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Biography of James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl Moray 1565-1592
Paternal Family Tree: Stewart
On 10 Jan 1563 [his father] James Stewart 1st Lord Doune (age 34) and [his mother] 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 Margaret Graham Countess Argyll. They were half third cousin once removed.
Around 1565 James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl Moray was born to James Stewart 1st Lord Doune (age 36) and Margaret Campbell (age 21).
On 23 Jan 1570 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 future wife] Elizabeth Stewart 2nd Countess Moray (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 James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl Moray (age 16) and Elizabeth Stewart 2nd Countess Moray (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 (age 50). They were third cousins. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
Around 1587 [his daughter] Elizabeth Stewart Lady Saltoun was born to James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl Moray (age 22) and [his wife] Elizabeth Stewart 2nd Countess Moray (age 21). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
In 1589 [his son] Francis Stewart was born to James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl Moray (age 24) and [his wife] Elizabeth Stewart 2nd Countess Moray (age 23) at Donibristle, Fife. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 20 Jul 1590 [his father] James Stewart 1st Lord Doune (age 61) was assassinated (the first in Scotland by a fiream). His son James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl Moray (age 25) succeeded 2nd Lord Doune.
Before 1591 [his son] James Stewart 3rd Earl of Moray was born to James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl Moray (age 25) and [his wife] Elizabeth Stewart 2nd Countess Moray (age 25). He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
In 1591 [his daughter] Margaret Stewart 1st Countess Nottingham was born to James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl Moray (age 26) and [his wife] Elizabeth Stewart 2nd Countess Moray (age 25). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 18 Nov 1591 [his wife] Elizabeth Stewart 2nd Countess Moray (age 26) died.
In Feb 1592 [his mother] Margaret Campbell (age 48) died.
On 07 Feb 1592 James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl Moray (age 27) was murdered. His son [his son] James Stewart 3rd Earl of 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 mother] Margaret Campbell (deceased). The house was suddenly beset by the followers of 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)
James Stewart 3rd Earl of Moray: Before 1591 he was born to James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl Moray and Elizabeth Stewart 2nd Countess Moray. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland. On 02 Oct 1607 James Stewart 3rd Earl of Moray and Anne Gordon Countess Moray were married. She by marriage Countess Moray. She the daughter of George Gordon 1st Marquess Huntly and Henrietta Stewart Marchioness Huntly. He the son of James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl of Moray and Elizabeth Stewart 2nd Countess Moray. They were half third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland. On 06 Aug 1638 James Stewart 3rd Earl of Moray died. His son James Stewart 4th Earl of Moray succeeded 4th Earl Moray.
Margaret Campbell: In 1544 she was born to Archibald Campbell 4th Earl Argyll and Margaret Graham Countess Argyll. On 10 Jan 1563 James Stewart 1st Lord Doune and she 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 Margaret Graham Countess Argyll. They were half third cousin once removed. In Feb 1592 Margaret Campbell died.
[his daughter] Grizel Stewart was born to James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl Moray and Elizabeth Stewart 2nd Countess Moray. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
Kings Wessex: Great x 15 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 England: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 13 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Great x 1 Grandfather: Andrew Stewart 1st Lord Avondale 9 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
GrandFather: James Stewart of Beath 9 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Kennedy Lady Avondale 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Father: James Stewart 1st Lord Doune 9 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Lindsay 3rd Lord Lindsay of the Byres 7 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
GrandMother: Margaret Lindsay 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Marion Baillie
James "The Bonnie Earl" Stewart 2nd Earl of Moray 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Colin Campbell 3rd Earl Argyll 9 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
GrandFather: Archibald Campbell 4th Earl Argyll 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jean or Janet Gordon Countess Argyll 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Mother: Margaret Campbell 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Graham 3rd Earl Menteith 8 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
GrandMother: Margaret Graham Countess Argyll 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
