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John Stewart Prior Coldingham Lord Darnley 1535–1563 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1535

Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Death Date: Nov 1563

Death Location: Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Father: James Scotland

Mother: Margaret Erskine

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John Stewart Prior Coldingham Lord Darnley was born in 1535 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, the child of James V K O Scotland And Margaret Erskine. John Stewart Prior Coldingham Lord Darnley passed away in 1563 in Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • John Stewart Prior Coldingham Lord Darnley was born in 1535 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, the child of James V K O Scotland And Margaret Erskine.
  • John Stewart Prior Coldingham Lord Darnley passed away in 1563 in Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland.

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John Darnley's Ancestors

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John Darnley
1535–1563
Birth Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Parents
James V K o Scotland
1512–1542
Castle Linlithgow, Linlithgow, Lothian, Scotland
Margaret Erskine
1513–1572
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Grandparents
James (IV K of) Scot.
1473–1513
Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
Margaret Tudor
1489–1541
Westminster Palace, Westminster, London England
John Erskine
1487–1555
Ayrshire, Scotland
Margaret Campbell
1485–1555
Of, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
James Scot.
1451–1488
Margaret Oldenburg
1456–1486
Henry Eng
1457–1509
Elizabeth York
1466–1503
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Scotland
1430–1460
Mary Guelders
1432–1463
Christian Den&Swd
1425–1481
Dorothea Brandenburg
1430–1495
Edmund Richmond
1430–1456
Margaret Beaufort
1443–1509
Edward Eng
1442–1483
Elizabeth Woodville
1437–1492

John Darnley's Timeline

2 Records

1535
1535
Birth of John Stewart Prior Coldingham Lord Darnley in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
1563
Nov 1563
Age 28
Death of John Stewart Prior Coldingham Lord Darnley in Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1535
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Nov 1563
    Event Place: Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland

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