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Henry Stuart 1545 – 1567 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 7 Dec 1545

Birth Location: Yorkshire,England

Death Date: 10 Feb 1567

Death Location: Kirk Ofield, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland

Father: Matthew Stewart

Mother: Margaret Stewart

Spouse(s): Marie Stuart

Children(s): King Stuart

In 1545, Henry Stuart Lord Darnley entered the world in Yorkshire,England, born to Matthew Stewart and Margaret Douglas Stewart. Henry Stuart Lord Darnley married Marie Stuart, and had children including King James I Stuart. Henry Stuart Lord Darnley passed away in 1567 in Kirk Ofield, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1545, Henry Stuart Lord Darnley entered the world in Yorkshire,England, born to Matthew Stewart and Margaret Douglas Stewart.
  • Henry Stuart Lord Darnley married Marie Stuart, and had children including King James I Stuart.
  • Henry Stuart Lord Darnley passed away in 1567 in Kirk Ofield, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Matthew Stewart
1516 – 1571
Birth Location: Dumbarton Castle
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Margaret Stewart
1515 – 1578
Birth Location: Northumberland, England
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Spouses(s)

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

King Stuart
1566 – 1625
Birth Location: Edinburgh Castle, Saint Thomas, Jamaica
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Henry Stuart's Ancestors

Self
Henry Stuart
1545 – 1567
Birth Place: Yorkshire,England
Parents
Matthew Stewart
1516 – 1571
Dumbarton Castle
Margaret (Douglas) Stewart
1515 – 1578
Northumberland, England
Grandparents
John (Earl of) Lennox
Anne Stewart
Archibald Douglas
1489 – 1557
Douglasdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Margaret Tudor
1489 – 1541
Westminster, Greater London, England
Great-Grandparents
Henry Tudor
1457 – 1509
Elizabeth Plantagenet
1466 – 1503
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edmund Tudor
1430 – 1456
Margaret Derby
1443 – 1509
King Plantagenet
1442 – 1483
Elizabeth Wydville-Woodville
1437 – 1492

Henry Stuart's Descendants

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Henry Stuart (7 Dec 1545 – 10 Feb 1567) m. Marie Stuart (8 Dec 1542 – 8 Feb 1587)
  1. 1. King (James I) Stuart (19 Jun 1566 – 27 Mar 1625) m. Anne (van Oldenburg Prinses van) Denemarken (1574 – 4 March 1619)
    1. 1. Henry (Frederick) Stuart (19 Feb 1594 – 6 Nov 1612)
    2. 2. Elizabeth Stuart (19 Aug 1596 – 13 Feb 1662) m. Frederik (V van de) Palts (26 August 1596 – 29 November 1632)
      1. 1. Sophia (Dorothea van de) Palts (14 Oct 1630 – 8 Jun 1714) m. Ernst (August van) Brunswijk-Lüneburg (20 Nov 1629 – 23 Jan 1698)
        1. 1. George I (28 May 1660 – 11 Jun 1727) m. Melusine (von der) Schulenburg (25 Dec 1667 – 10 May 1743) m. Sophia (Dorothea of) Celle (15 Sept 1666 – 13 Nov 1726)
    3. 3. Margaret Stuart (24 December 1598 – March 1600)
    4. 4. Charles (I of England, King of England, Scotland and Ireland, Duke of York, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Duke of Albany, Marquess) of (19 November 1600 – 30 Jan 1648/1649) m. Henrietta-Maria (de) Bourbon (25 Nov 1609 – 10 Sept 1669)
      1. 1. Charles (II of England, King of England, Scotland and) Ireland (29 May 1630 – 6 Feb 1685) m. Lucy Walters (1609 – 1652) m. Barbara (Villiers) Palmer (17 November 1640 – 9 October 1709) m. Christbella Wyndham m. Jane Roberts m. Elizabeth Kiligrew (16 May 1622 – 4 January 1680) m. Catherine Pegge (1635 – 1678) m. Winifred Wells m. Maria Bagot m. Frances (Theresa) Stuart (8 July 1647 – 15 October 1702) m. Mary Baggett m. Louise (De) Chartier m. Eleanor ((Nell)) Gwyn (2 February 1650 – 14 November 1687) m. Mary Davis m. Elizabeth Jones
        1. 1. James (Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch) Croft-Scott (9 April 1649 – 15 July 1685)
        2. 2. Charles Fitzroy (18 June 1662 – 9 October 1730) m. Mary Fitzroy ( – 1680) m. Ann Southcote (25 November 1663 – 20 February 1746)
        3. 3. Charlotte FitzRoy (5 Sept 1664 – 17 Feb 1718) m. Edward (Henry) Lee (4 February 1663 – 14 Jul 1716)
        4. 4. George Fitzroy (28 December 1665 – 28 June 1716) m. Catherine Wheatley (1669 – 25 May 1714) m. Mary Dutton (1675 – 27 August 1738)
        5. 5. Barbara Fitzroy
        6. 6. Anne FitzRoy
        7. 7. Henry Fitzroy
        8. 8. Charlotte (Jemima Henriëtte Maria) Fitz-Roy (1650 – 28 July 1684) m. Willem (Paston Earl van) Yarmouth (1652 – 25 December 1732) m. James Howard (1649 – 6 July 1669)
        9. 9. Charles (Fitz) Charles, (1657 – 17 October 1680)
        10. 10. Catherine Fitzcharles (1658 – 1718)
        11. 11. Charles (of England, King of England, Scotland and) Ireland (8 May 1670 – 11 May 1726)
        12. 12. James (of England, King of England, Scotland and) Ireland (25 December 1671 – September 1680)
        13. 13. Mary Fitzroy
    5. 5. Robert (Stuart, Duke of) Kintyre (18 January 1602 – 27 May 1602)
    6. 6. Mary Stuart (8 April 1605 – 16 September 1607)

Henry Stuart's Timeline

2 Records

1545
7 Dec 1545
Birth of Henry Stuart Lord Darnley in Yorkshire,England
Yorkshire,England
1567
10 Feb 1567
Age 22
Death of Henry Stuart Lord Darnley in Kirk Ofield, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
Kirk Ofield, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 Dec 1545
    Event Place: Yorkshire,England
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Feb 1567
    Event Place: Kirk Ofield, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
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