On 30 Jul 1624 [his grandfather] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox (age 45) died. His son [his father] James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 12) succeeded 4th Duke Lennox, 2nd Earl March.
On 08 Jan 1634 Charles Herbert (age 15) and [his mother] Mary Villiers Duchess Lennox Duchess Richmond (age 12) were married. The marriage was short-lived with his dying a year later. She re-married in Aug 1637 to [his father] James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 21). She the daughter of George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham and Katherine Manners Duchess Buckingham (age 31). He the son of Philip Herbert 4th Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Montgomery (age 49) and Susan Vere Countess Montgomery.
On 03 Aug 1637 [his father] James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 25) and [his mother] Mary Villiers Duchess Lennox Duchess Richmond (age 15) were married. She by marriage Duchess Lennox. She the daughter of George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham and Katherine Manners Duchess Buckingham (age 35). He the son of Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 45).
Before 17 Sep 1637 [his grandmother] Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 45) died. She was buried on 17 Sep 1637. Her son [his father] James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 25) succeeded 3rd Baron Clifton of Leighton Bromswold in Huntingdonshire.
In 1641 [his father] James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 28) was created 1st Duke Richmond by King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 40). [his mother] Mary Villiers Duchess Lennox Duchess Richmond (age 19) by marriage Duchess Richmond.
In 1649 Esmé Stewart 2nd Duke Richmond 5th Duke Lennox was born to James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 36) and Mary Villiers Duchess Lennox Duchess Richmond (age 27).
On 30 Mar 1655 [his father] James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 42) died. His son Esmé Stewart 2nd Duke Richmond 5th Duke Lennox (age 6) succeeded 2nd Duke Richmond, 5th Duke Lennox, 3rd Earl March, 4th Baron Clifton of Leighton Bromswold in Huntingdonshire.
On 10 Aug 1660 Esmé Stewart 2nd Duke Richmond 5th Duke Lennox (age 11) died of smallpox at Paris [Map]. He was buried in on 04 Sep 1660 in the Richmond Vault, Westminster Abbey. His first cousin Charles Stewart 6th Duke Lennox 3rd Duke Richmond (age 21) succeeded 6th Duke Lennox, 3rd Duke Richmond. 4th Earl March. by marriage Duchess Richmond. His sister [his sister] Mary Stewart Countess Arran 1651-1668 (age 9) succeeded 5th Baroness Clifton of Leighton Bromswold in Huntingdonshire.
On 22 Apr 1661 King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 30) rode from the Tower of London [Map] to Whitehall Palace [Map]. At the Lime Street end of Leadenhall he passed under a triumphal arch built after the Doric order, with Rebellion, her crimson robe alive with snakes, being crushed by Monarchy Restored, and a fine painting of his Majesty's landing at Dover, "with ships at sea, great guns going off, one kneeling and kissing the King's hand, soldiers, horse and foot and many people gazing".
Outside the East India House in Leadenhall Street [Map], that loyal and honourable trading company expressed their dutiful affections to his Majesty by two Indian youths, one attended by two blackamoors and the other mounted upon a camel, which bore on its back two panniers filled with jewels, spices, and silks to be scattered among the spectators.
At the Conduit in Cornhill [Map] a special treat was prepared for the bachelor king in the shape of eight nymphs clad in white. A little further down the street, just opposite the Royal Exchange, was another arch, with stages against it depicting the River Thames and the upper deck of one of his Majesty's ships.
The procession included the Duke of York (age 27), the Lord High Constable (age 58) and the Lord Great Chamberlain (age 53).
The Sword of State was carried by Esmé Stewart 2nd Duke Richmond 5th Duke Lennox.
In Nov 1664 [his step-father] Captain Thomas Howard (age 33) and [his mother] Mary Villiers Duchess Lennox Duchess Richmond (age 42) were married. She the daughter of George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham and Katherine Manners Duchess Buckingham.
Paternal Family Tree: Stewart
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Stumpe
Kings Wessex: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 14 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd 1100-1170
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 20 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 15 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys 1047-1132
Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 10 Grand Son of Robert "The Bruce" I King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Son of Philip "The Fair" IV King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Matthew Stewart 2nd Earl Lennox -1513 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Stewart 3rd Earl Lennox 1490-1526 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Lennox 1474- 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Stewart Duke Orkney 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Stewart 1st Earl Atholl 1440- 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel or Elizabeth Stewart Countess Lennox 1495-1564 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Sinclair Countess Atholl 1457-1518 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Queuille Lady Aubigny
GrandFather: Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Father: James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Gervase Clifton 1st Baron Clifton 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Stanley 1st Baron Monteagle 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley 2nd Baron Monteagle 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Vaughan Baroness Grey Wilton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Stanley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Darcy 1st Baron Darcy Templehurst 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Arthur Darcy 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dousabella Tempest 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Darcy 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Carew of Beddington in Surrey 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Carew 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bryan 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Katherine Darcy 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Fermor
Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Fermor
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Vaux 1st Baron Vaux Harrowden
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Vaux
Esmé Stewart 2nd Duke Richmond 5th Duke Lennox 1649-1660 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Villiers
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Villiers
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Villiers of Brooksby Leicestershire
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Villiers of Brokesby
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Clarke
Great x 2 Grandmother: Collette Clarke
GrandFather: George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Beaumont 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Beaumont 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: George Pauncefote
Great x 2 Grandfather: Anthony Beaumont 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bassett 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Bassett 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Beaumont 1st Countess Buckingham 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Armstrong
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Armstrong
Mother: Mary Villiers Duchess Lennox Duchess Richmond 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Manners 2nd Earl of Rutland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Manners 4th Earl of Rutland 1551-1588 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 4th Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Neville Countess Rutland 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Stafford Countess of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Manners 6th Earl of Rutland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Charlton 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Charlton of Apsley Castle in Shropshire 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: 15 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fitton
Great x 3 Grandmother: Cecily Fitton
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ellen Brereton
GrandMother: Katherine Manners Duchess Buckingham 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Knyvet 9 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Knyvet of Charlton Wiltshire 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Muriel Howard Viscountess Lisle 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Knyvet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Christopher Pickering 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Pickering 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Lewknor 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Knyvet Lady Bevill 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stumpe