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John Stuart, Lord of Darnley, 1st Earl of Lennox 1428–1495 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Jan 1428

Birth Location: Darnley Castle, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Death Date: 11 Sep 1495

Death Location: Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Father: Alan d'Aubigny

Mother: Catherine Dunbar

Spouse(s): Margaret Lennox

Children(s): Matthew Lennox, Barbara Stewart, Lady Lennox, None None

The story of John Stuart, Lord of Darnley, 1st Earl of Lennox began in 1428 in Darnley Castle, Renfrewshire, Scotland. John Stuart, Lord of Darnley, 1st Earl of Lennox married Margaret Montgomerie Not Same As Other Margaret Mont Lady Countess Lennox, and had children including Barbara Stewart, Lady Marion Stewart Of Lennox, Matthew Stuart 2Nd Earl Of Lennox. John Stuart, Lord of Darnley, 1st Earl of Lennox passed away in 1495 in Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

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  • The story of John Stuart, Lord of Darnley, 1st Earl of Lennox began in 1428 in Darnley Castle, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
  • John Stuart, Lord of Darnley, 1st Earl of Lennox married Margaret Montgomerie Not Same As Other Margaret Mont Lady Countess Lennox, and had children including Barbara Stewart, Lady Marion Stewart Of Lennox, Matthew Stuart 2Nd Earl Of Lennox.
  • John Stuart, Lord of Darnley, 1st Earl of Lennox passed away in 1495 in Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Alan d'Aubigny
1408–1439
Birth Location: Darnley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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Catherine Dunbar
1410–1478
Birth Location: Seton Castle, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Lennox
1436–1493
Birth Location: Eglington Castle, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Matthew Lennox
1460–1513
Birth Location: Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Barbara Stewart
1465–
Birth Location: Scotland
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Lady Lennox
1457–1488
Birth Location: Lennox Hills, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
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None None
1440–1510
Birth Location: Darnley, Renfrewshire, Scotland

John Lennox's Ancestors

Self
John Lennox
1428–1495
Birth Place: Darnley Castle, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Parents
Alan Stuart of Darnley, 2nd Seigneur d'Aubigny
1408–1439
Darnley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Catherine (Seton, Countess of) Dunbar
1410–1478
Seton Castle, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland
Grandparents
John (Stewart of Darnley, 1st Lord of Concressault, Seigneur of Aubigny, Count of Évreux, 100 Years') War
1368–1428
Darnley, Renfrewshire, Schotland
Elisabeth (de Fasselane of) Lennox
1375–1429
Balloch Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Sir (William Seton, 100 Years) War
1390–1424
Seton Manor, Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland
Lady (Janet) Dunbar
1390–1429
Cockburn, Berwickshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Darnley
1335–1404
Janet Keith
1340–1413
Duncan Lennox
1345–1425
Sir Seton
1370–1434
Katherine Clair
1375–1450
Sir Man
1370–1457
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Darnley
1305–1374
1315–1408
Margaret Fraser
1321–1410
William Otterburn
1343–1424
Janet Seton
1351–1430
1303–1358
Isabel Orkney
1335–1391
George Man
1338–1420

