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Lord Darnley 1545–1567 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 7 December 1545

Birth Location: Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 10 February 1567

Death Location: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland

Father: Matthew Stuart

Mother: Margaret Douglas

Spouse(s): Mary Stuart

Children(s): James Charl, Mary Stewart

In 1545, Lord Darnley entered the world in Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, born to Matthew Stuart And Margaret Douglas. Lord Darnley married Mary Queen Of Scots Stuart, and had children including James Vi King Of Scot Amp England King Of Great Britian James I Of England And Vi Of Scotland James Vi King Of Scotland James I Charl, Mary Magdalene Stewart. Lord Darnley passed away in 1567 in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1545, Lord Darnley entered the world in Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, born to Matthew Stuart And Margaret Douglas.
  • Lord Darnley married Mary Queen Of Scots Stuart, and had children including James Vi King Of Scot Amp England King Of Great Britian James I Of England And Vi Of Scotland James Vi King Of Scotland James I Charl, Mary Magdalene Stewart.
  • Lord Darnley passed away in 1567 in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Matthew Stuart
1516–1571
Birth Location: Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
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Margaret Douglas
1515–1578
Birth Location: Harbottle, Northumberland Unitary Authority, Northumberland, England
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Spouses(s)

Mary Stuart
–1587
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

James Charl
1566–1625
Birth Location: Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
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Mary Stewart
1574–1619
Birth Location: Skanderborg, Midtjylland, Danmark
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Lord Darnley's Ancestors

Self
Lord Darnley
1545–1567
Birth Place: Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Parents
Matthew Stuart
1516–1571
Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Margaret Douglas
1515–1578
Harbottle, Northumberland Unitary Authority, Northumberland, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lord Darnley's Descendants

