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Peerage Record – 10213

Lady Elizabeth Stewart1

Female, Registry Number #102121

Last Edited=6 Oct 2012
Consanguinity Index=0.09%
     Lady Elizabeth Stewart is the daughter of John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl and Lady Eleanor Sinclair.1 She married John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Lennox, son of Matthew Stuart, 2nd Earl of Lennox and Hon. Elizabeth Hamilton, on 19 January 1511/12 in a by Papal dispensation marriage.1 She was also reported to have been married on 21 September 1512.
     From 19 January 1511/12, her married name became Stuart.

Children of Lady Elizabeth Stewart and John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Lennox

Citations:
  1. [S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 2764. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]

John Stuart, 6th Seigneur d’Aubigny1

Male, Registry Number #102122, b. circa 1519, d. 31 May 1567

Last Edited=29 Jul 2020
Consanguinity Index=0.88%

John Stuart, 5th Seigneur d’Aubigny
by Jean Clouet, 1525 2

     John Stuart, 6th Seigneur d’Aubigny was born circa 1519.1 He was the son of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Lennox and Lady Elizabeth Stewart.3,4 He married Anne de la Queuille, daughter of François de la Queuille, Seigneur de la Queuille and Anne d‘Espinay, circa 1542.3 He died on 31 May 1567.1
     He was Captain of the Scottish Archers of the Guard between 1536 and 1560.3 He was naturalized as a French subject in January 1536/37.3 He succeeded as the 6th Seigneur d’Aubigny, in Berry [France, 1423] in 1543.1 Between 1544 and 1547 he was imprisoned in the Bastille when his brother married the King of England’s niece.4 He was commander of the company of men at arms in 1550 at Italy.4 He fought in the Battle of St. Quentin in 1557, where he was caputred by the Spaniards and ransomed.4 He supported Mary Queen of Scots claim to the English throne.4 He unsuccessfully claimed the hereditary command of the Archer Guards which had passed into the hands of the Montgomeries, and resigned his own company in pique.4 He was commander of the Gendarmes Ecossus in 1565.4

Child of John Stuart, 6th Seigneur d’Aubigny and Anne de la Queuille

Citations:
  1. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 329. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
  2. [S3409] Caroline Maubois, “re: Penancoet Family,” e-mail message to BENR, 2 December 2008. Hereinafter cited as “re: Penancoet Family.”
  3. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume I, page 328.
  4. [S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 2764. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]

Astrid (?)

Female, Registry Number #102123

Last Edited=9 Aug 2004
     Astrid (?) married Olof Skötkonung, King of Sweden, son of Erik VI, King of Sweden and Sigrid ‘the Haughty’ (?).1

Children of Astrid (?) and Olof Skötkonung, King of Sweden

Citations:
  1. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain’s Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 25. Hereinafter cited as Britain’s Royal Families.
  2. [S38] John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 151. Hereinafter cited as Dynasties of the World.

Esmé Stuart, 1st Duke of Lennox1

Male, Registry Number #102124, b. circa 1542, d. 26 May 1583

Last Edited=29 Jul 2020
Consanguinity Index=0.0%

Esme Stuart, 1st Duke of Lennox, 1581 2

     Esmé Stuart, 1st Duke of Lennox was born circa 1542.3 He was the son of John Stuart, 6th Seigneur d’Aubigny and Anne de la Queuille.1 He married Catherine de Balsac, daughter of Guillaume de Balsac, Seigneur d’Entragues et Marcoussins and Louise d‘Humieres, circa 1572.4 He died on 26 May 1583 at Paris, FranceG, from a fever.1
     He succeeded as the 7th Seigneur d’Aubigny, in Berry [France, 1423] on 31 March 1567.1 In September 1579 he went to Scotland, after being brought up in France.1 He held the office of Hereditary Great Chamberlain of Scotland in 1580.4 He was created 1st Earl of Lennox [Scotland] on 5 March 1579/80.1 He was Captain of the King’s Guard in 1581.4 He was created 1st Duke of Lennox [Scotland] on 5 August 1581.1 In 1582 he worked for the restoration of Mary Queen of Scots, but was exiled.4

