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Biography of Mary Tudor Countess Derwentwater 1673-1726

Paternal Family Tree: Stewart

1662 Marriage of Charles II and Catherine of Braganza

1685 Death and Burial of Charles II

1715 Battle of Preston

Marriage of Charles II and Catherine of Braganza

On 21st May 1662 [her father] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 31) and [her step-mother] Catherine of Braganza Queen Consort England (age 23) were married at Portsmouth, Hampshire [Map]. She by marriage Queen Consort England. She the daughter of John IV King Portugal and Luisa de Guzman Queen Consort Portugal (age 48). He the son of [her grandfather] King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland and [her grandmother] Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England (age 52).

On 16th October 1673 Mary Tudor Countess Derwentwater was born to King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 43) and Mary "Moll" Davis (age 25). He subsequently dismissed her with a pension of an annual pension of £1000.

John Evelyn's Diary. 15th December 1674. Saw a comedy at night, at Court, acted by the ladies only, among them Lady Mary (age 1) and [her illegitimate half-sister] Ann (age 13), his [her father] Royal Highness' (age 44) two daughters, and my dear friend Mrs. Blagg (age 22), who, having the principal part, performed it to admiration. They were all covered with jewels.

On 10th December 1680 Mary Tudor Countess Derwentwater (age 7) was granted by Royal warrant the surname Tudor and the precedence of the daughter of an Earl.

In September 1683 Mary Tudor Countess Derwentwater (age 9) was granted an annuity of £1500 per year.

On 21st February 1684 Mary Tudor Countess Derwentwater (age 10) was granted the precedence of the daughter of a Duke.

Death and Burial of Charles II

On 6th February 1685 [her father] King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 54) died at 1145 in the morning at Whitehall Palace [Map] attended by Charles Scarburgh (age 69). His brother [her uncle] James (age 51) succeeded II King England Scotland and Ireland. Duke York merged with the Crown. Mary of Modena Queen Consort England Scotland and Ireland (age 26) by marriage Queen Consort England Scotland and Ireland. His brother King James II of England Scotland and Ireland, William Chiffinch (age 83), Richard Mason (age 52) and Archbishop William Sancroft (age 68) were present.

On 18th August 1687 Edward Radclyffe 2nd Earl Derwentwater (age 32) and Mary Tudor Countess Derwentwater (age 13) were married. She the daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland and Mary "Moll" Davis (age 39). He the son of Francis Radclyffe 1st Earl Derwentwater (age 62).

On 28th June 1689 [her son] James Radclyffe 3rd Earl Derwentwater was born to [her husband] Edward Radclyffe 2nd Earl Derwentwater (age 34) and Mary Tudor Countess Derwentwater (age 15). He a grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 3rd September 1693 [her son] Charles Radclyffe Earl Newburgh was born to [her husband] Edward Radclyffe 2nd Earl Derwentwater (age 38) and Mary Tudor Countess Derwentwater (age 19). He a grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 29th April 1705 [her husband] Edward Radclyffe 2nd Earl Derwentwater (age 50) died. His son [her son] James (age 15) succeeded 3rd Earl Derwentwater, 5th Baronet Radclyffe of Derwentwater in Cumberland.

In 1708 [her mother] Mary "Moll" Davis (age 60) died.

On 10th July 1712 [her son] James Radclyffe 3rd Earl Derwentwater (age 23) and [her daughter-in-law] Anna Maria Webb Countess Derwentwater (age 20) were married. She by marriage Countess Derwentwater. He the son of [her former husband] Edward Radclyffe 2nd Earl Derwentwater and Mary Tudor Countess Derwentwater (age 38). They were fourth cousin once removed. He a grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

1715 Battle of Preston

The 1715 Battle of Preston was the final action of the 1715 Jacobite Rebellion. It commenced on 9th November 1715 when Jacobite cavalry entered Preston, Lancashire [Map]. Royalist troops arrived in number over the next few days surrounding Preston forcing the Jacocobite surrender. 1463 were taken prisoner of which 463 were English. The Scottish prisoners included:

George Seton 5th Earl of Winton (age 38). The only prisoner to plead not guilty, sentenced to death, escaped from the Tower of London [Map] on 4th August 1716 around nine in the evening. Travelled to France then to Rome.

On 24th February 1716 William Gordon 6th Viscount Kenmure (age 44) was beheaded on Tower Hill [Map].

On 9th February 1716 William Maxwell 5th Earl Nithsale was sentenced to be executed on 24th February 1716. The night before his wife (age 36) effected his escape from the Tower of London [Map] by exchanging his clothes with those of her maid. They travelled to Paris then to Rome where the court of James "Old Pretender" Stewart (age 27) was.

