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Personal data James Stewart (1st Earl of Moray & Mar) 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4
  • He was born in the year 1531 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Kingdom of Scotland.Sources 1, 2, 4
    James was the illegitimate son of King James V of Scotland
  • (Coat of Arms) in the year 1531: "STEWART".
  • He died on January 23, 1570 in Linlithgow, West-Lothian, Kingdom of Scotland, he was 39 years old.Sources 1, 2, 4
    Died: Assassination by a firearm
  • He is buried in the year 1570 in Edinburgh, Kingdom of Scotland.Source 2
    St. Giles Cathedral Churchyard
  • A child of James v Stewart and Margaret (Mistress) Erskine

Household of James Stewart (1st Earl of Moray & Mar)

He is married to Agnes Keith.

They got married on February 8, 1561 at Edinburgh, Kingdom of Scotland, he was 30 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Elizabeth Stuart  1565-1591 
  2. Annabell Stewart  1568-1570
  3. Margaret Stewart  1570-1588 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of James Stewart

James iv Stewart
1473-1513
Margaret Tudor
1489-1541

James Stewart
1531-1570

1561

Agnes Keith
1540-1588

Elizabeth Stuart
1565-1591
Annabell Stewart
1568-1570
Margaret Stewart
1570-1588

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Sources

  1. International, Find A Grave Index for Select Locations, 1300s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
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  3. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
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Day of marriage February 8, 1561

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1561: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 2 » Mendoza, Argentina, is founded by Spanish conquistador Pedro del Castillo.
    • March 31 » The city of San Cristóbal, Táchira is founded.
    • June 4 » The steeple of St Paul's, the medieval cathedral of London, is destroyed in a fire caused by lightning and is never rebuilt.
    • August 24 » Willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxony.
    • September 10 » Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima: Takeda Shingen defeats Uesugi Kenshin in the climax of their ongoing conflicts.
    • October 18 » In Japan the fourth Battle of Kawanakajima was fought between the forces of Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen; resulting in a draw.

Day of death January 23, 1570

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1570: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 23 » James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, regent for the infant King James VI of Scotland, is assassinated by firearm, the first recorded instance of such.
    • May 20 » Cartographer Abraham Ortelius issues Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas.
    • September 10 » Spanish Jesuit missionaries land in present-day Virginia to establish the short-lived Ajacán Mission.
    • November 1 » The All Saints' Flood devastates the Dutch coast.


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