Biography of James Stewart 1st Earl Moray Regent 1531-1570
Paternal Family Tree: Stewart
Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Boyd 1420-1453
On 09 Sep 1513 at the Battle of Flodden was fought at the Branxton, Northumberland [Map]. the English army was commanded by Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk (age 70), Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk (age 40), Edmund Howard (age 35), Thomas Dacre 2nd Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 45), Edward Stanley 1st Baron Monteagle (age 51) and Marmaduke Constable (age 56).
The English army included: Henry "Shepherd Lord" Clifford 10th Baron Clifford (age 59), William Conyers 1st Baron Conyers (age 44), Thomas Berkeley 5th Baron Berkeley (age 41) and Richard Neville 2nd Baron Latimer of Snape (age 45).
Randall Babington, John Bigod (age 38) and Thomas Fitzwilliam (age 39) were killed.
Marmaduke Constable (age 33), William Constable (age 38), George Darcy 1st Baron Darcy Aston (age 16), Edmund Walsingham (age 33), Thomas Burgh 7th Baron Cobham 5th Baron Strabolgi 1st Baron Burgh (age 25) and Walter Stonor (age 36) were knighted by Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk (age 40).
Christopher Savage, Thomas Venables (age 44) and Brian Tunstall (age 33) were killed.
Bryan Stapleton of Wighill (age 55) was killed. (Some reports have him dying in 1518).
John Booth (age 78) was killed.
Father and son Ralph ellerker of risby in yorkshire and Ralph Ellerker were knighted by Thomas Howard Earl of Surrey (age 70).
The Scottish army suffered heavy casualties:
[his grandfather] King James IV of Scotland (age 40) was killed. His body ws taken to London, then to Sheen Priory, Richmond; thereafter it dissappeared. His son [his father] King James V of Scotland (age 1) succeeded V King Scotland.
[his uncle] Alexander Stewart ArchBishop of St Andrews (age 20) was killed.
David Kennedy 1st Earl Cassilis (age 43) was killed. His son Gilbert Kennedy 2nd Earl Cassilis (age 18) succeeded 2nd Earl Cassilis. Isabel Campbell Countess Cassilis by marriage Countess Cassilis.
William Sinclair 2nd Earl Caithness (age 54) was killed. His son John Sinclair 3rd Earl Caithness succeeded 3rd Earl Caithness.
Matthew Stewart 2nd Earl Lennox was killed. His son John Stewart 3rd Earl Lennox (age 23) succeeded 3rd Earl Lennox.
William Hay 4th Earl Erroll was killed. His son William Hay 5th Earl Erroll (age 18) succeeded 5th Earl Erroll.
John Douglas 2nd Earl Morton was killed. His son James Douglas 3rd Earl Morton succeeded 3rd Earl Morton, 6th Lord Dalkeith.
Adam Hepburn 2nd Earl Bothwell was killed. His son Patrick Hepburn 3rd Earl Bothwell (age 1) succeeded 3rd Earl Bothwell.
Alexander Stewart 4th of Garlies (age 32) was killed. His son Alexander Stewart 5th of Garlies (age 6) succeeded 5th Lord Garlies.
Alexander Elphinstone 1st Lord Elphinstone was killed. His son Alexander Elphinstone 2nd Lord Elphinstone (age 3) succeeded 2nd Lord Elphinstone.
Thomas Hay, George Hepburn Bishop Isles (age 59), Adam Hepburn Master (age 56), Thomas "Younger of Cushnie" Lumsden
William Douglas 6th Lord Drumlanrig was killed. William "Younger" Douglas 7th Lord Drumlanrig succeeded 7th Lord Drumlanrig.
George Seton 5th Lord Seton was killed. His son George Seton 6th Lord Seton succeeded 6th Lord Seton.
John Hay 2nd Lord Hay of Yester was killed. His son John Hay 3rd Lord Hay (age 23) succeeded 3rd Lord Hay of Yester. Elizabeth Douglas Lady Hay by marriage Lord Hay of Yester.
Robert Keith Master of Marischal (age 30), Guiscard Harbottle (age 28), John Erskine, David Home (age 22), Andrew Stewart 1st Lord Avondale (age 43), Archibald Campbell 2nd Earl Argyll (age 64), Robert Douglas of Lochleven (age 89) were killed.
Henry Sinclair 3rd Lord Sinclair (age 48) was killed. His son William Sinclair 4th Lord Sinclair succeeded 4th Lord Sinclair.
