Armorial of the House of Stuart

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The House of Stuart is a noble family of Scottish origin that eventually became monarchs of Scotland, England, Ireland, and Great Britain.

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Clan Stewart

FigureName of armiger and blazon
Arms of Stewart.svg Stewart (Clan Stewart)

Or, a fess chequy argent and azure of three rows.

House of Stuart

Senior branch

FigureName of armiger and blazon
Royal Arms of the Kingdom of Scotland.svg Robert II of Scotland (1316 – 19 April 1390), King of Scotland,

Or, a lion gules within a double tressure flory counter-flory of the same, armed and langued azure (Scotland).

Blason David Stuart (ne en 1356) comte de Strathearn et de Caithness.svg David Stuart (born 1356), Earl of Strathearn and Earl of Caithness, son of preceding,

Or, a lion gules within a double tressure flory counter-flory of the same, armed and langued azure (Scotland), a chevron gules, brochant, a fess chequy argent and azure brochant sur-le-tout (Stuart). [1] [ better source needed ]

Arms of John Stewart, Earl of Carrick.svg John Stuart (v. 1337 – 4 April 1406), Earl of Carrick, future Robert III of Scotland,

Or, a lion gules within a double tressure flory counter-flory of the same, armed and langued azure (Scotland), a label argent, each point chequy azure and argent. [1]

Blason Alexandre Stuart duc de Ross.svg Alexander Stuart (30 April 1514, Stirling Castle – 18 December 1515, Stirling Castle), Duke of Ross, son of James IV of Scotland,

Or, a lion gules within a double tressure flory counter-flory of the same, armed and langued azure (Scotland), a fess chequy argent and azure (Stuart), brochant sur-le-tout. [1]

Royal House of Stuart (Stuart-Lennox)

Branch issued from the marriage of Marie Stuart and Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, (7 December 1545 – 9 or 10 February 1567), Baron Darnley, Duke of Albany and King consort of Scotland,

FigureName of armiger and blazon
Royal Arms of the Kingdom of Scotland.svg then Royal Arms of England (1603-1707).svg James VI Stuart or James I of England (1566–1625), Kings of Scotland, then King of England,

Or, a lion gules within a double tressure flory counter-flory of the same, armed and langued azure (Scotland), a label argent.

Then,

Quarterly, I and IV grandquarterly: 1 and 4 azure three fleurs de lys or (France modern) and 2 and 3 gules three lions passant guardant or (England) ; II or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland) and III azure, a harp or, stringed argent (Ireland).

Arms of the Stuart Princes of Wales (1610-1688).svg Charles Stuart (1630–1685), Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay, future Charles II of England,

Quarterly, I and IV grandquarterly: 1 and 4 azure three fleurs de lys or and 2 and 3 gules three lions passant guardant or; II or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same and III azure, a harp or, stringed argent; overall a label argent.

Arms of James Stuart, Duke of York.svg James Stuart (1633–1701), Duke of York, Duke of Albany, future James II of England,

Quarterly, I and IV grandquarterly: 1 and 4 azure three fleurs de lys or and 2 and 3 gules three lions passant guardant or; II or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same and III azure, a harp or, stringed argent ; overall a label argent, on each point three ermine spots sable.

Arms of Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester.svg Henry Stuart (1640–1660), Duke of Gloucester, Earl of Cambridge

Quarterly, I and IV grandquarterly: 1 and 4 azure three fleurs de lys or and 2 and 3 gules three lions passant guardant or; II or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same and III azure, a harp or, stringed argent; overall a label argent, on each point three roses gules.

Royal Arms of England (1689-1694).svg Mary II Stuart , Queen of England and Ireland,

Per pale: 1 quarterly, I and IV grandquarterly: 1 and 4 azure three fleurs de lys or and 2 and 3 gules three lions passant guardant or; II or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same and III azure, a harp or, stringed argent; sur le tout azure semy of billets or, a lion of the second brochant, armed and langued gules (Nassau); 2 quarterly, I and IV grandquarterly: 1 and 4 azure three fleurs de lys or and 2 and 3 gules three lions passant guardant or; II or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same and III azure, a harp or, stringed argent.

