Biography of James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl of Moray 1565-1592

On 10th January 1563 [his father] James Stewart 1st Lord Doune (age 34) and [his mother] Margaret Campbell (age 19) were married. There was a masque involving courtiers and musicians dressed in white taffeta as shepherds. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Archibald Campbell 4th Earl Argyll and [his grandmother] Margaret Graham Countess Argyll. They were half third cousin once removed.

Around 1565 James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl of Moray was born to James Stewart 1st Lord Doune (age 36) and Margaret Campbell (age 21).

On 23rd January 1581 James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl of Moray (age 16) and Elizabeth Stewart 2nd Countess Moray (age 15) were married. She by marriage Lord Doune. He by marriage 2nd Earl Moray. She the daughter of James Stewart 1st Earl of Moray Regent and Agnes Keith Countess Moray and Mar (age 50). They were third cousins. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

On 27th June 1584 Francis Hay 9th Earl Erroll (age 20) and [his sister-in-law] Margaret Stewart Countess Erroll (age 15) were married. She by marriage Countess Erroll. She the daughter of James Stewart 1st Earl of Moray Regent and [his mother-in-law] Agnes Keith Countess Moray and Mar (age 53). He the son of Andrew Hay 8th Earl Erroll (age 53) and Jean Hay (age 44). They were fourth cousins. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

In October 1584 [his uncle] Colin Campbell 6th Earl Argyll (age 40) died. His son [his brother-in-law] Archibald (age 9) succeeded 7th Earl Argyll. Agnes Douglas Countess Argyll (age 10) by marriage Countess Argyll.

In 1586 [his sister-in-law] Margaret Stewart Countess Erroll (age 16) died.

Around 1587 [his daughter] Elizabeth Stewart Lady Saltoun was born to James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl of Moray (age 22) and [his wife] Elizabeth Stewart 2nd Countess Moray (age 21). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

In 1589 [his son] Francis Stewart was born to James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl of Moray (age 24) and [his wife] Elizabeth Stewart 2nd Countess Moray (age 23) at Donibristle, Fife. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

On 20th July 1590 [his father] James Stewart 1st Lord Doune (age 61) was assassinated (the first in Scotland by a fiream). His son James (age 25) succeeded 2nd Lord Doune.

Before 1591 [his son] James Stewart 3rd Earl of Moray was born to James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl of Moray (age 25) and [his wife] Elizabeth Stewart 2nd Countess Moray (age 25). He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

In 1591 [his daughter] Margaret Stewart 1st Countess Nottingham was born to James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl of Moray (age 26) and [his wife] Elizabeth Stewart 2nd Countess Moray (age 25). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

On 18th November 1591 [his wife] Elizabeth Stewart 2nd Countess Moray (age 26) died.

In February 1592 [his mother] Margaret Campbell (age 48) died.

On 7th February 1592 James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl of Moray (age 27) was murdered. His son [his son] James (age 1) succeeded 3rd Earl Moray.

Moray, in expectation of a summons to the court, had arrived at Donibristle, a house on the Fife coast owned by his mother [his mother] Margaret Campbell (deceased). The house was suddenly beset by the followers of George Gordon 1st Marquess Huntly (age 30), who called on him to surrender. He declined to do so, and the house was set on fire. Moray escaped but was subsequently killed.

The next day, the corpses of the earl and of Dunbar, Sheriff of Moray, who had also been killed in the attack, were brought to Leith by the earl's mother Margaret Campbell. She intended to confront King James VI (age 25) and demand that Huntly be brought to justice. The body displayed in the St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh; a 'vendetta portrait' showing his wounds was commissioned.

The body remained on display for five years. He was eventually buried on the orders of King James.

James Stewart 3rd Earl of Moray: Before 1591 he was born to James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl of Moray and Elizabeth Stewart 2nd Countess Moray. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland. On 2nd October 1607 James Stewart 3rd Earl of Moray and Anne Gordon Countess Moray were married. She by marriage Countess Moray. She the daughter of George Gordon 1st Marquess Huntly and Henrietta Stewart Marchioness Huntly. He the son of James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl of Moray and Elizabeth Stewart 2nd Countess Moray. They were half third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland. On 6th August 1638 James Stewart 3rd Earl of Moray died. His son James succeeded 4th Earl Moray.

Margaret Campbell: In 1544 she was born to Archibald Campbell 4th Earl Argyll and Margaret Graham Countess Argyll. On 10th January 1563 James Stewart 1st Lord Doune and she were married. There was a masque involving courtiers and musicians dressed in white taffeta as shepherds. She the daughter of Archibald Campbell 4th Earl Argyll and Margaret Graham Countess Argyll. They were half third cousin once removed. In February 1592 Margaret Campbell died.

[his daughter] Grizel Stewart was born to James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl of Moray and Elizabeth Stewart 2nd Countess Moray. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.