James Stewart 1st Lord of Traquair (age 33) was killed. His son William Stewart 2nd Lord Traquair (age 7) succeeded 2nd Lord Traquair.
John Maxwell 4th Lord Maxwell (age 57) was killed. His son Robert Maxwell 5th Lord Maxwell (age 20) succeeded 5th Lord Maxwell.
William Murray (age 43), Colin Oliphant (age 26), William Ruthven (age 33), George Douglas (age 44) and William Douglas (age 42) were killed.
George Home 4th Lord Home and John Stewart 2nd Earl Atholl (age 38) fought.
Brothers David Lyon of Cossins, William Lyon and George Lyon were killed.
William Graham 1st Earl Montrose (age 49) was killed. His son William Graham 2nd Earl Montrose (age 21) succeeded 2nd Earl Montrose.
Robert Erskine 4th Lord Erskine 16th Earl Mar was killed. His son [his grandfather] John Erskine 17th Earl Mar (age 26) de jure 17th Earl Mar, Lord Erskine.
Thomas Stewart 2nd Lord Innermeath (age 52) was killed. His son Richard Stewart 3rd Lord Innermeath succeeded 3rd Lord Innermeath.
Walter Lindsay of Arden and Walter Lindsay (age 33) were killed.
William Keith of Inverugie (age 43) was killed.
David Wemyss of Wemyss (age 40) was killed.
John Somerville 1st of Cambusnethan (age 55) was killed.
Robert Crichton 2nd Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (age 41) was killed. His son Robert Crichton 3rd Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (age 22) succeeded 3rd Lord Crichton of Sanquhar
Father and son William Rollo (age 59) and Robert Rollo 5th of Duncrub (age 34) were killed.
In 1527 Robert Douglas (age 21) and [his mother] Margaret Erskine (age 11) were married. She the daughter of John Erskine 17th Earl Mar (age 39) and Margaret Campbell Countess Mar.
Around 1531 James Stewart 1st Earl Moray Regent was born illegitimately to King James V of Scotland (age 18) and Margaret Erskine (age 15). He a great grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 31 Aug 1536 James Stewart 1st Earl Moray Regent (age 5) received a royal charter granting the lands of Tantallon and others.
On 01 Jan 1537 [his father] King James V of Scotland (age 24) and Madeleine Valois (age 16) were married at Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral [Map]. She the daughter of King Francis I of France (age 42) and Claude Valois Orléans Queen Consort France. He the son of King James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland (age 47). They were third cousin once removed. He a grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
In 1538 James Stewart 1st Earl Moray Regent (age 7) was appointed Prior of St Andrew's securing his income.
On 18 Jun 1538 [his father] King James V of Scotland (age 26) and Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland (age 22) were married at St Andrew's Cathedral Priory, St Andrew's. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. She the daughter of Claude Lorraine 1st Duke Guise (age 41) and Antoinette Bourbon Duchess of Guise (age 45). He the son of King James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland (age 48). They were third cousins. He a grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 14 Dec 1542 [his father] King James V of Scotland (age 30) died at Falkland Palace [Map]. His daughter [his half-sister] Mary Queen of Scots succeeded I Queen Scotland. She was six days old.
On 05 Aug 1557 James Stewart 1st Earl Moray Regent (age 26) and his half-brother [his illegitimate half-brother] Lord Robert (age 24), and Lord Home (age 22) led a raiding party from Edinburgh [Map] towards Ford Castle in Northumberland and burnt houses at Fenton before retreating on the approach of an English force led by Henry Percy, 8th Earl of Northumberland.
In 1561 Hans Eworth (age 41). Portrait of James Stewart 1st Earl Moray Regent (age 30).
In 1562 James Stewart 1st Earl Moray Regent (age 31) was created 1st Earl Moray.
On 08 Feb 1562 James Stewart 1st Earl Moray Regent (age 31) and Agnes Keith Countess Moray and Argyll (age 31) were married at Holyrood. She by marriage Countess Moray. She the daughter of William Keith 4th Earl Marischal (age 55) and Margaret Keith Countess Marischal. He the illegitmate son of King James V of Scotland and Margaret Erskine (age 46). They were fourth cousins. He a great grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
In Aug 1565 [his daughter] Elizabeth Stewart 2nd Countess Moray was born to James Stewart 1st Earl Moray Regent (age 34) and Agnes Keith Countess Moray and Argyll (age 35). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
In 1568. Unknown Painter. Portrait of James Stewart 1st Earl Moray Regent (age 37).