Royal Arms of Great Britain (1707-1714).svg Anne Stuart , Queen of Great Britain,

Quarterly, I and IV Per pale: 1 gules three lions passant guardant or, 2 or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same; II azure three fleurs de lys or; III azure, a harp or, stringed argent.

Branches descended from Charles II of England

House Scott of Buccleuch

Branch descended from James Crofts, illegitimate son of Lucy Walter and of Charles II of England,

FigureName of armiger and blazon
Arms of the 1st and 2nd Dukes of Buccleuch.svg James Crofts then James Scott (1 April 1649, Rotterdam –15 July 1685), 1st duke of Monmouth, 1st duke of Buccleuch, illegitimate son of Charles II of England and of his mistress, Lucy Walter, who had followed the king in exile on the continent after execution of Charles I.

Quarterly: I and IV grandquarterly azure three fleurs de lys or France and gules three lions passant guardant or (England); II or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland) ; III azure, a harp or, stringed argent (Ireland) ; a baton sinister couped argent brochant, sur le tout or a bend azure charged with a mullet of six points and two crescents, one in base, the other in chief of the bend, all of the first (Scott).

Arms of Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch.svg Henry Scott, (2 September 1746 – 11 January 1812), 3rd Duke of Buccleuch and 5th Duke of Queensberry etc., son of preceding and of Caroline Townshend, 1st Baroness Greenwich.

Grand-Quarterly:

  • I and IV quarterly: A and D grandquarterly : 1 and 4 azure three fleurs de lys or (France) 2 and 3 gules three lions passant guardant or (England); B or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland) ; C azure, a harp or, stringed argent (Ireland) ; a baton sinister couped argent brochant;
  • II and III or a bend azure charged with a mullet of six points and two crescents, one in base, the other in chief of the bend, all of the first (Scott).
Arms of Charles Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch.svg Charles William Henry Montagu-Scott (24 May 1772 – 20 April 1819), 4th duke of Buccleuch and 6th duke of Queensberry, etc., son of preceding and of Lady Elizabeth Montagu.

Grand-Quarterly:

  • I and IV quarterly: A and D grandquarterly : 1 and 4 azure three fleurs de lys or (France) 2 and 3 gules three lions passant guardant or (England); B or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland) ; C azure, a harp or, stringed argent (Ireland) ; a baton sinister couped argent brochant;
  • II or a bend azure charged with a mullet of six points and two crescents, one in base, the other in chief of the bend, all of the first (Scott);
  • III: quarterly: A and D argent three fusils palewise conjoined gules, a bordure sable, B and C or, an eagle displayed vert armed and langued gules (Montagu).
Arms of Sir Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch.svg Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott (25 November 1806 – 16 April 1884), 5th duke of Buccleuch and 7th duke of Queensberry, etc., son of preceding and of Harriet Katherine Townshend, daughter of Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney,

Grand-quarterly:

  • I quarterly: A and D grandquarterly : 1 and 4 azure three fleurs de lys or (France) 2 and 3 gules three lions passant guardant or (England); B or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland) ; C azure, a harp or, stringed argent (Ireland) ; a baton sinister couped argent brochant;
  • II or a bend azure charged with a mullet of six points and two crescents, one in base, the other in chief of the bend, all of the first (Scott);
  • III quarterly: A and D argent a heart gules crowned with a closed crown or, a chief azure charged with three estoiles argent (Douglas); B and C azure, a bend or, accompanied by six cross crosslets foot fitchy or, in orle (Mar); le tout a bordure or double tressure flory and counter-flory gules,
  • IV quarterly: A and D argent three fusils palewise conjoined gules, a bordure sable, B and C or, an eagle displayed vert armed and langued gules (Montagu).
  • Arms then used by:
Arms of the Duke of Buccleuch.svg Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott (30 December 1894 – 4 October 1973), 8th duke of Buccleuch and 10th duke of Queensberry, etc., son of preceding and of Margaret Bridgeman, daughter of George Bridgeman, 4th Earl of Bradford,

