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     Esme Stewart 5th Duke of Lennox was the son of James Stewart 4th Duke of Lennox.
     Esme died in 1660 at Paris, France. He was unmarried..

     
     6th seigneur of Aubigny, 1st Duke of Lennox, only son of John Stuart/Stewart
5th seigneur, youngest son of John Stewart 3rd or 11th Earl of Lennox [q.v.] by his wife Anne de la Quelle. [Scots peerage]. Created Duke of Lennox by King James VI. He was brought up in France but went to Scotland in Sep 1579. On 5 March 1579/80 he was created Earl of Lennox, and 5 Aug 1581 Duke of Lennox. [Cokayne].
     
Esme Stuart
James VI loathed violence and was very insecure. In fact, he wore heavily padded clothing most of his life as a method of protecting himself from being stabbed. After the raid at Stirling, he found a friend and protector, Esme Stuart, whom he made Duke of Lennox. Esme had spent most of his life in France and was educated and sophisticated. Morton had given James a certain amount of power and as his confidence grew, Morton could no longer control him. Morton was accused by James Stewart of being in on the plot to kill Darnley and James did nothing to protect Morton who was executed.

It is believed that the relationship between Lennox and James was a homosexual one. It was Lennox who put forth the idea to James of the divine right of Kings, that he was above the people and the Church, whereas Knox and the Presbyterians thought that the King should rule Scotland for God and be an ordinary member of the Kirk.
     
. Esme Stewart Duke of Lennox was born circa 1543. He was the son of John Stuart Lord of Aubigny and Anne de la Queuille.
     Esme Stewart Duke of Lennox married Catherine de Balsac, daughter of William de Balsac, in 1572.
     Esme died on 26 May 1583 at Paris, France. He was buried at Aubigny, France.

      Euphemia Stewart was also known as Christian or Euphemia Brus in some records. This descent has now been disproved. She was born before 1200. Burke states that she was the daughter of Walter, 3rd High Steward of Scotland; but she had the manor of Birkynside, co. Lauderdale as her maritagium [SP III:256, cites Registrum de Dryburgh, 84, 85[12] ]
~ identification as Euphemia de Brus (correction of account in SP which shows her as a daughter of Walter le Stewart) by Andrew B. W. MacEwen[10]
She was previously thought to have been possibly a 2nd wife, as Patrick, 7th Earl of Dunbar was b. say 1213 (SP III:257), evidently older than Alexander le Stewart, supposed brother of Euphemia[12] - now disproved. She was the daughter of Walter Stewart 3rd High Steward and Lady Beatrix Angus.
     Euphemia Stewart married Patrick Dunbar 5/6th Earl, son of Patrick Dunbar 4th Earl of Dunbar and Ada of Scotland, circa 1213. He married Euphemia, daughter of Walter, the third High Steward of Scotland, with whom he received the estate of Birkynside, in Lauderdale, which he burdened with a merk of silver to be paid yearly for the benefit of the church of Dryburgh. The Countess survived her husband, dying perhaps in or about 1267. From the chronicler of Lanercost, who tells a somewhat decorated anecdote of the strained relations between her and her eldest son, we learn she resided, in her later years, at Whittinghame, in East Lothian. The same writer also states that he was present when mother and son were reconciled at her deathbed, he asking her forgiveness. Cokayne's corrigenda refutes this and makes his wife his stepsister.
     Euphemia Stewart lived at Whittingham, East Lothian, Scotland, after 1248. Euphemia de Brus, widow of the Earl of Dunbar, confirmed a grant after 1248.
     Euphemia died circa 1267.

      An unknown person was a nun. Gabriella Stewart was the daughter of Esme Stewart Duke of Lennox and Catherine de Balsac.

     George Stewart was born circa 1910?.
     George Stewart married Clarice Doreen Ruby, daughter of George Ruby and Eva Muriel Gillies, in 1939 at Victoria.

     Lady Henrietta Stewart was born in 1573 at France. She was the daughter of Esme Stewart Duke of Lennox and Catherine de Balsac.
     Lady Henrietta Stewart married George Gordon Marquess of Huntly, son of George Gordon 5th Earl Huntly and Anna Hamilton, on 21 July 1588 at Holyrood, Edinburgh, Midlothian.
     Henrietta died on 2 September 1642 at France. An unknown person was buried at with her mother at Lyons, France.

