STEWART, James ' Secundus', Earl of Moray,(5th Creation), 'Good' Regent 2 3 4
- Born: 1531 3 4
- Marriage (1): KEITH, Agnes 10 February 1561(1562) in Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Scotland 1
- Died: 21 January 1569(1570), Linlithgow parish, West Lothian, Scotland 1 4
- Buried: 14 February 1569(1570), St Giles Church, Edinburgh, Scotland 1
Cause of his death was assassination by James Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh.1 4
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General Notes:
"James Stewart, t secundus, born in 1531. He had a charter of the lands of Tantallon and others, 31 August 1536. He was appointed Prior of St. Andrews in 1538, and from his half-sister, Queen Mary, the Prior received the Earldom of Moray on 30 January 1561-62, and the Earldom of Mar on 7 February same year. On 22 August 1567 he became Regent of Scotland, and was assassinated at Linlithgow by Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh on 23 January 1569-70."
from Scots Peerage (vol 1) 4
James married Agnes KEITH, daughter of William KEITH 3rd Earl Marischal and Margaret KEITH co-heiress of Inverugie, 10 February 1561(1562) in Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Scotland.1 (Agnes KEITH was born about 1539 and died on 16 July 1588 1.)
Marriage Notes:
"Moray had, in January 1549-50, been contracted in marriage to Christina, Countess of Buchan in her own right, then a mere infant. The marriage, however, was never completed, and he married, following his 'hartis inclination,' at Holyrood on 10 February 1561-62, Agnes Keith, eldest daughter of William, Earl Marischal. The ceremony was performed by (John) Knox in St. Giles' church."
from Scots Peerage (vol 6) 1
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