Grand-quarterly:

  • I quarterly: A and D grandquarterly : 1 and 4 azure three fleurs de lys or France and 2 and gules three lions passant guardant or (England); B or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland); C azure, a harp or, stringed argent (Ireland); a baton sinister couped argent brochant,
  • II Quarterly, A and D gyronny of eight or and sable (Campbell); B and C argent, a lymphad or ancient galley sails furled flags and pennants flying gules and oars in action sable (Lorne),
  • III quarterly: A and D argent a heart gules crowned with a closed crown or, a chief azure charged with three estoiles argent (Douglas); B and C azure, a bend or, accompanied by six cross crosslets foot fitchy or, in orle (Mar); le tout a bordure or double tressure flory and counter-flory gules,
  • IV quarterly: A argent three fusils palewise conjoined gules, a bordure sable; B or, an eagle displayed vert armed and langued gules (Montagu), C of sable, au lion argent, armed and langued gules, on a franc-canton a cross of Saint George (Churchill), D argent a chevron gules accompanied by three helmets of Conquistadors azure (Brudenell).
  • Sur le tout or a bend azure charged with a mullet of six points and two crescents, one in base, the other in chief of the bend, all of the first (Scott).
  • Arms then used by:


House FitzCharles of Plymouth

FigureName of armiger and blazon
Arms of Charles FitzCharles, 1st Earl of Plymouth.svg Charles FitzCharles (1657–1680), 1st Earl of Plymouth, natural son of Charles II of England

Quarterly: I and IV grandquarterly azure three fleurs de lys or (France modern) and gules three lions passant guardant or (England); II or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland); III azure, a harp or, stringed argent (Ireland); a baton sinister vair.

House FitzRoy of Grafton

Branch descended Charles II of England and his mistress Barbara Palmer

FigureName of armiger and blazon
Arms of Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland.svg Charles Fitzroy (1662–1730), future duke of Southampton (1675), duke of Cleveland (1709)

Quarterly: I and IV grandquarterly azure three fleurs de lys or (France) and gules three lions passant guardant or (England); II or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland) ; III azure, a harp or, stringed argent (Ireland) ; a baton sinister argent charged of six ermine spots sable.

Arms of the Duke of Grafton.svg Henri Charles FitzRoy (1663–1690), 1st Duke of Grafton, 1st earl Euston, 1st Viscount Ipswich, 1st Baron Sudbury,

Quarterly: I and IV grandquarterly azure three fleurs de lys or (France) and gules three lions passant guardant or (England); II or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland) ; III azure, a harp or, stringed argent (Ireland) ; a baton sinister couped azure compony argent of six pieces.

Arms of George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland.svg George Fitzroy (1665–1716), future earl of Northumberland (1674), duke of Northumberland (1683), childless,

Quarterly: I and IV grandquarterly azure three fleurs de lys or (France) and gules three lions passant guardant or (England) ; II or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland) ; III azure, a harp or, stringed argent (Ireland) ; a baton sinister couped azure compony argent of six pieces, each piece argent charged with an ermine spot sable.

House Beauclerk of St Albans

Branch descended from Charles Beauclerk, illegitimate son of Nell Gwynne, mistress of Charles II of England,

FigureName of armiger and blazon
Arms of Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans.svg Charles Beauclerk (1670–1726), 1st Duke of St Albans, earl of Burford and Baron of Heddington,

Quarterly: I and IV, grandquarterly azure three fleurs de lys or (France modern) and gules three lions passant guardant or (England) ; II, or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland); III, a harp or, stringed argent (Ireland); a baton sinister couped gules, charged with three roses argent, seeded and barbed vert, brochant sur-le-tout.

