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Sir John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox, grandson Henry married Mary Queen of Scots, knight of Lennox 1490–1526 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1490

Birth Location: Atholl, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland

Death Date: 4 Sep 1526

Death Location: wounded prisoner then slain by Sir James Hamilton (cousin), Battle of Linlithgow Bridge, West Lothian, Scotland

Father: Matthew Lennox

Mother: Elizabeth Lennox

Spouse(s): Lady Lennox

Children(s): Sir Lennox, John d'Aubigny, Lady Erroll, Robert Lennox

In 1490, Sir John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox, grandson Henry married Mary Queen Of Scots, Knight Of Lennox Entered The World In Atholl, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, Born To Matthew Stuart 2Nd Earl Of Lennox And Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Of Lennox. Sir John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox, grandson Henry married Mary Queen Of Scots, Knight Of Lennox Married Lady Elizabeth Stewart Countess Of Lennox, and had children including John Stewart Stuart 5Th Seigneur D Aubigny, Lady Helen Stewart Stuart Countess Of Sutherland Erroll, Robert Stewart Earl Of March Lennox, Sir Matthew Stuart 4Th Earl Of Lennox. Sir John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox, grandson Henry married Mary Queen Of Scots, Knight Of Lennox Passed Away In 1526 In Wounded Prisoner Then Slain By Sir James Hamilton (Cousin), Battle Of Linlithgow Bridge, West Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1490, Sir John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox, grandson Henry married Mary Queen Of Scots, Knight Of Lennox Entered The World In Atholl, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, Born To Matthew Stuart 2Nd Earl Of Lennox And Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Of Lennox.
  • Sir John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox, grandson Henry married Mary Queen Of Scots, Knight Of Lennox Married Lady Elizabeth Stewart Countess Of Lennox, and had children including John Stewart Stuart 5Th Seigneur D Aubigny, Lady Helen Stewart Stuart Countess Of Sutherland Erroll, Robert Stewart Earl Of March Lennox, Sir Matthew Stuart 4Th Earl Of Lennox.
  • Sir John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox, grandson Henry married Mary Queen Of Scots, Knight Of Lennox Passed Away In 1526 In Wounded Prisoner Then Slain By Sir James Hamilton (Cousin), Battle Of Linlithgow Bridge, West Lothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Matthew Lennox
1460–1513
Birth Location: Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Elizabeth Lennox
1473–1531
Birth Location: Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Lady Lennox
1494–1564
Birth Location: Atholl, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Sir Lennox
1516–1571
Birth Location: Dunbarton Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
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John d'Aubigny
1519–1567
Birth Location: Dunbarton Castle, Edinburough, Midlothian, Scotland
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Lady Erroll
1520–1565
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
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Robert Lennox
1517–1586
Birth Location: Lennox Castle, Midlothian, Scotland
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Sir Lennox's Ancestors

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Sir Lennox
1490–1526
Birth Place: Atholl, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Parents
Matthew Stuart, 2nd Earl of Lennox
1460–1513
Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Elizabeth (Hamilton, Countess of) Lennox
1473–1531
Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Grandparents
John (Stuart, Lord of Darnley, 1st Earl of) Lennox
1428–1495
Darnley Castle, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Margaret (Montgomerie, (not same as other Margaret Mont., Lady Countess) Lennox
1436–1493
Eglington Castle, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland
James (II Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton 6th Laird of Cadzow, Earl of) Arran
1410–1479
Raploch, Ayrshire, Scotland
Marjory (Mary) Hamilton
1430–1488
Cadzow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Alan d'Aubigny
1408–1439
Catherine Dunbar
1410–1478
Sir Montgomerie
1404–1452
Elizabeth Hepburn
1408–1457
James Cazow
1398–1441
Janet Arran
1399–1457
James Scots
1430–1460
Mary Scotland
1433–1463
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John War
1368–1428
Elisabeth Lennox
1375–1429
Sir War
1390–1424
Lady Dunbar
1390–1429
Alexander Parliament
–1461
Sir Hepburn
1390–1446
Janet Borthwick
1388–1464
Sir Cadzow
1370–1402
Lady Douglas
1400–
Sir Scotland
1376–1451
Dauphine Dundas
1378–1459
James Scots
1394–1437
Joan Beaufort
1406–1445
Arnold Gelderland
1410–1473
Princess Guelders
1417–1479

