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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.

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Biography of Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany 1362-1425

Paternal Family Tree: Stewart

Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Graham 2nd Countess Menteith and Mar 1360

After 21st November 1348 John Murray and [his mother] Margaret Graham 3rd Countess Menteith (age 14) were married. See Dispensation. She the daughter of [his grandfather] John Graham Earl Menteith and [his grandmother] Margaret Graham 2nd Countess Menteith and Mar. They were third cousin twice removed.

Around 1359 John Drummond of Stobhall 11th Thane of Lennox (age 41) and [his mother] Margaret Graham 3rd Countess Menteith (age 25) were married. See Dispensation which appears to have been sought and given after the marriage. She the daughter of [his grandfather] John Graham Earl Menteith and [his grandmother] Margaret Graham 2nd Countess Menteith and Mar.

On 28th September 1361 [his father] Robert Stewart 1st Duke Albany (age 21) and [his mother] Margaret Graham 3rd Countess Menteith (age 27) were married. He by marriage Earl Menteith. See Dispensation. She the daughter of [his grandfather] John Graham Earl Menteith and [his grandmother] Margaret Graham 2nd Countess Menteith and Mar. He the son of [his grandfather] King Robert II of Scotland (age 45) and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Mure Queen Consort Scotland. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King John of England.

In 1362 Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany was born to Robert Stewart 1st Duke Albany (age 22) and Margaret Graham 3rd Countess Menteith (age 28).

Around 1380 [his mother] Margaret Graham 3rd Countess Menteith (age 46) died. She was buried at Inchmahome Priory [Map].

In 1381 [his father] Robert Stewart 1st Duke Albany (age 41) and [his step-mother] Muriella Keith Duchess Albany (age 23) were married. He the son of [his grandfather] King Robert II of Scotland (age 64) and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Mure Queen Consort Scotland.

Before 1400 Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany (age 37) and Isabel Countess Lennox Duchess Albany were married. She by marriage Duchess Albany. She the daughter of Duncan Lennox 8th Earl Lennox (age 54). He the son of Robert Stewart 1st Duke Albany (age 59) and Margaret Graham 3rd Countess Menteith.

In or after 1400 [his son] Walter Stewart was born to Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany (age 38) and [his wife] Isabel Countess Lennox Duchess Albany at Lennox.

On 3rd September 1420 [his father] Robert Stewart 1st Duke Albany (age 80) died at Stirling Castle [Map]. His son Murdoch (age 58) succeeded 2nd Duke Albany. His son [his half-brother] John (age 39) succeeded 2nd Earl Buchan. Elizabeth Douglas Countess Buchan and Orkney by marriage Countess Buchan.

In 1421 [his son] Robert Stewart died.

1425 Purge of the Albany Stewarts

Following the Battle of Verneuil at which [his half-brother] John Stewart 2nd Earl Buchan, brother of Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany (age 63) and key ally of the Albany Stewarts, was killed, King James I of Scotland (age 30) felt able to take action against the Albany Stewarts for their protracted regency whilst James was hostage in England.

Before 18th May 1425 Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany (age 63) and his younger son [his son] Alexander Stewart were arrested and confined in St Andrew's Castle then moved to Caerlaverock Castle [Map]. His [his wife] wife was arrested at the family's home of Doune Castle and imprisoned at Tantallon Castle.

Murdoch's son [his son] James "Fat aka Seamas Mòr" Stewart led the men of Lennox and Argyll in open rebellion against the crown. He attacked and burned the burgh of Dumbarton with much loss of life.

On 18th May 1425 Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany (age 63), his two sons [his son] Walter Stewart (age 25) and [his son] Alexander Stewart, and [his father-in-law] Duncan Lennox 8th Earl Lennox (age 80) were tried at Stirling Castle [Map] in the presence of King James I of Scotland (age 30).

The jury which condemned them was composed of 21 knights and peers, including Albany's half-uncle [his uncle] Walter Stewart 1st Earl Atholl 3rd Earl Caithness (age 65), first cousin Alexander Stewart 1st Earl of Mar (age 50), first cousins once-removed Archibald Douglas 2nd Duke Touraine (age 35), and Alexander, Earl of Ross and Lord of the Isles.