Arms of the Duke of St.Albans.svg Charles Beauclerk (1696–1751), 2nd Duke of St Albans, earl of Burford and Baron of Heddington, Hereditary Grand Falconer of England, son of preceding,

Grand-Quarterly: A and D, of Beauclerk: quarterly: I and IV, grandquarterly azure three fleurs de lys or (France modern) and gules three lions passant guardant or (England) ; II, or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland); III, a harp or, stringed argent (Ireland); a baton sinister couped gules, charged with three roses argent, seeded and barbed vert, brochant sur-le-tout; C and D de Vere: quarterly gules and or, a mullet argent on the first quarterargent.

House Lennox of Richmond

Branch descended from Charles Lennox, natural son of Charles II of England,

FigureName of armiger and blazon
Arms of Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond.svg Charles Lennox (1672–1723), 1st duke of Richmond (2nd creation), 1st duke of Lennox, duke of Aubigny.

Quarterly: I and IV grandquarterly azure three fleurs de lys or (France modern) and gules three lions passant guardant or (England) ; II or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland) ; III azure, a harp or, stringed argent (Ireland) ; a bordure compony of sixteen pieces argent and gules, each piece argent charged with a rose seeded or and barbed vert (Lennox).

Arms of Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond.svg Charles Lennox (1764–1819), nephew of preceding, 4th Duke of Richmond, Baron Settingdon and Earl of March, 4th Duke of Lennox, Baron Torbolton and Earl of Darnley, Duke of Aubigny,

Quarterly: I and IV grandquarterly azure three fleurs de lys or (France) and gules three lions passant guardant or (England); II or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland) ; III azure, a harp or, stringed argent (Ireland); a bordure compony of sixteen pieces argent and gules, each piece argent charged with a rose seeded or and barbed vert (Lennox); sur le tout gules three buckles or (Aubigny).

Arms of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond.svg Charles Gordon-Lennox (1791–1860), nephew of preceding, 5th Duke of Richmond, Baron Settingdon and Earl of March, 5th Duke of Lennox, Baron Torbolton and Earl of Darnley, Duke of Aubigny,

Grand-quarterly: I and IV grandquarterly azure three fleurs de lys or (France) and gules three lions passant guardant or (England); II or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland); III azure, a harp or, stringed argent (Ireland); a bordure compony of sixteen pieces argent and gules, each piece argent charged with a rose seeded or and barbed vert (Lennox); sur le tout gules three buckles or (Aubigny); II and III of the grand-quarterly: quarterly I azure three boar's heads or armed gules (Gordon); II or three heads of lion erased gules langued azure (Badenoch); III or, three crescents gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Seton); IV azure three cinquefoils or seeded of the field (Fraser).

Branch descended from James II of England

House of FitzJames

Branch descended from James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, natural son of James II of England,

FigureName of armiger and blazon
Arms of the Duke of Berwick (English version).svg James FitzJames (Moulins, 21 August 1670 – 12 June 1734), natural son of James II Stuart, King of England and of Arabella Churchill, sister of John Churchill, duke of Marlborough, 1st Duke of Berwick, 1st earl of Tinmouth, 1st baron of Bosworth, Duke of Liria and Xerica and Grandee of Spain, Duke of Fitz-James and peer of France, Knight of the Order of the Garter (1688, brevet n°498), Knight of the Golden Fleece (1704, brevet n°636), Knight of the Holy Spirit (received 7 June 1724)

Quarterly: I and IV grandquarterly azure three fleurs de lys or (France) and gules three lions passant guardant or (England); II or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland) ; III azure, a harp or, stringed argent (Ireland); a bordure compony of twelve pieces azure and gules, each piece azure charged with a fleur-de-lys and each piece gules charged with a lion passant guardant or.

Arms of the Duke of Alba (English version).svg Charles Michel Fitz-James (1794–1835), 14th Duke of Alba (1802) and Grandee of Spain, Duke of Liria and Xerica, Duke of Berwick,

Stuart of Albany

Branch descended from Robert Stuart, Duke of Albany, son of Robert II of Scotland.

FigureName of armiger and blazon
Blason Robert Stuart d'Albany.svg Robert (circa 1340 – 3 September 1420 - Stirling), Duke of Albany,

Quarterly: I and IV or a lion gules a label azure in chief, II and III or, a fess chequy argent and azure a label azure in chief.

