Lord Lennox

     

Lord Lennox
Biographical Information
IRL:	History's Lord Lennox
Title:	Lord Lennox
Born:	21 September 1516
Dies:	4 September 1571
Age:	54
Religion:	Catholic
Originally From:	Dumbarton, Scotland
Current Location:	Stirling, Scotland
Wife:	Lady Lennox
Parents:	John Stewar (Father) Lady Elizabeth (Mother)
Family:	Queen Mary (In-Law) King James (Grandson)
Children:	King Darnley (Son) Charles Stuart (Son)
Affiliations:	House of Tudor House of Stuart
Physical Description
Gender:	Male
Status:	Alive
Character Information
First appearance:	Highland Games

Lord Lennox, is the unseen father of King Darnley.

Season 4

• Lord Taylor brought up Lord Lennox's involvement inThe War of the Rough Wooing

• James Stuart is forced to 'give' his lands back to Lord Darnley because the old Lennox Estates are the only lands that earn enough income to give Darnley the right titles that are required, and for him to earn a certain amount of income. They are also the same lands taken from Darnley's father for being a traitor, and Mary Stuart wants to erase Darnley's family's stigma.

• King Darnley mentioned his father.

• King Darnley's traitor's father, Lord Lennox was brought up.

Notes

• Lord Darnley traitor's father, Lord Lennox was brought up.
  • When the Parliament of Scotland rejected the Greenwich treaty, Lord Lennox changed sides and supported King Henry VIII of England's military efforts to secure a marriage. After the defeat of his supporters at the Battle of Glasgow Muir, Lennox fled back to England.

Historical Notes

• Lord 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.
• Mary, Queen of Scots briefly met her future husband, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley in February 1561 when she was in mourning for King Francis II. Darnley's parents, Lord Lennox and Lady Lennox, who were Scottish aristocrats as well as English landowners, had sent him to France ostensibly to extend their condolences while hoping for a potential match between the two.
• In 1570, Lennox became regent for his grandson, King James VI of Scotland, but Queen Elizabeth's party declared war against him
• The Lennox Jewel was most likely made for Lady Lennox. Theories vary as to when the jewel was made and for what occasion. In 1842, the jewel was bought by Queen Victoria.
• The War of the Rough Wooing Lord Lennox married Lady Lennox, 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.

Family Tree

Henry VII

Elizabeth of York

Catherine of Aragon

Henry VIII

Anne Boleyn

Mary Tudor

Margaret Tudor

Mary I of England

Elizabeth I ♔

Frances Brandon

James V

Margaret Douglas

Lady Jane Grey

James Stuart

Francis II

Mary I of Scotland ♔

Henry Stuart

James VI and I