John Stewart, 1st Lord Of Lennox

1439 - 1512  (72 years)

• Name	John Stewart  [1]
  Title	1st Lord Of Lennox
  Birth	21 Sep 1439	Fifeshire, Scotland   [1]
  Christening	Scotland
  Gender	Male
  FSID	GBGC-LY6
  Death	15 Sep 1512	Perthshire, England   [1]
  Burial	19 Sep 1512	Perthshire, England   [1]
  Person ID	I8216	footsteps | Ancestors, Campbell, Enoch, Hayne, Bruce, Stewart, Lady Godiva, Charlamagne, Conqueor, Robert Capet II
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	James Stewart, 9th Earl Of Carrick ,   b. 30 Dec 1394, County Meath, Ireland d. 17 Aug 1451 (Age 56 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Joan Beaufort Plantaganet, Queen Of Scotland ,   b. 27 Dec 1407, Middlesex, England d. 15 Jul 1445, East Lothian, Scotland (Age 37 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Bef 21 Sep 1439	Scotland
  Family ID	F4411	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eleanor Sinclair, Lady ,   b. 19 Apr 1457, Fifeshire, Scotland d. 21 Mar 1518, Perthshire, England (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	19 Apr 1470	Perthshire, England
  Children	+ 1. Elspeth Elizabeth Stewart, Lady ,   b. 1474, Fifeshire, Scotland d. 25 Nov 1564, Refrewshire, Scotland (Age 90 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. John Stewart, 2nd Earl Of Atholl Earl Of Mar ,   b. 19 Apr 1475, Perthshire, England d. 9 Sep 1521, Nothumberland, England (Age 46 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. Marjory Stewart, Lady ,   b. 1487, Fifeshire, Scotland d. 26 Jul 1524, Perthshire, England (Age 37 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 4. Elizabeth Isabel of Atholl, Countess Of Lennox ,   b. 1494, Banffshire, Scotland d. 25 Nov 1564, Refrewshire, Scotland (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F8959	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 21 Sep 1439 - Fifeshire, Scotland Christening - - Scotland Marriage - 19 Apr 1470 - Perthshire, England Death - 15 Sep 1512 - Perthshire, England Burial - 19 Sep 1512 - Perthshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  As head of the powerful family of Stewart of Darnley he was created Gov e r n o r o f Rothesay Castle in 1465 and appointed Warden of the West March e s o f S c o tland. When the male line of the Earldom of Lennox became exti n c t h e w a s heir to half of the lands and made a deal with the co-heir i n w h i c h h e was made Earl of Lennox in 1473. The succession was disputed b y J o h n o f H aldane, who claimed succession through descent from Duncan, 8 t h e a r l . Darnley, however, prevailed and his right to the earldom was n o t d i s p uted for the last seven years of his life. He was a loyal ally of James III during his war against the rebel lords l e d b y A r c hibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus. After the death of the King a t t h e B a t tle of Sauchieburn and the coronation of his underage son Jame s I V h e r a i sed an army to fight against the rebel lords who now control le d t h e g o vernment. The rebels had seized control of Edinburgh Castle a n d n o w h a d possession of the important royal artillery. Included in the a r s e n a l of Edinburgh Castle was the cannon Mons Meg which had been a wed d i n g g i ft from Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy to the King of Scots a g e n e r a tion earlier. Using this weapon they laid siege to Crookston Castl e , s e a t o f the Stewarts of Darnley, forcing the Earl of Lennox to surre n d e r . After his surrender he was allowed to keep his lands and they passed to h i s e l d e st son Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox who was one of the le a d e r s o f the Scottish army killed at the Battle of Flodden.

  
  

• Sources

  [S58] Find A Grave Index, "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKJ-1YN1 : 30 May 2020), John Stewart, 1512; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.