     
     Henry Stuart, Duke of Albany, commonly known as Lord Darnley, King Consort of Scotland, was the first cousin and second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, and the father of her son King James VI, who became King James I of England. Darnley was born in 1545, at Temple Newsam in Yorkshire, England, the son of the 4th Earl of Lennox, and his wife, Margaret Douglas. He was related to his future wife in at least three ways: They shared a grandmother in Margaret Tudor, putting both Mary and Darnley high in the line of succession for the English throne; Darnley was a descendant of a daughter of James II of Scotland and thus also in line for the throne of Scotland; and Darnley's family surname was due to a much more ancient connection to his male-line ancestor, Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland. On their marriage, which took place July 29, 1565 in the chapel of Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, Darnley was given the title of "King of Scots", but he was a king consort only, with no royal powers.
The marriage was a disaster. Darnley was younger than Mary and not particularly mature for a nineteen-year-old. He was unpopular with the other nobles and had a mean and violent streak. Within a short time, Mary became pregnant, but Darnley grew more and more demanding. His jealousy of Mary's private secretary, David Rizzio, culminated in the bloody murder of the latter by Darnley and a group of his friends, in the presence of the queen herself at Holyrood Palace. Following the birth of her son, the future James VI of Scotland, the succession was more secure; in late 1566 and early 1567, Darnley and Mary appeared to be close to reconciliation, as she was often seen visiting his chambers. But on February 10, 1567, the bodies of Darnley and servant at the time were discovered in the gardens of the Hamiltons' house, Kirk o' Field, Edinburgh, where they had been staying. An explosion had occurred that night at the house, but the evidence pointed to Darnley's having escaped that attempted assassination only to be murdered when he got outside. Suspicion fell on James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell and on Mary herself. Bothwell later abducted Mary, where he kept her for a week, at the end of which she had agreed to marry him, under pressure, duress, or desperation (Mary's power as a lone Queen was not respected since she was a woman, and Bothwell had proven himself loyal to Scotland for the past 10 years). There were also speculation that Bothwell had raped Mary, giving her no choice but to marry him. Darnley's death was a key event in the downward spiral that led to her loss of the Scottish crown. Henry Stewart Lord Darnley was born on 7 December 1545 at Temple Newsam, Yorkshire. He was the son of Matthew Stewart 4th Earl of Lennox and Lady Margaret Douglas.
     Henry Stewart Lord Darnley married Mary Stewart Queen of Scots, daughter of James V, (?) King of Scotland, on 29 July 1565 at Holyrood, Edinburgh, Midlothian.
     Henry died on 10 February 1567 at Edinburgh, Scotland, aged 21.

     
     Isabel Stewart married Colin Campbell Earl of Argyll. Isabel Stewart was born at Scotland.
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     Isabel Stewart was born at Scotland. She was the daughter of Sir John Stewart (of Bonkyll) and Margaret de Bonkyll.
     Isabel Stewart married Thomas Randolph Earl of Moray, son of Thomas Randolph (of Strathdon) and Isabel Bruce.
     Isabel died after 16 July 1351?.

     Isabel Stewart (Oliphant) (Murray) was the daughter of Sir John Stewart.

     Isabel Stewart (Robertson) was the daughter of John Stewart Earl of Athol and Eleanor Sinclair Countess of Atholl.

     Isabel Stewart Countess of Ross (Haliburton) was the daughter of Robert Stewart Duke of Albany and Margaret Graham Countess of Menteith.
     Isabel Stewart Countess of Ross (Haliburton) married Alexander Leslie Earl of Ross, son of Sir Walter Leslie and Euphemia Countess of Ross.

     Isabella Stewart was the daughter of Robert II, Stewart King of Scotland and Elizabeth Mure.
     Isabella Stewart married James Douglas 2nd Earl, son of William Douglas Earl of Douglas & Mar, after 24 September 1371.
     Isabella Stewart married Sir John Edmonston after 1388.
     Isabella died circa 1410.

     James Stewart was born at Bonkyll, Scotland. He was the son of Sir John Stewart (of Bonkyll) and Margaret de Bonkyll.

     James Stewart was the son of Alexander Stewart.

     James Stewart was born. He fled to Ireland. He left issue. He was the son of Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke of Albany and Isabella Lennox Duchess of Albany.

