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James O Stuart\Stewart van Doune ,Sir, Lord, 1st Earl of Morey, The Bonny Earl 1515–1590 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Apr 1515

Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, , Scotland

Death Date: 20 July 1590

Death Location: Assassinated at Linthigow Palace, Edinburgh, by pistol shot, 1st to die that way.

Father: John Stewart

Mother: Lady Campbell

Spouse(s): Lady Stewart

Children(s): LADY Errol, Janet Stewart, Sir Moray, Elizabeth Stewart, Jean Stewart, Alexander STEWART, Archibald STEWART, Ninian, Stewart, Henry, Stewart, John Stuart, Amelia Doune, William Stewart, Lady Stewart, William Douglas, James Moray, King's Wallace, Margaret Graemsey, Mary Steward, Lord Stewart

In 1515, James O Stuart\Stewart van Doune ,Sir, Lord, 1st Earl of Morey, The Bonny Earl entered the world in Edinburgh, Midlothian, , Scotland, born to John Earl Van Atholl Stewart And Lady Janet Mary Campbell. James O Stuart\Stewart van Doune ,Sir, Lord, 1st Earl of Morey, The Bonny Earl married Lady Margaret Agnes Anna Anne Countess Of Moray Keith Countess Of Moray Amp Argyll Campbell Stewart, and had children including Alexander Stewart, Amelia Stuart Lady Doune, Archibald Stewart, Elizabeth Stewart, Henry 1St Lord St Colme Stewart, James Stuart Moray, Janet Mary Of Doune Stewart, Jean Stewart, John Stuart, King S Master Mason William Wallace, Lady Margaret Mary Stewart Countess Of Errol, Lady Mary Stewart, Lord James 2Nd Earl Of Moray The Bonnie Earl Moray Stewart, Margaret Stewart Of Graemsey, Mary Steward, Ninian Fifth Of Clyde Stewart, Sir James Stewart The Bonnie Earl Of Moray 2Nd Lord Dune 2Nd Earl Of Moray, William Douglas, William Stewart. James O Stuart\Stewart van Doune ,Sir, Lord, 1st Earl of Morey, The Bonny Earl passed away in 1590 in Assassinated at Linthigow Palace, Edinburgh, by pistol shot, 1st to die that way..

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Biography

  • In 1515, James O Stuart\Stewart van Doune ,Sir, Lord, 1st Earl of Morey, The Bonny Earl entered the world in Edinburgh, Midlothian, , Scotland, born to John Earl Van Atholl Stewart And Lady Janet Mary Campbell.
  • James O Stuart\Stewart van Doune ,Sir, Lord, 1st Earl of Morey, The Bonny Earl married Lady Margaret Agnes Anna Anne Countess Of Moray Keith Countess Of Moray Amp Argyll Campbell Stewart, and had children including Alexander Stewart, Amelia Stuart Lady Doune, Archibald Stewart, Elizabeth Stewart, Henry 1St Lord St Colme Stewart, James Stuart Moray, Janet Mary Of Doune Stewart, Jean Stewart, John Stuart, King S Master Mason William Wallace, Lady Margaret Mary Stewart Countess Of Errol, Lady Mary Stewart, Lord James 2Nd Earl Of Moray The Bonnie Earl Moray Stewart, Margaret Stewart Of Graemsey, Mary Steward, Ninian Fifth Of Clyde Stewart, Sir James Stewart The Bonnie Earl Of Moray 2Nd Lord Dune 2Nd Earl Of Moray, William Douglas, William Stewart.
  • James O Stuart\Stewart van Doune ,Sir, Lord, 1st Earl of Morey, The Bonny Earl passed away in 1590 in Assassinated at Linthigow Palace, Edinburgh, by pistol shot, 1st to die that way..