Children of Esmé Stuart, 1st Duke of Lennox and Catherine de Balsac

Citations:
  1. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 329. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
  2. [S3409] Caroline Maubois, “re: Penancoet Family,” e-mail message to BENR, 2 December 2008. Hereinafter cited as “re: Penancoet Family.”
  3. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume VII, page 602.
  4. [S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 2764. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
  5. [S37] BP2003. [S37]
  6. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume IV, page 437.

Catherine Sinclair1

Female, Registry Number #102125

Last Edited=9 Feb 2011
     Catherine Sinclair was the daughter of William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness and Marjory Sutherland.2,3,4 She married Alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, son of James II Stewart, King of Scotland and Marie van Egmond-Gelre, before 1477.4 She and Alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany were divorced on 2 March 1477/78 on the grounds of ‘propinquity of blood’ (consanguinity.)5
     From before 1477, her married name became Stewart.5 After her marriage, Catherine Sinclair was styled as Duchess of Albany.6

Child of Catherine Sinclair and Alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany

Citations:
  1. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain’s Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 219. Hereinafter cited as Britain’s Royal Families.
  2. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain’s Royal Families, page 219, says she is daughter of William’s first wife, Elizabeth Douglas, but Cokayne, vol I, page 79 also states this and vol XIV page 15 corrects this.
  3. [S2] Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 15. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage, Volume XIV.
  4. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain’s Royal Families, page 234.
  5. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 79. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
  6. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain’s Royal Families, page 220.

John Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany1

Male, Registry Number #102126, b. between 1481 and 1485, d. 2 June 1536

Last Edited=6 Mar 2009

John Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany
by Jean Clouet, 1535 2

     John Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany was born between 1481 and 1485.3 He was the son of Alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany and Anne de la Tour. A contract for the marriage of John Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany and Anne de la Tour, Comtesse d’Auvergne was signed on 13 July 1505.1 He died on 2 June 1536 at Castle of Mirefleur, Mirefleur, Auvergne, FranceG, without legitimate issue.1 He was buried at Palace of Vic-le-Comte, France.3
     He was styled as Duke of Albany in June 1505.3 He gained the title of 2nd Duke of Albany [S., 1458] on 8 April 1515.3 He held the office of Regent of Scotland between 18 May 1515 and December 1523.1 He held the office of Governor of Bourbonnais, Auvergne, Forez and Beaujolais after 1523.1
     On his death, all of his honours became extinct.

Child of John Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany and Jean Abernathy

Citations:
  1. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 81. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
  2. [S3409] Caroline Maubois, “re: Penancoet Family,” e-mail message to BENR, 2 December 2008. Hereinafter cited as “re: Penancoet Family.”
  3. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain’s Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 235. Hereinafter cited as Britain’s Royal Families.

Jill Gomez1

Female, Registry Number #102127
Last Edited=16 Mar 2014
     Jill Gomez married Patrick Charles Carnegy, 15th Earl of Northesk, son of Rev. Canon Patrick Charles Alexander Carnegy and Joyce Eleanor Townsley.1
     She was a sporano.1 Her married name became Carnegy.1
Citations:
  1. [S466] Notices, The Telegraph, London, UK. Hereinafter cited as The Telegraph.

Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany1

Male, Registry Number #102128, b. 1362, d. 24 May 1425

Last Edited=13 Oct 2016
Consanguinity Index=0.16%
     Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany was born in 1362.2 He was the son of Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany and Margaret Graham, Countess of Menteith.3,2 He married, firstly, Joan Douglas before 1389.4 He married, secondly, Isabel of Lennox, Countess of Lennox, daughter of Duncan, 8th Earl of Lennox and Helen Campbell, from 17 February 1391/92 to 8 November 1392.5 He died on 24 May 1425 at Castle Hill, Stirling, Stirlingshire, ScotlandG, beheaded.1 He was buried at Church of the Black Friars, Stirling, Stirlingshire, ScotlandG.2
     He held the office of Justiciar North of the Forth on 2 April 1389.1 Between September 1402 and 1415 he was held prisoner by the English, when he was finally exchanged for the Earl of Northumberland.1 He fought in the Battle of Homildon Hill on 14 September 1402 at Homildon Hill, Northumberland, England, where he was taken prisoner.1 He held the office of Regent of Scotland between 1420 and 1424.1 He succeeded as the 2nd Earl of Fife on 3 September 1420.2 He succeeded as the Earl of Monteith on 3 September 1420.2 He succeeded as the 2nd Duke of Albany [S., 1398] on 3 September 1420.2 On 25 March 1425 he was attainted and forfeited all of his honours.2

Child of Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany

Children of Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany and Isabel of Lennox, Countess of Lennox

Citations:
  1. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 78. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
  2. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain’s Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 216. Hereinafter cited as Britain’s Royal Families.
  3. [S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 2767. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
  4. [S2] Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 15. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage, Volume XIV.
  5. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain’s Royal Families, page 217.
  6. [S8] BP1999 volume 1, page 104. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S8]
  7. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain’s Royal Families, page 218.

Sir James Stewart of Lorn1

Male, Registry Number #102129, d. circa 1448

Last Edited=6 Oct 2012
Consanguinity Index=0.05%
     Sir James Stewart of Lorn was the son of Sir John Stewart of Innermeath, 3rd of Lorn and Isabella Macdougall.2 He married Lady Joan Beaufort, daughter of John de Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset and Lady Margaret de Holand, before 21 September 1439, with Papal dispensation for both consanguinity and affinity.1 He died circa 1448.1
     Sir James Stewart of Lorn also went by the nick-name of ‘the Black Knight of Lorn’.3

Children of Sir James Stewart of Lorn and Lady Joan Beaufort

Citations:
  1. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain’s Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 230. Hereinafter cited as Britain’s Royal Families.
  2. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume VIII, page 143. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
  3. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume I, page 312.
  4. [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 565. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
  5. [S37] BP2003. [S37]

John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl1

Male, Registry Number #102130, b. circa 1440, d. 15 September 1512

Last Edited=22 Nov 2012
Consanguinity Index=0.02%
     John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl was born circa 1440.2 He was the son of Sir James Stewart of Lorn and Lady Joan Beaufort.3 He married, firstly, Lady Margaret Douglas, daughter of Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas and Lady Eupheme Graham, in 1459/60.1 He married, secondly, Lady Eleanor Sinclair, daughter of William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness and Marjory Sutherland, before 19 April 1475.4 He died on 15 September 1512 at Laighwood, ScotlandG.4 He was buried at Dunkeld Cathedral, Dunkeld, Perthshire, ScotlandG.4
     He was created 1st Earl of Atholl [Scotland] circa 1457.1 In 1460 he was granted the Castle and Lordship of Balvenie.3 He was created 1st Lord of Balveny [Scotland] in 1460.4 In 1475 he defeated and captured the last Lord of the Isles.3 He held the office of Scottish Ambassador to England in 1484.1

Children of John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl and Lady Margaret Douglas

Children of John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl and Lady Eleanor Sinclair

Citations:
  1. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 312. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
  2. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain’s Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 230. Hereinafter cited as Britain’s Royal Families.
  3. [S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 2766. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
  4. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume I, page 313.
  5. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume I, page 199.
  6. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume V, page 545.
  7. [S8] BP1999 volume 1, page 133. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S8]
  8. [S37] BP2003. [S37]
  9. [S8] BP1999. [S8]

 

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