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Henry ("7G grandson of David Fleming of Biggar and Cumbernauld") Stewart, Lord Darnley
b. 1546, d. 10 February 1567
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Lord Darnley
Birth
Henry ("7G grandson of David Fleming of Biggar and Cumbernauld") Stewart, Lord Darnley, was born in 1546 in Temple Newsam, Leeds.
Parents
| Father | Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox, Regent of Scotland (b. 21 September 1516, d. 4 September 1571) |
Family life
Child with Mary Stewart, Queen of Scots (b. 8 December 1542, d. 8 February 1587)
| Son | King James Stewart, VI of Scotland and I of England+ (b. 19 June 1566, d. 27 March 1625) |
Death
Henry ("7G grandson of David Fleming of Biggar and Cumbernauld") Stewart, Lord Darnley, was buried in 1567 in Holyrood Abbey. He died murdered on 10 February 1567 at age ~21 in Kirk o' Field, Edinburgh.1,2
Citations
- [S2] Various contributors, "Wikipaedia," database, Commons, Wikipaedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/: online 10 November 2023), Mary, Queen of Scots at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary,_Queen_of_Scots.
- [S123] John Bain, Editor, The Poems of Sir Richard Maitland of Lethingtoun: with an Appendix of selections from the poems of Sir John Maitland and of Thomas Maitland (Glasgow: The Maitland Club, 1830), p xl; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/poemsofsirrichar00mait : viewed 19 May 2025.
| Last Edited | 27 April 2025 |