On 24th May 1425 [his son] Alexander Stewart and [his father-in-law] Duncan Lennox 8th Earl Lennox (age 80) were beheaded at Heading Hill at Stirling Castle.

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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 25th May 1425 Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany (age 63) and his son [his son] Walter Stewart (age 25) were beheaded at Heading Hill at Stirling Castle.

In 1458 [his former wife] Isabel Countess Lennox Duchess Albany died.

Scotichronicon Book 15 Chapter 14. [14 Sep 1402]. In that battle the following were captured: Sir Murdoch Stewart, eldest son of the governor; the second Sir Archibald earl of Douglas, who lost an eye; Thomas earl of Moray and George earl of Angus, the last of whom [soon] died from an epidemic of plague in England. Besides these the following knights were also taken prisoner there: Sir Robert Erskine of Alloa; Sir William Abernethy of Saltoun; Sir James Douglas master of Dalkeith and his two brothers James and William; Sir William Airth of that Ilk with his son and heir Hugh; Sir John Stewart of Lorn; Sir John Seton of that IIk; Sir William Sinclair of Herdmanston; Sir George Leslie of Rothes; Sir James Sinclair of Longformacus with his son John; Sir Patrick Dunbar of Biel; Sir Alexander Home of Dunglass; Sir Adam Forrester of Corstorphine; Sir William Stewart of Angus; Sir Robert Stewart of Durisdeer; Sir Walter Bickerton of Luffness; Sir Robert Logan of Restalrig; Sir John Ramsay of Carnock; Sir Elias de Kinninmonth of that Ilk; Sir Laurence Ramsay of Clatto; Sir John Ker of Samuelston; Sir Fergus MacDowall of Galloway, with various others, on the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. What more can be said? The flower as it were of the fighting men of the whole realm of Scotland was captured and ransomed.

[his son] Isabel Stewart was born to Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany and Isabel Countess Lennox Duchess Albany.

[his son] Alexander Stewart was born to Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany and Isabel Countess Lennox Duchess Albany.

[his son] Robert Stewart was born to Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany and Isabel Countess Lennox Duchess Albany.

[his son] James "Fat aka Seamas Mòr" Stewart was born to Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany and Isabel Countess Lennox Duchess Albany.

Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany 1362-1425 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany 1362-1425

Kings Wessex: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 6 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 12 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 7 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Son of King John of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 17 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks

Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 15 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany 1362-1425

Queen Consort Camilla Shand

Diana Spencer Princess Wales

Ancestors of Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany 1362-1425

Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Stewart 3rd High Steward

Great x 3 Grandfather: Alexander Stewart 4th High Steward

Great x 4 Grandmother: Bethóc Angus

Great x 2 Grandfather: James Stewart 5th High Steward

Great x 1 Grandfather: Walter Stewart 6th High Steward

GrandFather: King Robert II of Scotland 3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Bruce 5th Lord Annandale 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Bruce Earl Carrick 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Clare Lady Annandale 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Niall Carrick 2nd Earl Carrick

Great x 3 Grandmother: Marjorie Carrick 3rd Countess Carrick

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Stewart Countess Carrick

Great x 1 Grandmother: Marjory Bruce 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Donald Mar 6th Earl of Mar

Great x 3 Grandfather: Donald Mar 7th Earl of Mar

Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabella Mar Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Llewellyn "The Great" Aberffraw

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elen ferch Llewellyn Aberffraw Countess Huntingdon and Mar Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Plantagenet Daughter of King John of England

Father: Robert Stewart 1st Duke Albany 4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Adam Mure

GrandMother: Elizabeth Mure Queen Consort Scotland

Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: John de Graham

GrandFather: John Graham Earl Menteith

Mother: Margaret Graham 3rd Countess Menteith

Great x 3 Grandfather: Alexander Menteith I Earl Menteith

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Menteith I Countess Menteith

Great x 2 Grandfather: Alan I Earl Menteith

Great x 1 Grandfather: Alan II Earl Menteith

GrandMother: Margaret Graham 2nd Countess Menteith and Mar