Paternal Family Tree: Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox
Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox and Catherine Balsac Duchess Lennox were married.
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 [aged 31] and Catherine Balsac Duchess Lennox. She married 21st July 1581 her third cousin once removed George Gordon 1st Marquess Huntly, son of George Gordon 5th Earl Huntley and Anne Hamilton Countess Huntley, and had issue.
On 29th September 1574 [his son] Ludovic Stewart 2nd Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond was born to Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox [aged 32] and Catherine Balsac Duchess Lennox. He married (1) before June 1590 his third cousin Sophia Ruthven Duchess Lennox, daughter of William Ruthven 1st Earl Gowrie and Dorothea Stewart Countess Gowrie (2) August 1598 his second cousin once removed Jean Campbell Duchess Lennox (3) 16th June 1621 his fifth cousin once removed Frances Howard Duchess Lennox and Richmond, daughter of Thomas Howard 1st Viscount Howard Bindon and Mabel Burton Viscountess Howard Bindon.
In 1579 [his son] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox was born to Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox [aged 37] and Catherine Balsac Duchess Lennox. He married 1609 Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox, daughter of Gervase Clifton 1st Baron Clifton and Katherine Darcy, and had issue.
On 5th March 1580 [his uncle] Robert Stewart 1st Earl Lennox 1st Earl March [aged 58] resigned Earl Lennox. On the same day he was created 1st Earl March. Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arran Countess Lennox and March [aged 31] by marriage Countess March.
On the same day Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox [aged 38] was created 1st Earl Lennox by King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland [aged 13] for being his favourite. Catherine Balsac Duchess Lennox by marriage Countess Lennox.
On 21st July 1581 [his son-in-law] George Gordon 1st Marquess Huntly [aged 19] and Henrietta Stewart Marchioness Huntly [aged 8] were married. Henrietta Stewart Marchioness Huntly by marriage Countess Huntley. She the daughter of Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox [aged 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 5th August 1581 Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox [aged 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 [aged 40] and Catherine Balsac Duchess Lennox. She married December 1592 her third cousin once removed John Erskine 19th Earl of Mar, son of John Erskine 18th Earl of Mar, and had issue.
22nd August 1582. The Raid of Ruthven was a plot by several nobles led by William Ruthven 1st Earl Gowrie [aged 39] to kidnap the fifteen years old King James VI of Scotland [aged 16], son of Mary Queen of Scots [aged 39], (before he became King of England) to reform the government of Scotland.
The nobles included [his future son-in-law] John Erskine 19th Earl of Mar [aged 20], Thomas Lyon Master of Glamis, Robert Boyd 5th Lord Boyd [aged 65], Patrick Lindsay 6th Lord Lindsay of the Byres [aged 61], and David Erskine Commendator of Dryburgh.
They were opposed by Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox [aged 40] and James Stewart 1st Earl Arran who controlled the government.
King James VI of Scotland was captured whilst hunting near Ruthven Castle.
The rebels were joined by Francis Stewart 5th Earl Bothwell [aged 19] and James Cunningham 7th Earl Glencairn [aged 30].
Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox was exiled; he died a year later in Paris. James Stewart 1st Earl Arran was imprisoned.
On 26th May 1583 Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox [aged 41] died. His succeeded son Ludovic [aged 8] succeeded 2nd Duke Lennox, 2nd Earl Lennox.
[his father] John Stewart Duke Orkney and [his mother] Anne Queuille Lady Aubigny were married. He the son of [his grandfather] John Stewart 3rd Earl Lennox and [his grandmother] Isabel or Elizabeth Stewart Countess Lennox.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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[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 Godwinson: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 3 Grand Son of King James II of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 19 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 11 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Stewart of Darnley 1st Count Évreux 7 x Great Grand Son of King David I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alan Stewart of Darnley 
8 x Great Grand Son of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Lennox Countess Évreux 
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Stewart 1st Earl Lennox 9 x Great Grand Son of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Seton Master of Seton 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Seton 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Janet Dunbar 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King David I of Scotland
Great x 1 Grandfather: Matthew Stewart 2nd Earl Lennox 10 x Great Grand Son of King David I of Scotland
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 Great Grand Son of King James II of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Hamilton
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Hamilton 1st Lord Hamilton
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Lennox Grand Daughter of King James II of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: King James I of Scotland 
Son of King Robert III of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: King James II of Scotland Son of King James I of Scotland
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 Daughter of King James II of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Arnold Egmont Duke Guelders
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "The Good" II of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine de la Marck 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "The Good" II of France
Father: John Stewart Duke Orkney 2 x Great Grand Son of King James II of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Stewart of Innermeath 5 x Great Grand Son of King David I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Stewart of Innermeath 3rd of Lorn 6 x Great Grand Son of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Holkettle
Great x 2 Grandfather: James "Black Knight of Lorn" Stewart 7 x Great Grand Son of King David I of Scotland
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 Swynford aka 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 I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward 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 Robert II of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Sinclair 2nd Earl Orkney
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Sinclair 3rd Earl Orkney 1st Earl Caithness Great Grand Son of King Robert II of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Nithsdale" Douglas 6 x Great Grand Son of King David I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Egidia "Fair Maid of Nithsdale" Douglas Countess Orkney Grand Daughter of King Robert II of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Princess Egidia Stewart Daughter of King Robert II of Scotland
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Sinclair Countess Atholl 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Robert II of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Marjory Sutherland Countess Orkney and Caithness
Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox 3 x Great Grand Son of King James II of Scotland
Mother: Anne Queuille Lady Aubigny