Blason Murdoch Stuart (1362-1425) Duc d'Albany.svg Murdoch Stuart (1362–1425), Duke of Albany, son of preceding,

Quarterly: I and IV or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland) a bordure azure and argent compony of twelve pieces, II or, a fess chequy azure and argent, and III or three lozenges pommety gules double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same.

Blason Alexander Stuart (mort avant le 2 juin 1489) Lord Avandale.svg Alexander Stuart (died before 2 June 1489), Lord Avandale, great-grandson of preceding,

Quarterly: I or, a lion gules armed and langued azure, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland), II or, a fess chequy azure and argent, III argent, a saltire gules, between four roses of the same, seeded or and barbed vert (Lennox), IV or a lion gules armed and langued azure, a bordure azure and argent compony of twelve pieces.

Blason Andrew Stuart 1er Lord Ochiltree.svg Andrew Stuart, 1st Lord Ochiltree, grandson of preceding,

Quarterly: I and IV or, a lion gules armed and langued azure, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland), II or, a fess chequy argent and azure a bordure azure and argent compony of twelve pieces a label gules, III argent, a saltire gules, between four roses of the same, seeded or and barbed vert (Lennox), a bordure azure and argent compony of twelve pieces.

Blason Jacques Stuart (mort en 1595) comte d'Arran.svg James Stuart (assassinated 5 December 1595), Earl of Arran, son of preceding,

Grand quarterly: A and D, quarterly: I and IV or, a lion gules armed and langued azure, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland), II or, a fess chequy argent and azure a bordure azure and argent compony of twelve pieces a label gules, III argent, a saltire gules, between four roses of the same, seeded or and barbed vert (Lennox), a bordure azure and argent compony of twelve pieces ; B and C, quarterly: I and IV gules three cinquefoils argent, each leaf charged with an ermine spot sable, II and III, argent a lymphad with the sails furled sable flagged gules (Hamilton).

Blason Stewart of Ardvorlich.svg Alexander Stuart (born around 1557), 1st Lord of Ardvorlich, descendant of James Stuart, fourth son of Murdoch Stuart , who had fled to Ireland,

Quarterly: I and IV or, a lion gules armed and langued azure, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland), II or, a fess chequy argent and azure in chief a mullet gules, III argent, a saltire gules, between four roses of the same, seeded or and barbed vert (Lennox), a bordure azure and argent engrailed and compony of twelve pieces.

Stuart of Darnley

FigureName of armiger and blazon
Arms of John Stewart.svg John Stuart of Darnley , Seneschal,

Or, a fess chequy azure and argent, a baton gules. [2] [ better source needed ]

Arms of Stewart.svg Alexander Stuart , 1st Earl of Buchan,

Or, a fess chequy argent and azure. [1]

Arms of John Stewart, 6th Lord of Darnley.svg John Stuart (circa 1381 – 17 August 1424), Lord Darnley, 1st Lord of Aubigny, Lord of Concressault and Count of Evreux,

Quarterly: I and IV azure three fleurs de lys or, a bordure gules with eight buckles or; II and III or, a fess chequy argent and azure of three rows (Stuart) a cottice gules.

Coat of Arms of Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley.svg Lord Darnley (29 July 1565 – 10 February 1567), King consort of Scots to Queen Mary, Duke of Albany, Lord of Darnley,

Earls, then Dukes of Lennox

FigureName of armiger and blazon
Arms of Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox.svg John Stewart (died 1495), 1st Earl of Lennox (1473 – 2nd creation [lower-alpha 1] ), Baron of Tolborton, grandson of preceding,

Quarterly: I and IV azure three fleurs de lys or, a bordure gules with eight buckles or ; II and III or, a fess chequy argent and azure of three rows (Stuart) a bordure engrailed gules ; sur le tout argent, a saltire gules, between four roses of the same, seeded or and barbed vert (Lennox).

