Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley

Henry Stuart
Duke of Albany
Earl of Ross
Lord Darnley
Lord Darnley in his late teens, by an unknown artist.[1] National Galleries of Scotland.
King consort of Scotland
Tenure29 July 1565 – 10 February 1567
Born1546 (1546)
Temple Newsam, Yorkshire, England
Died (aged 20)[2]
Kirk o' Field, Edinburgh, Scotland
Burial14 February 1567
Spouse
(m. 1565)
IssueJames VI and I
HouseStuart
FatherMatthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox
MotherLady Margaret Douglas
SignatureHenry Stuart's signature

Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1546 – 10 February 1567), was the second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, and the father of James VI of Scotland and I of England. Through his parents, he had claims to both the Scottish and English thrones, and from his marriage in 1565 he was king consort of Scotland.[3] Less than a year after the birth of his son, Darnley was murdered at Kirk o' Field in 1567. Many contemporary narratives describing his life and death refer to him as simply Lord Darnley, his title as heir apparent to the Earldom of Lennox.[4]

  1. ^ PG 2279, www.nationalgalleries.org
  2. ^ Weir, Alison (2015). The Lost Tudor Princess: The Life of Lady Margaret Douglas. New York: Ballantine Books. p. 131. ISBN 978-0345521392.
  3. ^ Elaine Finnie Greig, 'Stewart, Henry, duke of Albany [Lord Darnley] (1545/6–1567)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 4 March 2012
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Fraser was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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