On 13 May 1568 the army of [his half-sister] Mary Queen of Scots (age 25) commanded by Archibald Campbell 5th Earl Argyll (age 34) was defeated by the army of the Regent her illegitimate half-brother James Stewart 1st Earl Moray Regent (age 37).
John Campbell was killed.
William "Younger" Douglas 7th Lord Drumlanrig and Robert Seton 1st Earl Winton (age 15) fought.
Claud Hamilton 1st Lord Paisley (age 21) and George Seton 7th Lord Seton (age 37) fought for the Queen.
On 08 Apr 1569 [his daughter] Margaret Stewart Countess Erroll was born to James Stewart 1st Earl Moray Regent (age 38) and Agnes Keith Countess Moray and Argyll (age 38). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
On 23 Jan 1570 James Stewart 1st Earl Moray Regent (age 39) was assassinated at Linlithgow by James Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh, a supporter of [his half-sister] Mary Queen of Scots (age 27). His daughter [his daughter] Elizabeth Stewart 2nd Countess Moray (age 4) succeeded 2nd Countess Moray. As he was passing in a cavalcade in the main street below, Hamilton fatally wounded him with a carbine shot from a window of his uncle Archbishop Hamilton's (age 57) house. He was the first head of government to be assassinated by a firearm.
[his daughter] Annabel Stewart was born to James Stewart 1st Earl Moray Regent and Agnes Keith Countess Moray and Argyll. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
Kings Wessex: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 11 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 17 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 12 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 7 Grand Son of Robert "The Bruce" I King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 12 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 4 Grand Son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Robert III of Scotland 4 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King James I of Scotland 5 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anabella Drummond Queen Consort Scotland
Great x 2 Grandfather: King James II of Scotland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: King James III of Scotland 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Egmont
Great x 3 Grandfather: Arnold Egmont 1st Duke Guelders
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Adolph La Marck I Duke Cleves 9 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine La Marck 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Valois Duchess Cleves 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
GrandFather: King James IV of Scotland 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Dietrich Count of Oldenburg
Great x 2 Grandfather: Christian I King Denmark
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Oldenburg Queen Consort Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick I Elector Brandenburg
Great x 3 Grandfather: John "The Alchemist" Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothea of Brandenburg
Great x 4 Grandfather: Rudolf III Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg
Great x 3 Grandmother: Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg
Father: King James V of Scotland Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Maredudd Tudor 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Owen Tudor 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edmund Tudor 1st Earl Richmond 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine of Valois Queen Consort England 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: King Henry VII of England and Ireland 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Beaufort 1st Duke Somerset Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Beauchamp 3rd Baron Beauchamp Bletsoe 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Edith Stourton Baroness Beauchamp Bletsoe 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
GrandMother: Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard of Conisbrough 1st Earl Cambridge Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke York Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Mortimer 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Edward IV of England 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Cecily "Rose of Raby" Neville Duchess York Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth York Queen Consort England Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Woodville
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Bittelsgate
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Luxemburg I Count Saint Pol 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
James Stewart 1st Earl Moray Regent Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Erskine 1st Lord Erskine
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Erskine 2nd Lord Erskine 14th Earl Mar 6 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Lindsay 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Alexander Erksine 3rd Lord Erskine 15th Earl Mar 7 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Erskine 4th Lord Erskine 16th Earl Mar 8 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
GrandFather: John Erskine 17th Earl Mar 9 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Mother: Margaret Erskine 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Duncan Campbell 1st Lord Campbell
Great x 3 Grandfather: Archibald Campbell 6 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Stewart 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Colin Campbell 1st Earl Argyll 7 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Archibald Campbell 2nd Earl Argyll 8 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Stewart 1st Lord Lorn
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Stewart 2nd Lord Lorn 6 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Stewart 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabella Stewart Countess Argyll 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
GrandMother: Margaret Campbell Countess Mar 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Stewart of Darnley 1st Count Évreux
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alan Stewart of Darnley
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Stewart 1st Earl Lennox 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Seton Master of Seton 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Seton 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Janet Dunbar 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stewart Countess Argyll 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alexander Montgomerie 1st Lord Montgomerie
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Montgomerie Countess Lennox
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Boyd 5th of Kilmarnock
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Boyd