Immediate Family

Parents

John Stewart
1507–1542
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
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Lady Campbell
1480–1546
Birth Location: Castle Balveny, Balveny, Fifeshire, Scotland
LC

Spouses(s)

Lady Stewart
1530–1588
Birth Location: Dunnottar Castle, Kincardineshire, Scotland
LS

Children(s)

LADY Errol
1569–1630
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
LE
Janet Stewart
1565–1624
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
JS
Sir Moray
1568–1592
Birth Location: Eday Islands, Orkney, Scotland
SM
Elizabeth Stewart
1565–1591
Birth Location: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
ES
Jean Stewart
1578–1622
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
JS
Alexander STEWART
1580–1612
Birth Location: Beath, Fife, , Scotland
AS
Archibald STEWART
1574–1609
Birth Location: Beath, Fife, , Scotland
AS
Ninian, Stewart
1582–1669
Birth Location: Isle of Bute, Firth of Clyde, Scotland
NS
Henry, Stewart
1567–1612
Birth Location: Beath, Fife, Scotland
HS
John Stuart
1576–1609
Birth Location: Beath, Fife, Scotland
JS
Amelia Doune
1568–1571
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
AD
William Stewart
1566–1592
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
WS
Lady Stewart
1563–1644
Birth Location: Islands, Orkney, Scotland
LS
William Douglas
1539–1606
Birth Location: LochLeven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
WD
James Moray
1558–1591
Birth Location: Doune, Scotland
JM
King's Wallace
1570–1631
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
KW
Margaret Graemsey
1585–1622
Birth Location: Graemsay, Orkney, Scotland
MG
Mary Steward
1565–1624
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
MS
Lord Stewart
1568–1592
Birth Location: Beath, Fife, Scotland
LS

James Earl's Ancestors

Self
James Earl
1515–1590
Birth Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, , Scotland
Parents
John Earl Van Atholl Stewart
1507–1542
Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Lady (Janet Mary) Campbell
1480–1546
Castle Balveny, Balveny, Fifeshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Archibald (Castlemilk) Stewart
1475–1513
1684524, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Margaret Maxwell
1475–1524
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