Arms of the House Stewart of Lennox.svg Esmé Stewart (1542–1583), 7th Earl of Lennox (1580), then 1st duke of Lennox (1581–creation), earl of Darnley,

Quarterly: I and IV azure three fleurs de lys or, a bordure engrailed or ; II and III or, a fess chequy argent and azure of three rows (Stuart) a bordure gules with eight buckles or ; sur le tout argent, a saltire gules, between four roses of the same, seeded or and barbed vert (Lennox).

Stuart of Bute

FigureName of armiger and blazon
Arms of Stuart, Marquess of Bute.svg James Stuart of Bute , (deceased 4 June 1710), 3rd Baronet Stuart of Ardmaleish, 1st earl of Bute (1703),

Quarterly: I and IV or, a fess chequy argent and azure of three rows, double tressure flory and counter-flory gules, II and III argent a lion gules armed and langued azure.

Arms of Stuart of Bute.svg John Stuart of Bute (25 May 1713 – 10 March 1792), 3rd Earl of Bute, minister of State and Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1762 to 1763.

Or, a fess chequy argent and azure of three rows, within a double tressure flory and counter-flory gules.

Other branches

FigureArmiger and Blazon
Arms of the House Stewart of Galloway.svg Stewart earl of Galloway, Branch descended from Alexander Stewart (deceased 1649), 1st earl of Galloway,

Or, a fess chequy argent and azure of three rows, double tressure flory and counter-flory gules, a bend engrailed of the same.

Stuart de Rothesay arms.svg barons Stewart of Rothesay

Or, a fess chequy argent and azure of three rows in chief a mullet argent, double tressure flory and counter-flory gules.

Arms of Stewart, Earl of Atholl (1596 creation).svg Stewart of Atholl,

Quarterly or a fess chequy argent and azure (Stewart) and or three pallets sable (Earl of Atholl). [3]

Arms used by: John Stewart (1440 – 15 September 1512, Laighwood), 1st earl of Atholl,

Stewart of Barclye arms.svg Stewart of Barclye,

Or a fess chequy argent and azure, a bend engrailed gules brochant in chief a mullet of the same. [3]

Stewart of Garlies arms.svg Stewart of Garlies,

Or, a fess chequy argent and azure of three rows, a bend engrailed gules brochant. [3]

Stewart of Blantyre arms.svg Stewart of Minto,

Or a fess chequy argent and azure, a bend engrailed gules brochant in chief a rose of the same. [3]

Blason Stewart of Physgill (Ecosse).svg Stewart of Physgill,

Or a fess chequy argent and azure, a bend engrailed brochant gules charged in chief with a buckle of the field. [3] [ better source needed ]

Stuart of Blantyre.svg Lords Blantyre , Branch descended from Walter Stewart (deceased 8 Mars 1617), 1st Lord Blantyre (1606),

Argent, a fess chequy argent and azure of three rows in chief a mullet of the second, a bend engrailed gules, in chief a rose of the same seeded and barbed or.

See also

Notes

  1. Earldom granted by King James I

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The title Earl of Mulgrave has been created twice. The first time as a title in the Peerage of England and the second time as a Peerage of the United Kingdom.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond</span>

Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, 1st Duke of Lennox,, of Goodwood House near Chichester in Sussex, was the youngest of the seven illegitimate sons of King Charles II, and was that king's only son by his French-born mistress Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth. He was appointed Hereditary Constable of Inverness Castle.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Earl of Lennox</span>

The Earl or Mormaer of Lennox was the ruler of the region of the Lennox in western Scotland. It was first created in the 12th century for David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon and later held by the Stewart dynasty.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">House of Egmond</span>

The House of Egmond or Egmont is named after the Dutch town of Egmond, province of North Holland, and played an important role in the Netherlands during the Middle Ages and the Early modern period. The main lines Egmond-Geldern, Egmond-Gavere and Egmond-Buren-Leerdam had high noble, princely rank.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Charles Stewart, 3rd Duke of Richmond</span>

Charles Stewart, 3rd Duke of Richmond, 6th Duke of Lennox KG of Cobham Hall in Kent and of Richmond House in Whitehall, London, 11th Seigneur d'Aubigny in France, was an English nobleman of Franco-Scottish ancestry and a 4th cousin of King Charles II of England, both being descended in the male line from John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox.