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Lord Darnley (7 December 1545–10 February 1567) m. Mary ((Queen of Scots)) Stuart (–1 Aug 1587)
  1. 1. James (VI King of Scot & England\ King of Great Britian James I of England and VI of Scotland. James VI King of Scotland James I) Charl 1566–1625 m. Anne Stuart 1574–1619 m. Anne (Of) Denmark 1574–1619 m. Anne Stuart 1574–1619 m. Mary (Magdalene) Stewart 1574–1619 m. Anne (Princess Anne of Denmark og Norway, von Oldenburg Oldenburg Queen consort of Scotland, England and Ireland af Danmark og Norge von Oldenburg) O 1574–1619 m. Anne (Princess Anne of Denmark og Norway, von Oldenburg Oldenburg Queen consort of Scotland, England and Ireland af Danmark og Norge von Oldenburg) O 1574–1619 m. Ann (of) Denmark 1574–1619
    1. 1. Charles (Albany I of Great Britain and) Ireland 1600–1649
    2. 2. Mary (Filia Jacobi) Stuart 1605–1607
    3. 3. Robert (Stuart, Duke of) Kintyre 1602–1602
    4. 4. Sophia (Rosula) Stuart 1606–1606
    5. 5. Charles England 1600–1649 m. Henriette (Marie de Bourbon) (France) 1609–1669 m. Henrietta (Maria Van) Frankrijk 1609–1669
      1. 1. Henry (of) Gloucester 1640–1660
      2. 2. Elisabeth (of) England 1635–1680
      3. 3. James (II) Stuart 1633–1701
      4. 4. Mary (Henriette) Stuart 1631–1660
      5. 5. Charles (II King of) England 1630–1685 m. Barbara (De Villiers) Grandison 1641–1709 m. Catherine (Princess of) Portugal 1638– m. Eleanor Gwynne 1650–1687
        1. 1. Henry (Fitzroy of) Grafton 1663–1690
        2. 2. Mary (Bastaard of) England 1651–1684
        3. 3. Charles Fitzroy 1661–1730
        4. 4. James (James of) Monmouth 1649–1685
        5. 5. Charles Lennox 1672–1723
        6. 6. Ann Lennard 1662–1722
        7. 7. Charles Beauclerk 1670–1726
        8. 8. Charles FitzCharles 1657–1680
        9. 9. Charlotte Lee 1664–1718
    6. 6. Robert (Stuart Stewart Prince of) Scotland 1602–1602
    7. 7. Henry (Frederick Stuart Prince of) Wales 1594–1612
    8. 8. Mary (Anne Mary Stuart\ Princess Mary Anne of \England\ Mary Anne of England \Stuart\ \Stuart, of Scotland and England Stuart) Princess 1605–1607
    9. 9. Margaret (Margaret Stuart\ \Stuart Stewart Princess of) Scotland 1598–1600
    10. 10. Sophia (Sophia Stuart\) \Stewart 1606–1606
    11. 11. Son (Prince Prince of England) Stewart 1603–1603
    12. 12. Charles (I Charles Ier King of England (1625\ The Martyr Károly King of England Knight of the Garter Duke of York King Charles the 1st of England) Scotl 1600–1649
    13. 13. Margaret Stuart 1598–1600
    14. 14. Elizabeth (Stuart, Queen of) Bohemia 1596–1668 m. Frederick (IV Kurfurst Pflaz Von Der) Rhein 1574–1610 m. Friedrich (V von Wittelsbach Wittelsbach, Pfalz-Simmern Kürfürst von der Pfalz, König zu) Böhmen 1596–1632 m. Frederik (V van de) Palts 1596–1632 m. V Friedrich 1596– m. V Friedrich 1596– m. Frederik (V van de) Palts 1596–1632 m. Friedrich (Von Der) Pfalz 1596–1632 m. Frederick (V of the) Palatinate 1596–1632 m. Frederick V 1596–1632
      1. 1. Sophia (Ve Der Phfalz, Wittlesbach, House Of) Hanover 1630–1714 m. Ernest (augustus Elector, Vonbrubswick Luneburg Of) Hanover 1629–1698 m. Ernst (August Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg, Elector OH) Hannover 1629–1698 m. Ernest (Augustus) I 1629–1698
        1. 1. Christian (Heinrich augustus) Hanover 1671–1703 m. Anna (Catharina) Kieffer 1661–1733
        2. 2. George (I of Hanover Guelph King of Great Britain and Ireland, Elector of Hanover von Hannover Welf König von Großbitanien, Kurfürst zu) Ha 1660–1727 m. Sophie 1666–1706 m. Sophie (Dorothea of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1666–1726 m. Sophie (Dorothea of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1666–1726 m. Caroline (Van) Brandenburg-Ansbach 1683–1737
        3. 3. Sophia 1668–1705
        4. 4. Ernst (August van) Brunswijk-Lüneburg 1674–1728