John Lennox's Descendants

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John (Stuart, Lord of Darnley, 1st Earl of) Lennox (Jan 1428–11 Sep 1495) m. Margaret (Montgomerie, (not same as other Margaret Mont., Lady Countess) Lennox (Jan 1436–30 May 1493)
  1. 1. Matthew (Stuart, 2nd Earl of) Lennox 1460–1513 m. Elizabeth (Hamilton, Countess of) Lennox 1473–1531
    1. 1. Sir (John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox, grandson Henry married Mary Queen of Scots, knight of) Lennox 1490–1526 m. Lady (Elizabeth Stewart, Countess of) Lennox 1494–1564
      1. 1. Sir (Matthew Stuart, 4th Earl of) Lennox 1516–1571 m. Margaret (Douglas, Countess) Lennox 1515–1578
        1. 1. Henry ("Lord Darnley" Stuart, King Consort of Scotland, Duke of) Albany 1545–1567 m. Mary (I Stuart, Queen of Scots, Queen Consort of France until Dec 1560,) Catholic 1542–1587
        2. 2. Charles (Lennox Stuart, 5th Earl Of) Lennox 1555–1576 m. Elisabeth Cavendish 1555–1582
        3. 3. Esmé (Esme Stewart of Darnley, 1st Duke of Lennox, 6th Lord of) Aubigny 1542–1583 m. Lady (Katherine De) Balsac 1547–1631
      2. 2. John (Stewart Stuart, 5th Seigneur) d'Aubigny 1519–1567 m. Anne (de Queuille, Countess of) Aubugny 1520–1579
        1. 1. Esmé (Stewart, Duke of Lennox, Earl of Lennox, Knight, Marquis Of) Darnley 1542–1583
      3. 3. Lady (Helen Stewart Stuart, Countess of Sutherland &) Erroll 1520–1565 m. WILLIAM (Hay, 6th Earl of) Erroll 1520–1541 m. John ("The Good Earl' Gordon, 11th Earl of Sutherland, 2nd) husband 1526–1567
        1. 1. Lady (Margaret) Gordon 1539–1607 m. Sir (William Douglas of) Hawick 1541–1572
        2. 2. Alexander Gordon 1552–1594
        3. 3. Alexander (I Gordon, Knight of Dunrobin, 12th Earl of) Sutherland 1552–1594
      4. 4. Robert (Stewart, Earl of March &) Lennox 1517–1586
  2. 2. Barbara Stewart 1465–
  3. 3. Lady (Marion Stewart of) Lennox 1457–1488 m. Sir (Robert I Crichton of Kinnoull, 1st Laird of Sanguhar, 6th Laird) Crichton 1442–1492
    1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth Crichton ( Douglas) ) 1472–1524 m. John (Hay, 2nd Laird-Lord of Yester, Slains) Castle 1450–1513
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Christine Hay van) Yester 1501–1548 m. William (Stewart) (Stuart) 1506–1548 m. Baron (George de Seton, 4th Laird of Seton, Baron of) Winton 1501–1549
        1. 1. James (Stewart, 6th Baron of) Traquair 1534–1607 m. Katherine (Rutherford Kerr, Lady of) Traquhair 1538–1606
        2. 2. Sir (George de Seton, 5th Laird 7th Lord of) Seaton 1531–1585 m. Lady (Isabel Elizabeth Hamilton, of) Orbieston 1518–1604
        3. 3. Christian (Stewart) Horsburghe 1536–1595
        4. 4. Margaret (Stewart) Murray 1527–1560
        5. 5. Robert (Stewart 3rd Lord of) Traquair 1528–1548
        6. 6. Lady (Marion Seton - Graham of) Montrose 1528–1567 m. John (Graham, 4th Earl of Menteith, 3d Earl of Montrose, Lord High Chancellor & Treasurer of) Scotland 1523–1565
        7. 7. Sir (James Seton, 5th Laird) Seton 1529–1586
      2. 2. Sir (John Hay, 3rd Lair of) Yester 1484–1543
      3. 3. Thomas Hay 1490–1552
      4. 4. Elizabeth Hay 1492–1551
      5. 5. Elizabeth (Hay, Baroness of) Saltoun 1506–1574
      6. 6. Jeanette Hay 1495–
    2. 2. Marion Crichton 1470–1493
    3. 3. Robert (Crichton, Lord Crichton) Sanquhar 1472–1513 m. Marion Maxwell 1472–1527
      1. 1. Mary (Margaret Crichton \ Crighton of) Kirkpatrick 1501–1535 m. Thomas (Ferguson, 6th Laird) Craigdarroch 1490–1534
        1. 1. Sir (Robert Ferguson, 7th Laird of) Craigdarroch 1510–1588 m. Janet Cunyngham 1514–1574
      2. 2. Lady (Margaret) Crichton 1515–1535 m. James (Gordon, Liard van) Lochinvar 1510–1547
        1. 1. Lady (Janet Jeanette Gordon of) Lochinver 1528–1576 m. Sir (William Cunningham Cunyngham, 6th Earl of Glencairn, Knight Order of the) Thistle 1532–1580
  4. 4. 1440–1510 m. Archibald Campbell 1460–1513
    1. 1. Lady (Janet Mary Campbell, Countness of) Atholl 1480–1546 m. John (Stewart, 2nd Earl of) Atholl 1475–1513
      1. 1. John (Stewart, 3rd Earl of) Atholl 1507–1542 m. Grizel Rattray 1507–1542 m. Jean Forbes 1518–1554