James Earl's Descendants

1.
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James (O Stuart\Stewart van Doune ,Sir, Lord, 1st Earl of Morey, The Bonny) Earl (Apr 1515–20 July 1590) m. Lady (Margaret Agnes Anna (Anne) Countess of Moray Keith Countess of Moray & Argyll Campbell) Stewart (14 Jul 1530–16 July 1588)
  1. 1. LADY (MARGARET (Mary) Stewart Countess of) Errol 1569–1630 m. Allan (Thomas Erracht Cameron, 16th Chief of Clan) Cameron 1567–1647 m. James (Stewart, "Bonnie Earl", 2nd Lord of Doune; 2nd Earl Moray) +# 1568–1592 m. Sir (Alexander "Alistair" Stewart 1st Laird) Ardvorlich 1557–1618
    1. 1. John (McAllen Lochiel Cameron (3rd of) Culchenna) 1596–1635 m. Lady (Helen Margaret 1605 Lochnell Campbell \ Stewart 9th.) GGM 1605–1660
      1. 1. Daniel (- Merchant-) Cameron 1620–1700 m. Alison Chalmers 1623–1686
        1. 1. Emily (Jane) CAMERON 1643–1695 m. Iam (Esom) Farris 1640–1695
        2. 2. George Cameron 1691–
        3. 3. George Cameron 1691–
      2. 2. Sir (Ewen Eoghainn Dubh, 5th of Lochiel, 18th Clan Chief of) Cameron 1628–1719
      3. 3. Allan Cameron 1634–1718
      4. 4. Margaret ('Lady' (dtr of John of Lochiel)) Cameron 1624–1673
      5. 5. Mary (Cameron) (MacDonell) 1622–1680
    2. 2. Catherine (of Lochiel) Cameron 1590–1679
    3. 3. John (of Lochiel) Cameron 1596–1635
    4. 4. Alan Cameron 1600–1635
    5. 5. Marjory ((Of Lochiel)) Cameron 1616–1657
    6. 6. Jean (Cameron of) Lochiel 1596–1635
    7. 7. Sir (Ewen Dubh Thomas) Cameron 1629–1718
    8. 8. Ewen (Ban MacMartin Cameron) III 1590–1630
    9. 9. Catherine (McLean) Cameron 1590–1651
    10. 10. Evan Cameron 1629–1719
    11. 11. Donald (Tutor of Lochiel) Cameron 1600–1687
    12. 12. DONALD ((of the Knife)) Cameron 1610–1687
    13. 13. Catherine (of Lochiel) Cameron 1590–1650
    14. 14. Jean Cameron 1596–1635
    15. 15. John (McAllan) Cameron 1596–1635
    16. 16. Jean Cameron 1589–1635
    17. 17. Donald Cameron 1597–1687
    18. 18. Margaret ((Peggy)) Cameron 1598–
    19. 19. Catherine Cameron 1590–1680
    20. 20. Catherine (McLean) Cameron 1585–1651
    21. 21. CATHERINE (of Lochiel) Cameron 1585–1651
    22. 22. Catherine (McLean) Cameron 1590–1679
    23. 23. Jean Cameron 1596–
    24. 24. Marion Steele 1590–1657
    25. 25. Ewen (Thomas Erracht) Cameron 1629–1719
    26. 26. Lady (Elizabeth STEWART Abernathy) + 1588–1608
    27. 27. Sir (Francis Stewart) + 1589–1638
    28. 28. Edmund Stewart 1585–
    29. 29. Baron (James Renfrew VI) Stewart 1590–1679
    30. 30. Grizel, (Stewart,) Lady 1584–1649
    31. 31. James (Stuart Earl van) Moray 1585–1638
    32. 32. Lord (James Stewart , 3rd Earl of Moray, Doune, Strathearn, and Abernathy - aka the "Bonny Earl of) Moray" 1581–1638
  2. 2. Janet (Mary of Doune) Stewart 1565–1624
  3. 3. Sir (James Stewart, "The Bonnie Earl of Moray" 2nd Lord Dune, 2nd Earl of) Moray 1568–1592
  4. 4. Elizabeth Stewart 1565–1591
  5. 5. Jean Stewart 1578–1622
  6. 6. Alexander STEWART 1580–1612
  7. 7. Archibald STEWART 1574–1609
  8. 8. Ninian, (Fifth of Clyde) Stewart 1582–1669
  9. 9. Henry, (1st Lord St. Colme,) Stewart 1567–1612
  10. 10. John Stuart 1576–1609
  11. 11. Amelia (Stuart, Lady) Doune 1568–1571
  12. 12. William Stewart 1566–1592
  13. 13. Lady (Mary) Stewart 1563–1644
  14. 14. William Douglas 1539–1606
  15. 15. James (Stuart) Moray 1558–1591
  16. 16. King's (Master Mason William) Wallace 1570–1631
  17. 17. Margaret (Stewart of) Graemsey 1585–1622
  18. 18. Mary Steward 1565–1624
  19. 19. Lord (James 2nd Earl of Moray, "the Bonnie Earl Moray",) Stewart 1568–1592

James Earl's Timeline

2 Records

1515
Apr 1515
Birth of James O Stuart\Stewart van Doune ,Sir, Lord, 1st Earl of Morey, The Bonny Earl in Edinburgh, Midlothian, , Scotland
Edinburgh, Midlothian, , Scotland
1590
20 July 1590
Age 75
Death of James O Stuart\Stewart van Doune ,Sir, Lord, 1st Earl of Morey, The Bonny Earl in Assassinated at Linthigow Palace, Edinburgh, by pistol shot, 1st to die that way.
Assassinated at Linthigow Palace, Edinburgh, by pistol shot, 1st to die that way.

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Apr 1515
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, , Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 July 1590
    Event Place: Assassinated at Linthigow Palace, Edinburgh, by pistol shot, 1st to die that way.
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