Biography of Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox 1542-1583
Paternal Family Tree: Stewart
Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox and Catherine Balsac Duchess Lennox were married. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.
In 1542 Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox was born to John Stewart Duke Orkney and Anne Queuille Lady Aubigny.
Around 1573 [his daughter] Henrietta Stewart Marchioness Huntly was born to Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox (age 31) and Catherine Balsac Duchess Lennox.
On 29 Sep 1574 [his son] Ludovic Stewart 2nd Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond was born to Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox (age 32) and Catherine Balsac Duchess Lennox.
In 1579 [his son] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox was born to Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox (age 37) and Catherine Balsac Duchess Lennox.
On 05 Mar 1580 [his uncle] Robert Stewart 1st Earl Lennox 1st Earl March (age 58) resigned Earl Lennox. On the same day he was created 1st Earl March. Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arran Countess Lennox and March (age 31) by marriage Countess March.
On the same day Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox (age 38) was created 1st Earl Lennox by King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 13) for being his favourite. Catherine Balsac Duchess Lennox by marriage Lord Aubigny.
On 21 Jul 1581 [his son-in-law] George Gordon 1st Marquess Huntly (age 19) and [his daughter] Henrietta Stewart Marchioness Huntly (age 8) were married. She by marriage Countess Huntley. She the daughter of Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox (age 39) and Catherine Balsac Duchess Lennox. He the son of George Gordon 5th Earl Huntley and Anne Hamilton Countess Huntley. They were third cousin once removed.
On 05 Aug 1581 Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox (age 39) was created 1st Duke Lennox. Catherine Balsac Duchess Lennox by marriage Duchess Lennox.
Around 1582 [his daughter] Mary Stewart Countess Mar was born to Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox (age 40) and Catherine Balsac Duchess Lennox.
22 Aug 1582. The Raid of Ruthven was a plot by several nobles led by William Ruthven 1st Earl Gowrie (age 39) to kidnap the fifteen years old King James VI of Scotland (age 16), son of Mary Queen of Scots (age 39), (before he became King of England) to reform the government of Scotland.
The nobles included John Erskine 19th Earl Mar (age 20), Thomas Lyon Master of Glamis, Robert Boyd 5th Lord Boyd (age 65), Patrick Lindsay 6th Lord Lindsay of the Byres (age 61), and David Erskine Commendator of Dryburgh.
They were opposed by Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox (age 40) and James Stewart 1st Earl Arran who controlled the government.
King James VI of Scotland (age 16) was captured whilst hunting near Ruthven Castle.
The rebels were joined by Francis Stewart 5th Earl Bothwell (age 19) and James Cunningham 7th Earl Glencairn (age 30).
Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox (age 40) was exiled; he died a year later in Paris. James Stewart 1st Earl Arran was imprisoned.
On 26 May 1583 Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox (age 41) died. His son [his son] Ludovic Stewart 2nd Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 8) succeeded 2nd Duke Lennox, 2nd Earl Lennox.
[his daughter] Gabrielle Stewart was born to Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox and Catherine Balsac Duchess Lennox.
Kings Wessex: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 11 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 17 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 12 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 7 Grand Son of Robert "The Bruce" I King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 11 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 7 Grand Son of Philip "The Fair" IV King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Stewart of Darnley 1st Count Évreux
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alan Stewart of Darnley
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Stewart 1st Earl Lennox 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Seton Master of Seton 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Seton 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Janet Dunbar 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Matthew Stewart 2nd Earl Lennox 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alexander Montgomerie 1st Lord Montgomerie
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Montgomerie Countess Lennox
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Boyd 5th of Kilmarnock
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Boyd
GrandFather: John Stewart 3rd Earl Lennox 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Hamilton
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Hamilton 1st Lord Hamilton
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Lennox 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King James I of Scotland 5 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King James II of Scotland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Stewart Countess Arran 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Arnold Egmont 1st Duke Guelders
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine La Marck 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Father: John Stewart Duke Orkney 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Stewart of Innermeath
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Stewart of Innermeath 3rd of Lorn
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Holkettle
Great x 2 Grandfather: James "Black Knight of Lorn" Stewart
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Macdougall
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Stewart 1st Earl Atholl 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Roet Duchess Lancaster
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
GrandMother: Isabel or Elizabeth Stewart Countess Lennox 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Sinclair 2nd Earl Orkney
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Sinclair 3rd Earl Orkney 1st Earl Caithness 6 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Nithsdale" Douglas
Great x 3 Grandmother: Egidia "Fair Maid of Nithsdale" Douglas Countess Orkney 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Princess Egidia Stewart 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Sinclair Countess Atholl 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Marjory Sutherland Countess Orkney and Caithness
Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Mother: Anne Queuille Lady Aubigny