La Tour d'Auvergne was a noble French dynasty. Its senior branch, extinct in 1501, held two of the last large fiefs acquired by the French crown, the counties of Auvergne and Boulogne, for about half a century. Its cadet branch, extinct in 1802, ruled the duchy of Bouillon in the Southern Netherlands from 1594, and held the dukedoms of Albret and Château-Thierry in the peerage of France since 1660. The name was also borne by Philippe d'Auvergne, an alleged collateral of the original Counts of Auvergne, and was adopted by the famous soldier Théophile Corret de la Tour d'Auvergne, who descended from an illegitimate line of the family.

Stewart of Darnley, also known as the Lennox Stewarts, were a notable Scots family, a branch of the Clan Stewart, who provided the English Stuart monarchs with their male-line Stuart descent, after the reunion of their branch with the royal Scottish branch.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Duke of Aubigny</span> French peerage held by British noble

Duke of Aubigny is a title that was created in the Peerage of France in 1684. It was granted by King Louis XIV of France to Louise de Kérouaille, the last mistress of King Charles II of England, and to descend to Charles's illegitimate issue by her, namely to the descendants of Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, 1st Duke of Lennox (1672–1723) of Goodwood House in Sussex. Louis XIV also granted her the Château de la Verrerie, a former secondary seat of the Stewart Seigneurs d'Aubigny, Franco-Scottish cousins of the Stewart monarchs, seated from 1422 to 1672 at the Château d'Aubigny in the parish and manor of Aubigny-sur-Nère in the ancient province of Berry in France.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Clan Lennox</span> Lowland Scottish clan

Clan Lennox is a Lowland Scottish clan. The clan chiefs were the original Earls of Lennox, although this title went via an heiress to other noble families in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The chiefship of the clan then went to the Lennox of Woodehead branch.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Clan Stewart</span> Scottish clan

Clan Stewart is a Scottish Highland and Lowland clan. The clan is recognised by Court of the Lord Lyon; however, it does not have a Clan Chief recognised by the Lord Lyon King of Arms. Because the clan has no chief it can be considered an armigerous clan; however, the Earls of Galloway are now considered to be the principal branch of this clan, and the crest and motto of The Earls of Galloway's arms are used in the Clan Stewart crest badge. The Court of the Lord Lyon recognises two other Stewart/Stuart clans, Clan Stuart of Bute and Clan Stewart of Appin. Clan Stuart of Bute is the only one of the three clans at present which has a recognised chief.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">FitzAlan</span> Surname list

FitzAlan is an English patronymic surname of Anglo-Norman origin, descending from the Breton knight Alan fitz Flaad, who accompanied king Henry I to England on his succession. He was grandson of the Seneschal of the Bishop of Dol. The FitzAlan family shared a common patrilineal ancestry with the House of Stuart.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">George Stewart, 9th Seigneur d'Aubigny</span> Scottish nobleman and royalist military commander

Lord George Stewart, 9th Seigneur d'Aubigny was an Anglo-Scottish nobleman of French descent and a third cousin of King Charles I of England. He supported that king during the Civil War as a Royalist commander and was killed, aged 24, at the Battle of Edgehill in 1642.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Descendants of Charles I of England</span>

Charles I of England was the second King of the then newly enthroned House of Stuart and had many descendants. He was the second but eldest surviving son of King James I of England. He became heir apparent to the English, Irish and Scottish thrones on the death of his elder brother in 1612. Later, he married a Bourbon princess, Henrietta Maria of France, after a failed Spanish match.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Château de la Verrerie (Cher)</span>

The Château de la Verrerie is a château in Oizon, in the ancient province of Berry in France. It is an historic ancestral seat of a junior branch of the Scottish House of Stewart, known by the territorial title Seigneur d'Aubigny. It is situated about 14 miles south-east of Aubigny-sur-Nère, and the Château d'Aubigny, the original seat of its owners.

References

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