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On 23 Jan 1570 [his grandfather] James Stewart 1st Earl of Moray Regent (age 39) was assassinated at Linlithgow by James Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh, a supporter of Mary Queen of Scots (age 27). His daughter [his mother] (age 4) succeeded 2nd Countess Moray. As he was passing in a cavalcade in the main street below, Hamilton fatally wounded him with a carbine shot from a window of his uncle Archbishop Hamilton's (age 57) house. He was the first head of government to be assassinated by a firearm.
On 23 Jan 1581 [his father] James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl of Moray (age 16) and [his mother] (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 1530-1588 (age 50). They were third cousins. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 20 Jul 1590 [his grandfather] James Stewart 1st Lord Doune (age 61) was assassinated (the first in Scotland by a fiream). His son [his father] James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl of Moray (age 25) succeeded 2nd Lord Doune.
Before 1591 James Stewart 3rd Earl Moray was born to James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl of Moray (age 25) and (age 25). He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 07 Feb 1592 [his father] James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl of Moray (age 27) was murdered. His son James Stewart 3rd Earl Moray (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 grandmother] Margaret Campbell (deceased). The house was suddenly beset by the followers of [his future father-in-law] 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 (deceased). She intended to confront King James VI (age 25) and demand that Huntly (age 30) 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 (age 25)
Margaret Campbell: In 1544 she was born to Archibald Campbell 4th Earl Argyll (age 37) and . On 10 Jan 1563 James Stewart 1st Lord Doune (age 34) and Margaret Campbell (age 19) 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 . They were half third cousin once removed. In Feb 1592 Margaret Campbell (age 48) died.
On 02 Oct 1607 James Stewart 3rd Earl Moray (age 16) and were married. She by marriage Countess Moray. She the daughter of George Gordon 1st Marquess Huntly (age 45) and Henrietta Stewart Marchioness Huntly 1573-1642 (age 34). He the son of James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl of Moray and Elizabeth Stewart 2nd Countess Moray 1565-1591. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 04 May 1611 and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Gordon (age 15) were married. She the daughter of George Gordon 1st Marquess Huntly (age 49) and Henrietta Stewart Marchioness Huntly 1573-1642 (age 38). He the son of Alexander Livingston 1st Earl Linlithgow -1621 and Helen Hay. They were third cousins.
In Jul 1616 was born to and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Gordon (age 20). Elizabeth Gordon (age 20) died in childbirth.
On 18 Oct 1627 [his son] (age 16) and [his daughter-in-law] were married. She by marriage Countess Moray. She the daughter of Alexander Home 1st Earl of Home 1566-1619 and Mary Dudley Countess Home (age 41). He the son of James Stewart 3rd Earl of Moray 1590-1638 (age 36) and Anne Gordon Countess Moray. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 06 Aug 1638 James Stewart 3rd Earl Moray (age 47) died. His son [his son] (age 27) succeeded 4th Earl Moray.
[his daughter] Henrietta Stewart was born to James Stewart 3rd Earl Moray and .
Paternal Family Tree: Stewart
Maternal Family Tree: Catherine Sinclair Lady Seton 1450
Descendants Family Trees:
Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 12 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 18 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 13 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 3 Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 6 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Stewart of Beath 9 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
GrandFather: James Stewart 1st Lord Doune 9 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Father: James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl of Moray 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Archibald Campbell 4th Earl Argyll 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Margaret Campbell 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
James Stewart 3rd Earl of Moray 1590-1638 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
GrandFather: James Stewart 1st Earl of Moray Regent Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Erskine 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Mother: Elizabeth Stewart 2nd Countess Moray 1565-1591 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Keith 4th Earl Marischal 1506-1581 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Agnes Keith Countess Moray and Mar 1530-1588 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
