671
        2. 2. Charles (Stuart Duke of) Kendal 1666–1667
        3. 3. James (Stuart Kt, K.G., Duke of Cambridge, 1st Baron of Dauntsey, 1st Earl of) Cambridge 1663–1667
        4. 4. Charles (Stuart Duke of) Cambridge 1660–1661
        5. 5. Catherine Stuart 1671–1671
        6. 6. Anne (Stuart Queen of Great Britain and) Ireland 1665–1714 m. Prince (George Fredericksen, formerly Oldenburg of Norway and Denmark, Prince of Denmark, Duke of) Cumberland 1653–1708
        7. 7. James (FitzJames 1st Duke of Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Marshal of France, 1st Duque de Liria y) Xerica 1670–1734
        8. 8. Henrietta FitzJames 1667–1730
        9. 9. Mary (II Stuart Queen of England, Scotland and) Ireland 1662–1694 m. Willem (Hendrik "William III, Willem III" Oranje-Nassau King of England, Scotland and Ireland,, Price of) Orange 1650–1702
        10. 10. Admiral (Henry Stuart "the Grand Prior" FitzJames 1st Duke of Albemarle, 1st Baron of Romney, 1st Earl of) Rochford 1673–1702
        11. 11. Henrietta Stuart 1669–1669
        12. 12. Catherine (Laura) Stuart 1675–1675
      2. 2. Anne Stuart 1637–1640
      3. 3. Elizabeth Stuart 1635–1650
      4. 4. Charles (II Stuart King of) England 1630–1685
      5. 5. Mary (Henrietta Stuart Princess) Royal 1631–1660
      6. 6. Henry (Stuart Duke of) Gloucester 1640–1660
      7. 7. Charles (James Stuart Duke of Cornwall and) Rothesay 1629–1629
      8. 8. Henrietta Stuart 1644–1670
      9. 9. Catherine Stuart 1639–1639
    2. 2. Margaret (Stuart Princess of) Scotland 1598–1600
    3. 3. Henry (Frederick Stuart Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay, Earl of Chester \ Carrick, Baron of) Renfrew 1594–1612
    4. 4. Elizabeth ("the Winter Queen" Stuart Queen Consort of Bohemia, Electress consort) Palatine 1596–1662 m. Frederick (V "The Winter King" Wittelsbach, Elector Palatine, King of) Bohemia 1596–1632
      1. 1. King (Charles I Louis DeBoheme Prince Palatinate) Simmern 1617–1680
      2. 2. King (Rupert of Wittelsbach VON DER PFALZ WITTELSBACH Kurprinz, Lord High Admiral, Duke of Cumberland, Earl of Holderness, Pfalzgraf bei) Rhein 1619–1682
      3. 3. Prince (Edward Prince Palatine of the Rhine Count Palatine of Simmern Palatine) Simmern 1625–1663
      4. 4. Frederick (Henry Electoral Prince of the) Palatinate 1614–1629
      5. 5. Princess (Elisabeth Charlotte III Princess of the Palatinate Abbess of Herford Abbey Palatine) Simmern 1618–1680
      6. 6. Prince (Maurice of The) Palatinate 1620–1652
      7. 7. Princess (Louise Marie Hollandine of Hollandine Wittelsbach Access Magnus) DeBoheme 1622–1709
      8. 8. Prince (Louis Wittelsbach, Count) Palatine 1623–1623
      9. 9. Princess (Sophia Dorothea Van Simmern Countess Bohemia, of the Palatinate &) Hannover 1630–1714 m. Ernest (Augustus Elector of) Hanover 1629–1698
        1. 1. George (I of Hanover, King of Great Britain and Ireland, ruler of the Duchy and Electorate of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1660–1727 m. Sophia (Dorothea Welf of Celle Electoral Princess of) Hanover 1666–1726
        2. 2. Maximillian (Wilhelm Augustus von) Braunschweig-Lüneburg 1666–1726
        3. 3. Sophie (Charlotte Augustus von) Braunschweig-Lüneburg 1668–1705 m. Friedrich (I. von) Preußen 1657–1713
        4. 4. Karl (Philipp Augustus von) Braunschweig-Lüneburg 1669–1690
        5. 5. Christian (Augustus von) Braunschweig-Lüneburg 1671–1703
        6. 6. Ernst (August II. Augustus von) Braunschweig-Lüneburg 1674–1728
        7. 7. Friedrich (Augustus von) Braunschweig-Lüneburg 1661–1745
        8. 8. Ernest (August Augustus von) Braunschweig-Lüneburg 1674–1728
      10. 10. Prince (Gustavus Adolphus (Gustav Adolf) Of Palantine \ Von) Wittelsbach 1632–1641
      11. 11. Princess (Henriette Stuart Princess of the Palatinate Marie Palatine Simmern Countess of) Transylvania 1626–1651
      12. 12. Princess (Charlotte Countess Palinate \ Von) Wittelsbach 1628–1631
      13. 13. Louise (of Bavaria Von der) Pfalz 1615–1620
      14. 14. Prince (John Philip Frederick Wittelsbach of the) Palinate 1627–1650
    5. 5. Stillborn (Mary) Stuart 1603–1603
    6. 6. Sophia Stuart 1606–1606
    7. 7. Prince (Robert Bruce Stuart Duke of) Kintyre 1602–1602
    8. 8. Anne (Princess of) England 1637–1640
    9. 9. Robert Stuart 1601–1602
    10. 10. James (VI Stuart) Scotland 1601–1602
    11. 11. Mary Stuart 1631–1660
    12. 12. Stillborn (Son Prince of England) Stewart 1603–1603

Henry Scotland's Timeline

3 Records

1545
7 Dec 1545
Birth of Henry Stewart Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany, Earl of Ross, King Consort of Scotland in Temple Newsam, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Temple Newsam, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
1567
10 Feb 1567
Age 22
Death of Henry Stewart Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany, Earl of Ross, King Consort of Scotland in Provost's House, Kirk o'the Field, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Provost's House, Kirk o'the Field, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
1567
9 Feb 1567
Age 22
Death of Henry Stewart Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany, Earl of Ross, King Consort of Scotland
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 Dec 1545
    Event Place: Temple Newsam, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Feb 1567
    Event Place: Provost's House, Kirk o'the Field, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 Feb 1567
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