John Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox
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Sir John Stewart of Darnley, 1st Comte d'Évreux, 1st Seigneur de Concressault, 1st Seigneur d'Aubigny (c. 1380 – 1429) was a Scottish nobleman and famous military commander who served as Constable of the Scottish Army in France, supporting the French against the English during the Hundred Years War.
The Stewarts of Darnley were descended from Sir John Stewart (d. 1298), the second son of Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland. Their name is derived from Derneley, a barony in Eastwood parish, Renfrewshire. It was located 1.5 mi (2.4 km) east of Barrhead, present day Darnley, within the city of Glasgow .
Jul 19, 2023 · John Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox (b. bef. 1422, d. 8 Jul/11 Sep 1495) was known as Lord Darnley and later as the Earl of Lennox. John was the son of Sir Alan Stewart and Catherine Seton and has been confused with another John Stewart, the son of James Stewart "The Black Knight of Lorn" and Joan Beaufort, widow of King James I. Joan's husbands ...
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Dec 28, 2022 · JOHN Stewart, son of Sir ALAN Stewart of Darnley & his wife Catherine Seton ( [8 Jul/11 Sep] 1495). Lord Darnley 1460. Lord Darnley claimed the Earldom of Lennox in 1473, as the heir of Elizabeth daughter of Duncan Earl of Lennox, whom he claimed (wrongly it appears) was the Earl's second daughter.
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- circa January 09, 1495
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- 3rd Earl of Lennox
John Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox (before 1430 – 8 July/11 September 1495) was a Scottish earl. He was known as Lord Darnley and later as the Earl of Lennox . Family. Stewart was the son of Catherine Seton and Alan Stewart of Darnley, a direct descendant of Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland.
Sep 29, 2022 · Father of Alexander Stewart; John Stewart of Aubigny and Concressault and Sir Alan Stewart of Darnley, Kt. Brother of William Stewart. Half brother of Sir William Stewart of Jedworth; Janet Stewart of Darnley; Robert Stewart of Newtoun; Sir John Hamilton, 4th of Cadzow; Andrew of Hamilton and 4 others.
When Sir John Stewart 1st Seigneur d'Aubigny was born in 1380, in Darnley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, his father, Sir Alexander Stewart 5th Laird of Darnley, was 39 and his mother, Jonetta Keith, was 45. He married Elizabeth Lennox - Countess Of Lennox on 23 September 1406, in Scotland.