        1. 1. John (Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl, Chancellor of) Scotland 1527–1579 m. Elizabeth (Gordon, Countess of) Atholl 1530–1557
        2. 2. Lady (Margaret Stewart of) Athol 1525–1555
        3. 3. Elizabeth Stewart 1533–1621
      2. 2. Margaret (Stewart, Lady of) Knockie 1509–1555
      3. 3. Jean Stewart 1492–1522
      4. 4. Lady (Janet Stewart, Countess Consort of Sutherland and Lady of Methven and) Ruthven 1505–1566 m. Sir (Alexander I Gordon, Earl of) Sutherland 1505–1529
        1. 1. John ("The Good Earl' Gordon, 11th Earl of Sutherland, 2nd) husband 1526–1567 m. Lady (Helen Stewart Stuart, Countess of Sutherland &) Erroll 1520–1565
    2. 2. Colin (II Campbell, Earl of) Argyll 1485–1529 m. Janet (Gordon of) Huntly 1479–1530
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Isabel) Campbell –1548
      2. 2. Archibald Campbell –1558
    3. 3. John (Campbell, 1st Earl of) Cawdor 1490–1546
    4. 4. Margaret Campbell 1490–1555 m. John (Erskine) Baron 1487–1555
      1. 1. Margaret Lindsay 1500–1577 m. Sir (James Stewart of) Doune 1506–1544
        1. 1. James (Stewart, 1st Lord of) Doune 1529–1590 m. Lady (Margaret Anne) Campbell 1545–1572
    5. 5. Sir (Lord John Campbell, knight, 5th Laird of Thane, Earl of) Cawdor 1479–1546 m. Lady (Muriëlle Calder of) Cawdor 1539–1575 m. Lady (Murielle Calder, heiress of the old Thane of Cawdor in Shakespeare's) "Macbeth" 1501–1561
      1. 1. John (Campbell of Cawdor, Bishop of the) Isles 1519–1585 m. Isabel Lamont 1535–1580 m. Lady (Mary of Marischal) Keith 1544–1592
        1. 1. Alexander (Campbell Of Ardchattan, 2nd Earl of) Argyll 1535–1638 m. Mary (Martha MacArthur) (mistress) 1531–1624
        2. 2. Colin Campbell 1565–1610
        3. 3. Margaret Campbell 1575–
        4. 4. John Campbell 1556–1625
        5. 5. Marion (Campbell, Lady of) Cawdor 1558–1604
      2. 2. Margaret (or Elizabeth Campbell, 2nd wife,) Macguire 1512–1556 m. Sir (William "The Notorious" Cunningham, Knight, 4th Earl of Glencairn, Lord High Treasurer, a promoter of the reformation in Scotland as early 1540, Lord) Kilmaurs 1493–1548
        1. 1. Alexander (Vincent "The Good Earl" Cunningham, 5th Earl of Glencairn of) Drumquhastle 1510–1574 m. Mary Robinson 1503–1579 m. Janet ("Jean" Hamilton, Lady of Arran, Countess of Glencairn; This Hamilton line is direct to Griffin's Kentucky &) Virginia 1517–1574
        2. 2. William (Cunningham, Bishop of) Argyll 1537–1561
      3. 3. Sir (Archibald Campbell, 3rd Lord of) Archenbreck 1510–1551
      4. 4. Sir (John of Cawdor Campbell, Knight, 4th Lord of Auchinbreck,) Duncan 1514–1591
    6. 6. Archibald Campbell 1511–1537 m. Janet (Douglas, Baroness of) Glamis 1502–1537
      1. 1. John (Lyon, Lord) Glamis 1521–1559
    7. 7. Reverend (Donald) Campbell 1492–1562 m. Lady (Margaret de) Gordon 1450–1525
      1. 1. Nicholas (Nicol of Campbell, Lord of Aberuchill, progenitor of the Keithick branch of) Campbells 1517–1587 m. Katherine (Drummond of) Blair 1520–1590
        1. 1. George Campbell 1570–1630 m. Lady (Anne) Hamilton 1576–1634
        2. 2. Patrick (Campbell, 2nd of) Keithock 1573–1663

John Lennox's Timeline

2 Records

1428
Jan 1428
Birth of John Stuart, Lord of Darnley, 1st Earl of Lennox in Darnley Castle, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Darnley Castle, Renfrewshire, Scotland
1495
11 Sep 1495
Age 67
Death of John Stuart, Lord of Darnley, 1st Earl of Lennox in Darnley Castle, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Darnley Castle, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Jan 1428
    Event Place: Darnley Castle, Renfrewshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Sep 1495
    Event Place: Darnley Castle, Renfrewshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed.; London, England: Oxford University Press; Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22; Volume: Vol 18; Page: 1199
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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