        5. 5. George I 1660–1727
        6. 6. Karl (Philipp von) Hannover 1669–1690
        7. 7. Frederick (Augustus of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1661–1690
        8. 8. Maximilian (William of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1666–1726
      2. 2. Friedrich (van PFALZ) SIMMERN 1596–1632
      3. 3. Elisabeth (Charlotte van PFALZ) SIMMERN 1597–1660
      4. 4. Louise (Juliana van PFALZ) SIMMERN 1594–1640
      5. 5. Elisabeth (Charlotte Van De) Palts 1597–1660
      6. 6. Friedrich (V Van De) Palts 1596–1632
      7. 7. Louise (Maria Louise Holladine Hollandine von der Pfalz-Simmern Wittelsbach, Pfalz-Simmern Pfalzgräfin bei) Rhein 1622–1709
      8. 8. Gustav (Adolphus Pfalz) Simmern 1632–1641
      9. 9. Elisabeth (Hervorden von Pfalz-Simmern Wittelsbach, Pfalz-Simmern Prinzessin von der Pfalz und) Böhmen 1618–1680
      10. 10. Karl (I Ludwig von der Pfalz Wittelsbach, Pfalz-Simmern Kurfürst von der) Pfalz 1617–1680
      11. 11. Henrietta (Pfalzi Maria von der Pfalz-Simmern Wittelsbach, Pfalz-Simmern Prinzessin von) Siebenbürgen 1626–1651
      12. 12. Johan (Philip Friederich von Pfalz-Simmern Pfalzgraf bei) Rhein 1627–1650
      13. 13. Ruprecht (Rupert Rhine\ \von Pfalz-Simmern Wittelsbach, Pfalz-Simmeren Pfalzgraf bei Rhein, Duke of) Cumberland 1619–1682
      14. 14. Charlotte (von der Pfalz Pfalz-Simmern, Wittelsbach Pfalzgräfin bei) Rhein 1628–1631
      15. 15. Ludwig (von Pfalz-Simmern Wittelsbach, Pfalz-Simmern Pfalzgraf bei) Rhein 1623–1624
      16. 16. Heinrich (Friedrich Kurprinz von der Pfalz-Simmern) Wittelsbach 1614–1629
      17. 17. Moritz (von der Pfalz Wittelsbach, Pfalz) prinz 1620–1652
      18. 18. Eduard (von der Pfalz-Simmern Wittelsbach, Pfalz-Simmern Prinz von der) Pfalz 1625–1663
      19. 19. Sophia (София Палатинска Simmern\ born Sophia Countess Palatine of Simmern \von der Pfalz Wittelsbach Kurfürstin zu) Braunschweig-Lüneburg 1630–1714
      20. 20. Charles Louis 1617–1680 m. Charlotte (von) Hessen-Kassel 1627–1686
        1. 1. Ludwig (von) Seltz 1643–1660
        2. 2. Karl (Kasimir von der) Pfalz 1675–1691
        3. 3. Karl (Moritz von der) Pfalz 1671–1702
        4. 4. Amalie (Elisabeth von der) Pfalz 1663–1709
        5. 5. Karl (Eduard von der) Pfalz 1668–
        6. 6. Friedrich (Wilhelm von der) Pfalz 1666–1667
        7. 7. Ludwig (von der) Pfalz 1662–1662
        8. 8. Karl (Ludwig von der) Pfalz 1658–1688
        9. 9. Georg (Ludwig von der) Pfalz 1664–1665
        10. 10. Sophie (von der) Pfalz 1669–1669
        11. 11. Luise (von der) Pfalz 1661–1733
        12. 12. Frederike (von der) Pfalz 1665–1674
        13. 13. Karl (August von der) Pfalz 1672–1691
        14. 14. Friedrich (von der) Pfalz 1653–1653
        15. 15. Charles (II Elector) Palatinate 1651–1685
        16. 16. Elizabeth (Charlotte of the) Palatinate 1652–1722
        17. 17. Karl (Ludwig von der) Pfalz 1680–
        18. 18. Karoline (von der) Pfalz 1659–1696
        19. 19. Henrietta (Duchess of) Orleans 1644–1670
      21. 21. Rupert (Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Bavaria, Duke of Cumberland, Earl of) Holderness 1619–1682
      22. 22. Louise (Maria Louise Holladine Hollandine von der Pfalz-Simmern Wittelsbach, Pfalz-Simmern Pfalzgräfin bei) Rhein 1622–1709
      23. 23. Gustav (Adolphus Pfalz) Simmern 1632–1641
      24. 24. Elisabeth (Hervorden von Pfalz-Simmern Wittelsbach, Pfalz-Simmern Prinzessin von der Pfalz und) Böhmen 1618–1680
      25. 25. Karl (I Ludwig von der Pfalz Wittelsbach, Pfalz-Simmern Kurfürst von der) Pfalz 1617–1680
      26. 26. Henrietta (Pfalzi Maria von der Pfalz-Simmern Wittelsbach, Pfalz-Simmern Prinzessin von) Siebenbürgen 1626–1651
      27. 27. Johan (Philip Friederich von Pfalz-Simmern Pfalzgraf bei) Rhein 1627–1650
