King Darnley

Lord Darnley
Biographical Information
Title:	Lord Darnley King Consort Of Scotland
Born:	7 December 1545
Height:	5'11
Gender:	Male
Status:	Alive
Religion:	Catholic
Originally From:	Yorkshire, England
Affiliations:	House of Tudor House of Stuart
Relationship Information
Parents:	Matthew Lennox (Father) Lady Lennox (Mother)
Wife:	Queen Mary (wife)
Interests:	Lady Keira (Over)
Character Information
First Appearance:	With Friends Like These
Portrayed By:	Will Kemp
GALLERY

     

Lord Darnley, a nobleman with a blood-claim to the English throne. Much like the late, great Francis, Darnley has a “wildly ambitious mother whose love hinges entirely on his ability to secure a crown,” though his own ambition should not be underestimated. He hopes to become Mary’s second husband, a union which “could take down Elizabeth, giving (the couple) not just one nation, but two.

Personality

Breezily confident, charming and warm, he was born with a blood-claim of his own to the English throne and a wildly ambitious mother whose love hinges entirely on his ability to secure a crown.

Season 4

Lord Taylor challenged him to a boxing matching after Mary Stuart announced her engagement to the Englisman. Well aware of his father, Matthew Lennox's reputation as a coward for siding with King Henry VIII in the War of the Rough Wooing he did not want a possible traitor on the Scotish Throne.

A second argument came about when Lord Taylor's secretary got sick, believing it was Lord Darnley's poisoning his Scotch. Hours before the fight one of his own men smashed two of Lord Darnley's figures at a pub to compensate.

However, even with two possibly broken fingers (and Mary's help), Lord Darnley won the boxing match and Lord Taylor bent his knee to him.

Historical Notes

• Lord Darnley's real name is actually Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley.
• His son's godparents were King Charles IX of France, Queen Elizabeth I of England and Emmanuel Philibert.

• Matthew Lennox was Lord Darnley's father. He was second cousins once removed to King James V, and (at best) third in line of succession for the Scottish Crown. He spent most of his youth in exile in England, but returned to Scotland to assert his claims to the line of succession when King James V died in 1542.
• Lord Darnley does have Tudor Blood in him, through his mother Lady Lennox.
• War of the Rough Wooing Matthew Lennox soon married Lady Margaret Douglas, daughter of Margaret Tudor and half-sister of the deceased King James V. When the Parliament of Scotland rejected the Greenwich treaty, Lennox changed sides and supported King Henry VIII of England's military efforts to secure a marriage between in the War of the Rough Wooing. After the defeat of his supporters at the Battle of Glasgow Muir, he fled once more to England.
  • The Treaty of Greenwich, was a marriage contract between Mary, Queen of Scots, and King Henry VIII's son Edward Tudor.