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John Stewart of Darnley 1492–1526 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 9 Jan 1492

Birth Location: Dumbarton Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland

Death Date: 4 Sep 1526

Death Location: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland

Father: James Scotland

Mother: Elizabeth Stewart

Spouse(s): Lady Atholl)

Children(s): Matthew Lennox, John Aubigny, Lady Erroll, John Stuart, Lady Stewart, Mary Stewart, Elizabeth Stewart, James Balquahidder, Robert March

The story of John Stewart of Darnley began in 1492 in Dumbarton Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. John Stewart of Darnley married Lady Anne Elizabeth Stewart Of Atholl, and had children including Elizabeth Anne Stewart, James Stewart 4Th Laird Baldorran 3Rd Bailie Balquahidder, John 5Th Seigneur Of D Aubigny Stuart, John Stewart Hertog Of Lennox 5Th Lord Of Aubigny, Lady Elspeth Of Atholl Stewart, Lady Helen Elizabeth Stuart Stewart Of Lennox Countess Of Sutherland And Erroll, Mary Stewart, Matthew Stewart 4Th Earl Of Lennox, Robert Stewart Lennox 1St Earl Of March. John Stewart of Darnley passed away in 1526 in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of John Stewart of Darnley began in 1492 in Dumbarton Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
  • John Stewart of Darnley married Lady Anne Elizabeth Stewart Of Atholl, and had children including Elizabeth Anne Stewart, James Stewart 4Th Laird Baldorran 3Rd Bailie Balquahidder, John 5Th Seigneur Of D Aubigny Stuart, John Stewart Hertog Of Lennox 5Th Lord Of Aubigny, Lady Elspeth Of Atholl Stewart, Lady Helen Elizabeth Stuart Stewart Of Lennox Countess Of Sutherland And Erroll, Mary Stewart, Matthew Stewart 4Th Earl Of Lennox, Robert Stewart Lennox 1St Earl Of March.
  • John Stewart of Darnley passed away in 1526 in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Scotland
1473–1513
Birth Location: Stirling Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
JS
Elizabeth Stewart
1473–1531
Birth Location: Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
ES

Spouses(s)

Lady Atholl)
1494–1564
Birth Location: Balveny, Fifeshire, Scotland
LA

Children(s)

Matthew Lennox
1516–1571
Birth Location: Dumbarton Castle, Scotland
ML
John Aubigny
1519–1567
Birth Location: Dunbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
JA
Lady Erroll
1520–1565
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
LE
John Stuart
1519–1567
Birth Location: Dunbarton Castle, Dunbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
JS
Lady Stewart
1512–1564
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
LS
Mary Stewart
1513–1540
Birth Location: Warwickshire, England
MS
Elizabeth Stewart
1515–1564
Birth Location: creich fife scotland
ES
James Balquahidder
1510–1580
Birth Location: Baldorran, Campsie, Stirlingshire, Scotland
JB
Robert March
1516–1586
Birth Location: Lennox Castle, Midlothian, Scotland
RM

John Darnley's Ancestors

Self
John Darnley
1492–1526
Birth Place: Dumbarton Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Parents
James IV of Scotland
1473–1513
Stirling Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Elizabeth (tud Princess) Stewart
1473–1531
Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Grandparents
James (III of) Scotland
1451–1488
Stirling or St Andrews Castles
Great-Grandparents
James Scotland
1430–1460
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Scotland
1394–1437