[her son] James Radclyffe 3rd Earl Derwentwater (age 26) was imprisoned in the Tower of London [Map]. He was examined by the Privy Council on 10th January 1716 and impeached on 19th January 1716. He pleaded guilty in the expectation of clemency. He was attainted and condemned to death. Attempts were made to procure his pardon. His wife [her daughter-in-law] Anna Maria Webb Countess Derwentwater (age 24), her sister Mary Webb (age 21) [Note. Assumed to be her sister Mary], their aunt Anne Brudenell Duchess Richmond (age 45), Barbara Villiers 1st Duchess of Cleveland appealed to King George I (age 55) in person without success.

On 24th February 1716 James Radclyffe 3rd Earl Derwentwater was beheaded on Tower Hill [Map]. Earl Derwentwater, Baronet Radclyffe of Derwentwater in Cumberland forfeit.

William Murray 2nd Lord Nairne was tried on 9th February 1716 for treason, found guilty, attainted, and condemned to death. He survived long enough to benefit from the Indemnity Act of 1717.

General Thomas Forster of Adderstone (age 31) was attainted. He was imprisoned at Newgate Prison, London [Map] but escaped to France.

On 14th May 1716 Henry Oxburgh was hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn [Map]. He was buried at Church of St Gile's in the Fields. His head was spiked on Temple Bar.

The trials and sentences were overseen by the Lord High Steward William Cowper 1st Earl Cowper (age 50) for which he subsequently received his Earldom.

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On 4th June 1724 [her son] Charles Radclyffe Earl Newburgh (age 30) and [her daughter-in-law] Charlotte Livingstone 3rd Countess Newburgh (age 30) were married. He by marriage Earl of Newburgh. She the daughter of Charles Livingston 2nd Earl of Newburgh and Frances Brudenell Countess Newburgh. He the son of [her former husband] Edward Radclyffe 2nd Earl Derwentwater and Mary Tudor Countess Derwentwater (age 50). They were third cousin once removed. He a grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 15th November 1726 Mary Tudor Countess Derwentwater (age 53) died in Paris [Map].

Mary Tudor Countess Derwentwater 1673-1726 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of Mary Tudor Countess Derwentwater 1673-1726

Kings Wessex: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great Grand Daughter of Henry IV King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Mary Tudor Countess Derwentwater 1673-1726

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Stewart 3rd Earl Lennox 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Matthew Stewart 4th Earl Lennox 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel or Elizabeth Stewart Countess Lennox 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry "Lord Darnley" Stewart Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Archibald Douglas 6th Earl Angus 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Douglas Countess Lennox Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 1 Grandfather: King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

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

Great x 3 Grandfather: King James V of Scotland Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Queen of Scots Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Claude Lorraine 1st Duke Guise 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Antoinette Bourbon Duchess of Guise 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Frederick I of Denmark

Great x 3 Grandfather: Christian III King Denmark 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna of Brandenburg 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick II King Denmark 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Albrecht VII Duke Mecklenburg

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ulrich Mecklenburg-Schwerin 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Hohenzollern Duchess Mecklenburg 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Father: King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland Son of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Bourbon Count Vendôme and Soissons 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Luxemburg Countess Vendôme and Soissons 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Antoine King Navarre 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Rene Valois Duke Alençon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Françoise Valois Countess Vendôme 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Lorraine Duchess Alençon 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry IV King France 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Jean III King Navarre 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Henry II of Navarre 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Grailly I Queen Navarre 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Jeanne Albret III Queen Navarre 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Valois Orléans Count Angoulême 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Louise of Savoy Countess Angoulême 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

GrandMother: Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Marie de Medici Queen Consort France 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ferdinand I Holy Roman Emperor 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joanna "The Mad" Trastámara Queen Castile 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joanna of Austria Grand Duchess Tuscany 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Vladislaus II King Hungary 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Jagiellon 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Foix Queen Consort of Hungary and Bohemia 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Mary Tudor Countess Derwentwater Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Howard 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Vere Countess of Surrey 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Audley 1st Baron Audley Walden

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Audley Duchess Norfolk 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey Baroness Audley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 1st Earl Berkshire 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Knyvet of Charlton Wiltshire 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Knyvet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Pickering 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stumpe

GrandFather: Thomas Howard 3rd Earl Berkshire 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Cheke

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Cecil 2nd Earl Exeter 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Neville 4th Baron Latimer of Snape 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Somerset Baroness Latimer Snape 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cecil Countess Berkshire 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Drury 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Drury 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Audrey Rich

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Drury Countess Exeter 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Stafford 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stafford 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Stafford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Mother: Mary "Moll" Davis 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England