     Capt James Stewart (Titular Earl of Arran) was born. He was the second son of Andrew..
     He received an usually good education, had been a soldier of furtune in France and Sweden, and returned home in 1579. He must have had considerable personal attractions, as he speddily obtained the favour of the KIng. On 18 March 1579/80 and 24 August 1580 he had charters to himself in fee and this father if liferent of the lands of Bothwellmuir and others in the county of Lanark. He was appointed on the Gentlemen of the King's Chamber 15 Oct 1580, arrested the Earl of Morton, as accessory to Darnley's murder, 31 Dec 1580. for which service he received the approval of the Privy Council and Parliament, was appointed tutor to his kinsman James, Earl of Arran, who had been cognosced an idiot; admitted to the Privy Council 8 Feb 1580-81. By charter of 22 April 1581, he was created Earl of Arran and Lord Hamilton, by James VI, while James Hamilton, 3rd earl was still living, but insane.. He was the son of Andrew Stewart 2nd Lord Ochiltree.
     Capt James Stewart (Titular Earl of Arran) married Elizabeth Stewart on 6 July 1581. She had previously married firstly Hugh Fraser, 6th LOrd Lovat who died in January 1579/80; secondly to Robert Stewart, Earl fo Lennox, the King's great-uncle. This marriage was annulled, her marriage with Arran hurriedly arranged and the reason of this appeared in the birth of a child on 8 January 1581/2. He left issue..
     James died on 1 December 1595 at Symington, Ayrshire, Scotland. He was attacked and killed by James Douglas of Parkhead, a nephew of the Regent Morton, whose fall, Arran had been instrumental in bringing about..

     
     He was also Duke of Richmond.. James Stewart 4th Duke of Lennox was born on 6 April 1612 at London, England. He was the son of Esme Stuart 3rd Duke of Lennox and Catherine Clifton Dowager Duchess of Lennox.
     James died on 30 March 1655 aged 42.

     
     He was a supporter of Robert Bruce, co-regent and Guardian of the Realm. James Stewart 5th High Steward was born circa 1243. He was the son of Alexander Stewart 4th High Steward and Jeano or Joan Macrory.
     James Stewart 5th High Steward married Cecilia Dunbar, daughter of Patrick Dunbar 6/7th Earl and Cecilia Fraser?.
     James Stewart 5th High Steward married secondly Egidia de Burgh. They had four children.
     James died on 16 July 1309.

     James Stewart Black Kt of Lorn was born say 1415. He was the son of Sir John Stewart.
     James Stewart Black Kt of Lorn married Queen Joan or Jane Beaufort, daughter of John Beaufort 1st Earl of Somerset and Margaret Holland, in 1438.

     James Stewart Duke of Ross was born in 1476 at Scotland. 2nd son named at his baptism Marquess of Ormond. He was the son of James III, King of Scotland and Margaret, Princess of Denmark. James was Archbishop at St Andrews, Scotland.
     James died in 1504 at Scotland. An unknown person was buried at St Andrew's Cathedral at Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

     James Stewart Earl of Buchan was the son of James Stewart Black Kt of Lorn and Queen Joan or Jane Beaufort.

     James Stewart Earl of Moray was born in 1531 or 1533?. He was the son of James V, (?) King of Scotland.
     James died on 20 January 1569/70 at West Lothian (Linlithgow), Scotland. He was shot by James Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh (21st?) in his 37th year.. He was buried at St Giles, Edinburgh, Scotland.

     James Stewart Earl of Murray was born at Scotland. He was the son of James IV, (?) King of Scotland and Margaret Drummond.

     Janet Stewart was born at Banffshire, Scotland.

     Janet Stewart was born. She was the daughter of the Sir Alexander Stewart of Garlies, see Earl of Galloway pedigree.
     Janet Stewart married Sir John Dunbar (of Mochrum), son of Sir Alexander Dunbar and Isobel Sutherland, after 1483.

      Janet Stewart was also known as Jessie in some records. She was born circa 1839 at Lochee, Angus, Scotland.
     Janet Stewart married John Handy, son of Stray Handy, on 23 December 1864 at Dundee, Angus, Scotland.
     Janet Stewart and John Handy appeared on the 1871 census at Larch St, Mitchells Land, Liff & Benvie. John Handy, 32, head, labourer, born Ireland, with his wife Jessie 31, power loom weaver, born Lochee and son John aged 5 born Dundee.
     Janet Stewart and John Handy appeared on the 1881 census at 11 Kinloch Street, Dundee, Angus, Scotland. John Handy, married, 40, hawker, wife Jessie aged 42, born Lochee, Forfar, jute weaver, John Handy son, aged 15 born Dundee, apprentice brushmaker, Jessie Handy, daughter, aged 6, born Dundee, scholar.

     Janet Stewart (Somerville) was the daughter of Alexander Stewart.

     Janet or Jean or Joann Stewart was born at Scotland. She was the daughter of John Stewart Earl of Athol and Lady Margaret Douglas.
     A contract for the marriage of Janet or Jean or Joann Stewart and Alexander Gordon 3rd Earl Huntly was signed on 20 October 1474. His brother Adam was already born and the contract stipulated that failing him, his brother Adam was to implement the contract and so forth, "from son to son lauchfully gotten."
     Janet or Jean or Joann Stewart married Alexander Gordon 3rd Earl Huntly, son of George Gordon 2nd Earl Huntly and Elizabeth Hay, after 20 October 1474.
     Janet died on 27 October 1510 at Strathbogie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.