John Darnley's Descendants

1.
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John (Stewart of) Darnley (9 Jan 1492–4 Sep 1526) m. Lady (Anne Elizabeth Stewart (Of) Atholl) (1494–25 Nov 1564)
  1. 1. Matthew (Stewart, 4th Earl of) Lennox 1516–1571 m. Lady (Margaret "Countess of Lennox" (daughter of Archibald "6th Earl of Angus")) Douglas, 1515–1578
    1. 1. Henry (Stuart, Lord) Darnley 1545–1567 m. Mary (I Stuart\Stewart *Queen Of) Scots 1542–1587
      1. 1. Mary (Elizabeth) Stuart 1562–1629 m. Sir (George Douglas, Ist Earl of) Angus 1534–
        1. 1. Sir (William Douglas 2nd Earl of) Angus 1609–1643
      2. 2. King (Charles I, of England,) Stuart 1564–1659
      3. 3. James (VI Stewart, King of Scotland and James I King of Great Britain &) Ireland 1566–1625
      4. 4. Jacobus (I van) Engeland 1566–1625
      5. 5. Henry (Stuart) Scotland 1566–1567
      6. 6. miscarried (twins) Hepburn 1567–1568
      7. 7. Charles (Stuart 1st Earl of Lennox (1555-1576)) Stewart 1555–1576
    2. 2. Robert Howard 1537–1598
    3. 3. Edward (Henry Darnley) Stuart 1565–1566
    4. 4. Francis Stuart 1547–1576
    5. 5. Infant (Henry) Stewart 1544–1545
  2. 2. John (Stewart Hertog of Lennox, 5th Lord of) Aubigny 1519–1567 m. Anne (De) LaQueuille 1520–1579
    1. 1. Esmé (Stuart (8th Earl & 1st Duke of Lennox) Seigneur of Aubigny, Duke of) Lennox 1542–1583 m. Katherine (De) Balsac 1547–1631
      1. 1. Lady (Mary (Marie) Stewart, Countess of) Mar 1576–1644 m. Sir (John Erskine 19th Earl of Mar, 2nd Earl of) Erskine 1558–1634
        1. 1. Charles Erskine 1611–1663 m. Marie (Mary Hope) Erskine 1620–1691
        2. 2. John (Richard 20th Earl of Mar) Erskine 1605–1668
        3. 3. Mary (Erskine Countess) Marischal 1593–1665
        4. 4. Lord (Henry Erskine (1st Earl of) Cardross) 1605–1628
        5. 5. Hon (Sir Alexander Erskine) (Colonel) 1604–1640
        6. 6. William (Erskine (Cupbearer to Charles II, Master of the) Charterhouse) 1615–1685
        7. 7. Anne Erskine 1599–1640
        8. 8. Martha Erskine 1603–1634
        9. 9. Catherine Erskine 1603–1635
        10. 10. James (Erskine, 6th Earl of) Buchan 1600–1639
        11. 11. Arthur Erskine 1605–1651
        12. 12. Lady (Agnes Grey, Countess of) Marischal 1597–1665
        13. 13. Lady (Margaret Erskine, Countess of) Marischal 1593–1665
        14. 14. Magdalene Erskine 1593–1665
        15. 15. Annabella Erskine 1595–1640
        16. 16. Sir (James Erskine, 6th Earl of) Buchan 1594–1664
      2. 2. Esme (Ludovic ( Sir ) ( Lord ) -- 3rd Duke of Lennox -- Duke of Richmond -- Stuart ( of Darnley) ) 1574–1624
      3. 3. Gabrielle Stewart 1578–1642
      4. 4. Gabrielle (Stuart) Stewart 1572–
      5. 5. James (Duke of Lenox) Stuart 1574–1624
      6. 6. Mary Stewart 1573–1642
      7. 7. Henrietta (Henriëtte Stuart) Stewart 1573–1642
      8. 8. Ludovic (Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox and 1st Duke of) Richmond 1574–1624
      9. 9. Lady (Margaret) Stuart 1576–1644
      10. 10. John Erskine 1558–1634
    2. 2. Henry ((Duke of Albany & King of Scotland Lord of Darnley) Stewart Lord) Darnley 1545–1567
    3. 3. Margaret (McDowell) Stewart 1552–1627
    4. 4. Charles (Stewart-) Stuart 1547–1554
    5. 5. Elizabeth Stewart 1550–
    6. 6. Sir (Archibald) Stewart 1550–1598
    7. 7. Robert Stewart 1537–1598
  3. 3. Lady (Helen Elizabeth Stuart\Stewart of Lennox, Countess of Sutherland and) Erroll 1520–1565 m. JOHN ("THE GOOD EARL JOHN" GORDON, 11th EARL of SUTHEERLAND, 2nd) HUSBAND 1525–1567 m. WILLIAM (HAY, 6th EARL of) ERROLL 1520–1541
    1. 1. Lady (Margaret) GORDON 1554–1579
    2. 2. Sir (Alexander GORDON, Earl of) Sutherland 1552–1594
    3. 3. Adam GORDON 1549–1606
    4. 4. Eleanor GORDON 1556–1584
    5. 5. Margaret Gordon 1564–1638
    6. 6. Lady (Janet\Jean GORDON, Lady of) Sutherland 1556–1584
    7. 7. LADY (JEANETTE HAY, 8th COUNTESS of) ERROL 1540–1570
    8. 8. Johanna HAY 1538–1588
    9. 9. Adam HAY 1536–1606
    10. 10. John (HAY of) Hay 1534–1590
  4. 4. John (5th Seigneur of d'Aubigny) Stuart 1519–1567
  5. 5. Lady (Elspeth of Atholl) Stewart 1512–1564
  6. 6. Mary Stewart 1513–1540
  7. 7. Elizabeth (Anne) Stewart 1515–1564 m. George (Lawson of) Cairnmuir 1515–1595
    1. 1. Robert (Patrick (Peter)) Lawson 1550–1631
    2. 2. James Lawson 1545–1631
    3. 3. Elizabeth Lawson 1545–
    4. 4. Patrick Lawson 1545–
    5. 5. James Lawson 1558–1617
  8. 8. James (Stewart 4th Laird Baldorran 3rd Bailie) Balquahidder 1510–1580
  9. 9. Robert (Stewart Lennox, 1st Earl of) March 1516–1586

John Darnley's Timeline

4 Records

1492
9 Jan 1492
Birth of John Stewart of Darnley in Dumbarton Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Dumbarton Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
1495
9 Jan 1495
Age 3
Birth of John Stewart of Darnley in Dumbarton Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Dumbarton Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
1526
04 Sep 1526
Age 34
Death of John Stewart of Darnley in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland (Murdered by John Hamilton of Finnart)
Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland (Murdered by John Hamilton of Finnart)
1526
4 Sep 1526
Age 34
Death of John Stewart of Darnley in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 9 Jan 1495
    Event Place: Dumbarton Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 9 Jan 1492
    Event Place: Dumbarton Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Perth: - Guildry Book, 1452-1601

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 04 Sep 1526
    Event Place: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland (Murdered by John Hamilton of Finnart)

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 Sep 1526
    Event Place: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
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