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Biography of Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arran Countess Lennox and March 1549-1595

Paternal Family Tree: Stewart

Before 1549 [her father] John Stewart 4th Earl Atholl and [her mother] Elizabeth Gordon Countess Atholl were married. She by marriage Countess Atholl. She the daughter of [her grandfather] George Gordon 4th Earl Huntley (age 34). He the son of [her grandfather] John Stewart 3rd Earl Atholl and [her grandmother] Grizzell Ratray Countess Atholl. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.

In 1549 [her father] John Stewart 4th Earl Atholl and [her step-mother] Margaret Fleming Countess Atholl (age 20) were married. She by marriage Countess Atholl. He the son of [her grandfather] John Stewart 3rd Earl Atholl and [her grandmother] Grizzell Ratray Countess Atholl. They were third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

Around 1549 Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arran Countess Lennox and March was born to John Stewart 4th Earl Atholl and Elizabeth Gordon Countess Atholl.

In 1557 [her mother] Elizabeth Gordon Countess Atholl died.

On 6th January 1579 Robert Stewart 1st Earl Lennox 1st Earl March (age 57) and Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arran Countess Lennox and March (age 30) were married. She by marriage Countess Lennox. The difference in their ages was 27 years. She the daughter of John Stewart 4th Earl Atholl and Elizabeth Gordon Countess Atholl. He the son of John Stewart 3rd Earl Lennox and Isabel or Elizabeth Stewart Countess Lennox. They were first cousin twice removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England.

On 25th April 1579 [her father] John Stewart 4th Earl Atholl died. His son [her half-brother] John (age 15) succeeded 5th Earl Atholl. Mary Ruthven Countess Atholl by marriage Countess Atholl.

Earldoms of Lennox and March Swapped

On 5th March 1580 [her husband] 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 19th May 1581 Robert Stewart 1st Earl Lennox 1st Earl March (age 59) and Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arran Countess Lennox and March (age 32) were divorced.

After 19th May 1581 James Stewart 1st Earl Arran and Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arran Countess Lennox and March (age 32) were married. She by marriage Countess Arran. She the daughter of John Stewart 4th Earl Atholl and Elizabeth Gordon Countess Atholl. They were half fourth cousins.

On 29th March 1586 [her former husband] Robert Stewart 1st Earl Lennox 1st Earl March (age 64) died.

In 1595 [her husband] James Stewart 1st Earl Arran died.

In September 1595 Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arran Countess Lennox and March (age 46) died.

[her son] Henry Stewart was born to James Stewart 1st Earl Arran and Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arran Countess Lennox and March.

Royal Ancestors of Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arran Countess Lennox and March 1549-1595

Kings Wessex: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arran Countess Lennox and March 1549-1595

Great x 3 Grandfather: James "Black Knight of Lorn" Stewart

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Macdougall

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Stewart 1st Earl Atholl 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Stewart 2nd Earl Atholl 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Sinclair 2nd Earl Orkney

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Sinclair 3rd Earl Orkney 1st Earl Caithness 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Egidia "Fair Maid of Nithsdale" Douglas Countess Orkney 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Sinclair Countess Atholl 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Marjory Sutherland Countess Orkney and Caithness

GrandFather: John Stewart 3rd Earl Atholl 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Archibald Campbell 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Colin Campbell 1st Earl Argyll 7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Archibald Campbell 2nd Earl Argyll 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Stewart 2nd Lord Lorn 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Stewart Countess Argyll 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Janet Campbell Countess Atholl 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alan Stewart of Darnley

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Stewart 1st Earl Lennox 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Seton 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stewart Countess Argyll 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Montgomerie Countess Lennox

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Boyd

Father: John Stewart 4th Earl Atholl 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

GrandMother: Grizzell Ratray Countess Atholl

Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arran Countess Lennox and March 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Gordon 1st Earl Huntley 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Gordon 2nd Earl Huntley 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Crichton Countess Huntley

Great x 2 Grandfather: Alexander Gordon 3rd Earl Huntley 11 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Gordon 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James "Black Knight of Lorn" Stewart

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Stewart 1st Earl Atholl 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: Jean Stewart Countess Huntley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Sinclair 3rd Earl Orkney 1st Earl Caithness 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Sinclair Countess Atholl 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Marjory Sutherland Countess Orkney and Caithness

GrandFather: George Gordon 4th Earl Huntley 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King James II of Scotland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: King James III of Scotland 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: King James IV of Scotland 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Christian I King Denmark

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Oldenburg Queen Consort Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothea of Brandenburg

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Stewart 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Drummond 1st Lord Drummond

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Drummond 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Lindsay 4th Earl Crawford 7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Lindsay Lady Drummond 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Dunbar Countess Crawford 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Mother: Elizabeth Gordon Countess Atholl 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England