Sir Lennox's Descendants

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Sir (John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox, grandson Henry married Mary Queen of Scots, knight of) Lennox (1490–4 Sep 1526) m. Lady (Elizabeth Stewart, Countess of) Lennox (1494–25 Nov 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
      1. 1. James (VI (James I England) Stuart, King of Scots & England, Protestant: upheld Divine Right of Kings, In 1603, James succeeded his cousin Elizabeth) I 1566–1625 m. Anne (Oldenburg of Denmark, Queen consort of Scotland, England and) Ireland 1574–1619
        1. 1. Charles (I 'the Martyr' Stuart, King of England, Ireland, and Scotland, K.G., Duke of York, raised very) English 1600–1649 m. Henrietta (Maria de Bourbon, Princess Royal of France, Queen Consort of) England 1609–1669
        2. 2. Elizabeth ("Winter Queen" Stuart of Scotland, Queen of) Bohemia 1596–1662 m. Frederick (V, Friedrich "The Winter King" Wittelsbach der Pfalz, Elector Palatine, King of Bohemia, Calvinist-30 Years War: exiled to) Netherlands 1596–1632
        3. 3. Henry (Frederick Stuart, Knight of the Garter, Prince Of) Wales 1594–1612 m. Lady (Elizabeth) Raleigh 1589–1661
    2. 2. Charles (Lennox Stuart, 5th Earl Of) Lennox 1555–1576 m. Elisabeth Cavendish 1555–1582
      1. 1. Lady (Arabella Stuart,) marquess 1575–1615 m. Sir (William Seymour, Marquis and Earl of Hertford, Duke of) Somerset 1587–1660
        1. 1. Mary (Barrett (some chance born Seymour), ( Dyer) Puritan turned Quaker one of 4 martyrs) executed 1610–1660 m. Captain (William Dyer Dyre Dier, a founding settler of both Portsmouth and Newport, and Rhode Island's first Attorney) General 1609–1672
        2. 2. Frances Seymour 1610–1673
        3. 3. Robert Seymour 1622–1642
    3. 3. Esmé (Esme Stewart of Darnley, 1st Duke of Lennox, 6th Lord of) Aubigny 1542–1583 m. Lady (Katherine De) Balsac 1547–1631
      1. 1. Henrietta (Stewart Marchioness of) Huntly 1573–1642 m. George (Gordon, 1st Marquess of) Huntly 1562–1636
        1. 1. Anna Gordon 1590–1674 m. Lord (James Stewart, 3rd Earl of) Moray 1582–1638
      2. 2. Lady (Marie (Mary) Stuart of Lennox, Countess of) Mar 1576–1644 m. John (Erskine, Knight of the Garter, Lord Treasurer, 1st Lord Cardross, 19th Earl of) Mar 1556–1634
        1. 1. Catherine (Erskine of) Mar 1603–1635 m. Thomas (Hamilton, 2nd Earl of) Haddington 1600–1640
        2. 2. Mary Erskine 1593–1665
        3. 3. James Erskine 1594–1638
        4. 4. Henry (Erskine, Baron of) Cardross 1605–1628 m. Margaret Bellenden 1602–1640
        5. 5. James (Erskine, Earl of) Buchan 1600–1634
        6. 6. Charles Erskine 1611–1663 m. Helen Skene 1613–1691
      3. 3. Esme (Stewart of Darnley, 3rd Duke of Lennox, Seigneur of) Aubigny 1579–1624
      4. 4. Gabrielle Stewart 1578–
      5. 5. Ludovic (Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox, 1st Duke of) Richmond 1574–1624
  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
      1. 1. Janet Douglas 1560–1624 m. Sir (James Murray of) Cockpool 1548–1620
        1. 1. Margaret (Murray of) Cockpool 1593–1701 m. Sir (Robert Grierson, Scot Parliament member: MP Lord Lag, 10th Unrecognized Chief of Clan) Grierson 1598–1654
      2. 2. James Douglas 1559–1615 m. Lady (Maria Margaret Fleming, Countess of Douglas Fleming) Bothwell 1563–1635
        1. 1. Sir (William Douglas, 1st Earl of Queensbury and 9th Feudal Baron of) Drumlanrig 1582–1640
        2. 2. Sir (William Douglas, 9th lord of Drumlanrig, 1st Earl of) Queensbury 1585–1638
        3. 3. William (Douglas, 7th Earl of) Morton 1584–1648
    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

Sir Lennox's Timeline

2 Records

1490
1490
Birth of Sir John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox, grandson Henry married Mary Queen of Scots, knight of Lennox in Atholl, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Atholl, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
1526
4 Sep 1526
Age 36
Death of Sir John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox, grandson Henry married Mary Queen of Scots, knight of Lennox in wounded prisoner then slain by Sir James Hamilton (cousin), Battle of Linlithgow Bridge, West Lothian, Scotland
wounded prisoner then slain by Sir James Hamilton (cousin), Battle of Linlithgow Bridge, West Lothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1490
    Event Place: Atholl, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Midlothian: - Protocol Book of James Young, 1504-1507

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 Sep 1526
    Event Place: wounded prisoner then slain by Sir James Hamilton (cousin), Battle of Linlithgow Bridge, West Lothian, 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: 1202
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
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