      28. 28. Charlotte (von der Pfalz Pfalz-Simmern, Wittelsbach Pfalzgräfin bei) Rhein 1628–1631
      29. 29. Ludwig (von Pfalz-Simmern Wittelsbach, Pfalz-Simmern Pfalzgraf bei) Rhein 1623–1624
      30. 30. Heinrich (Friedrich Kurprinz von der Pfalz-Simmern) Wittelsbach 1614–1629
      31. 31. Moritz (von der Pfalz Wittelsbach, Pfalz) prinz 1620–1652
      32. 32. Eduard (von der Pfalz-Simmern Wittelsbach, Pfalz-Simmern Prinz von der) Pfalz 1625–1663
      33. 33. Sophia (София Палатинска Simmern\ born Sophia Countess Palatine of Simmern \von der Pfalz Wittelsbach Kurfürstin zu) Braunschweig-Lüneburg 1630–1714
      34. 34. Eduard (Pfalzgraf von Pfalz) Simmern 1625–1663
      35. 35. Elisabeth (von Pfalz) Simmern 1618–1680
      36. 36. Heinrich (Friedrich von Pfalz) Simmern 1614–1629
      37. 37. Henrietta (Maria von Pfalz) Simmern 1626–1651
      38. 38. Louise (Hollandine von Pfalz) Simmern 1622–1709
      39. 39. Sophia (von Pfalz) Simmern 1630–1714
      40. 40. Karl (Ludwig Kurfürst von der) Pfalz 1617–1680
      41. 41. Rupert (von der) Pfalz 1619–1682
    15. 15. Son Stuart 1601–1602
    16. 16. Robert (Kintyre) Stuart 1602–1602
    17. 17. Margaret Stuart 1598–1599
    18. 18. Mary Stuart 1605–1607
    19. 19. Henry (Frederick Wales) Stuart 1594–1612
    20. 20. Child Stuart 1595–1595
    21. 21. Robert (Great) Britainengland 1601–
    22. 22. Sophia Stuart 1606–1606
    23. 23. Charles (I England) Stuart 1600–1649
    24. 24. Robert (Stuart Stewart Prince of) Scotland 1602–1602
    25. 25. Henry (Frederick Stuart Prince of) Wales 1594–1612
    26. 26. Mary (Anne Mary Stuart\ Princess Mary Anne of \England\ Mary Anne of England \Stuart\ \Stuart, of Scotland and England Stuart) Princess 1605–1607
    27. 27. Margaret (Margaret Stuart\ \Stuart Stewart Princess of) Scotland 1598–1600
    28. 28. Sophia (Sophia Stuart\) \Stewart 1606–1606
    29. 29. Son (Prince Prince of England) Stewart 1603–1603
    30. 30. Charles (I Charles Ier King of England (1625\ The Martyr Károly King of England Knight of the Garter Duke of York King Charles the 1st of England) Scotl 1600–1649
    31. 31. Robert (Stuart Stewart Prince of) Scotland 1602–1602
    32. 32. Henry (Frederick Stuart Prince of) Wales 1594–1612
    33. 33. Mary (Anne Mary Stuart\ Princess Mary Anne of \England\ Mary Anne of England \Stuart\ \Stuart, of Scotland and England Stuart) Princess 1605–1607
    34. 34. Sophia (Sophia Stuart\) \Stewart 1606–1606
    35. 35. Son (Prince Prince of England) Stewart 1603–1603
    36. 36. Charles (I Charles Ier King of England (1625\ The Martyr Károly King of England Knight of the Garter Duke of York King Charles the 1st of England) Scotl 1600–1649
    37. 37. Son Stuart 1601–1602
    38. 38. Robert (Kintyre) Stuart 1602–1602
    39. 39. Margaret Stuart 1598–1599
    40. 40. Mary Stuart 1605–1607
    41. 41. Henry (Frederick Wales) Stuart 1594–1612
    42. 42. Child Stuart 1595–1595
    43. 43. Robert (Great) Britainengland 1601–
    44. 44. Sophia Stuart 1606–1606
    45. 45. Charles (I England) Stuart 1600–1649
    46. 46. Elizabeth Stuart 1596–1662
  2. 2. Mary (Magdalene) Stewart 1574–1619 m. James (VI King of Scot & England\ King of Great Britian James I of England and VI of Scotland. James VI King of Scotland James I) Charl 1566–1625

Lord Darnley's Timeline

2 Records

1545
7 December 1545
Birth of Lord Darnley in Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
1567
10 February 1567
Age 22
Death of Lord Darnley in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 December 1545
    Event Place: Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Edinburgh City
    Record Source: U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 February 1567
    Event Place: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    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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