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 [aged 34]. He the son of John Stewart 3rd Earl Atholl and 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 [aged 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.

Before 14th November 1578 [her half-brother] John Stewart 5th Earl Atholl [aged 15] and [her sister-in-law] Mary Ruthven Countess Atholl were married. She the daughter of William Ruthven 1st Earl Gowrie [aged 35] and Dorothea Stewart Countess Gowrie [aged 37]. He the son of [her father] John Stewart 4th Earl Atholl and [her step-mother] Margaret Fleming Countess Atholl [aged 49]. They were second cousins.

On 6th January 1579 Robert Stewart 1st Earl Lennox 1st Earl March [aged 57] and Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arran Countess Lennox and March [aged 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 [aged 15] succeeded 5th Earl Atholl. [her sister-in-law] 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 [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 22nd April 1581 [her future husband] James Stewart 1st Earl Arran was created 1st Earl Arran.

On 19th May 1581 Robert Stewart 1st Earl Lennox 1st Earl March [aged 59] and Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arran Countess Lennox and March [aged 32] were divorced.

After 19th May 1581 James Stewart 1st Earl Arran and Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arran Countess Lennox and March [aged 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.

Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke

Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.

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

On 25th August 1595 [her half-brother] John Stewart 5th Earl Atholl [aged 32] died.

In September 1595 Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arran Countess Lennox and March [aged 46] died.

On 5th December 1595 [her former husband] James Stewart 1st Earl Arran was murdered by Sir James Douglas of Parkhead, nephew of Regent Morton. Earl Arran extinct.

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

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

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Stewart of Innermeath 3rd of Lorn 6 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: James "Black Knight of Lorn" Stewart 7 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Macdougall

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

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

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

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

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Stewart 2nd Earl Atholl 3 x Great Grandson of King Robert II of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Sinclair 2nd Earl Orkney

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Sinclair 3rd Earl Orkney 1st Earl Caithness Great Grandson of King Robert II of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Egidia "Fair Maid of Nithsdale" Douglas Countess Orkney Granddaughter of King Robert II of Scotland

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Sinclair Countess Atholl 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Robert II of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Marjory Sutherland Countess Orkney and Caithness

Grandfather: John Stewart 3rd Earl Atholl 4 x Great Grandson of King Robert II of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Archibald Campbell Great Grandson of King Robert II of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Colin Campbell 1st Earl Argyll 2 x Great Grandson of King Robert II of Scotland

Great x 2 Grandfather: Archibald Campbell 2nd Earl Argyll 3 x Great Grandson of King Robert II of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Stewart 2nd Lord Lorn Great Grandson of King Robert II of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Stewart Countess Argyll 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Robert II of Scotland

Great x 1 Grandmother: Janet Campbell Countess Atholl 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Robert II of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alan Stewart of Darnley 8 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Stewart 1st Earl Lennox 9 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Seton 8 x Great Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stewart Countess Argyll 10 x Great Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Montgomerie 1st Lord Montgomerie

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Montgomerie Countess Lennox

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Boyd

father: John Stewart 4th Earl Atholl 5 x Great Grandson of King Robert II of Scotland

Grandmother: Grizzell Ratray Countess Atholl

Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arran Countess Lennox and March 2 x Great Granddaughter of King James IV of Scotland

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

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

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Gordon 4 x Great Grandson of King Robert II of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: James "Black Knight of Lorn" Stewart 7 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Stewart 1st Earl Atholl 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Jean Stewart Countess Huntley 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Robert II of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Sinclair 3rd Earl Orkney 1st Earl Caithness Great Grandson of King Robert II of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Sinclair Countess Atholl 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Robert II of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Marjory Sutherland Countess Orkney and Caithness

Grandfather: George Gordon 4th Earl Huntley Grandson of King James IV of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: King James II of Scotland son of King James I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: King James III of Scotland son of King James II of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland 3 x Great Granddaughter of King John "The Good" II of France

Great x 2 Grandfather: King James IV of Scotland son of King James III of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Christian I King of Denmark

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Oldenburg Queen Consort Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothea of Brandenburg

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Stewart daughter of King James IV of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Drummond 1st Lord Drummond

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Drummond 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Robert II of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Lindsay 4th Earl Crawford 2 x Great Grandson of King Robert II of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Lindsay Lady Drummond 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Robert II of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Dunbar Countess Crawford 8 x Great Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland

mother: Elizabeth Gordon Countess Atholl Great Granddaughter of King James IV of Scotland

Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arran Countess Lennox and March 1549-1595

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

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