Biography of James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond 1612-1655
Paternal Family Tree: Stewart
Maternal Family Tree: Maud Vaux 1569
In 1609 [his father] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox (age 30) and [his mother] Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 17) were married. He the son of Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox and Catherine Balsac Duchess Lennox.
On 06 Apr 1612 James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond was born to Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox (age 33) and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 20).
On 14 Oct 1618 [his grandfather] Gervase Clifton 1st Baron Clifton (age 48) stabbed himself to death in the Fleet Prison [Map]. His daughter [his mother] Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 26) succeeded 2nd Baroness Clifton of Leighton Bromswold in Huntingdonshire.
In 1619 [his father] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox (age 40) was created 1st Earl March. [his mother] Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 27) by marriage Countess March.
On 16 Feb 1624 [his uncle] Ludovic Stewart 2nd Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 49) died. He was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map]. Duke Richmond and Earl Newcastle upon Tyne extinct. His brother [his father] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox (age 45) succeeded 3rd Duke Lennox. [his mother] Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 32) by marriage Duchess Lennox.
On 30 Jul 1624 [his father] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox (age 45) died. His son James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 12) succeeded 4th Duke Lennox, 2nd Earl March.
In 1627 [his step-father] James Hamilton 2nd Earl Abercorn (age 23) and [his mother] Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 35) were married. She by marriage Baroness Hamilton of Strabane. He the son of James Hamilton 1st Earl Abercorn and Marion Boyd Countess Abercorn (age 44).
In 1633 King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 32) created four Knights of the Garter ...
423nd Charles Louis Palatinate Simmern (age 15).
433rd James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 20).
434th Henry Danvers 1st Earl Danby (age 59).
435th William Douglas 7th Earl Morton (age 51).
On 08 Jan 1634 Charles Herbert (age 15) and [his future wife] 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 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 James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 25) and 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 mother] Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 45) died. She was buried on 17 Sep 1637. Her son James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 25) succeeded 3rd Baron Clifton of Leighton Bromswold in Huntingdonshire.
In 1641 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 wife] Mary Villiers Duchess Lennox Duchess Richmond (age 19) by marriage Duchess Richmond.
On 07 Jul 1648 Kenelm Digby (age 23) and [his brother-in-law] Francis Villiers (age 19) were killed.
In 1649 [his son] Esmé Stewart 2nd Duke Richmond 5th Duke Lennox was born to James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 36) and [his wife] Mary Villiers Duchess Lennox Duchess Richmond (age 27).
On 10 Jul 1651 [his daughter] Mary Stewart Countess Arran was born to James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 39) and [his wife] Mary Villiers Duchess Lennox Duchess Richmond (age 29).
On 30 Mar 1655 James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 42) died. His son [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.
Evelyn's Diary. 11 Jan 1662. I dined at Arundel House [Map], where I heard excellent music performed by the ablest masters, both French and English, on theorbos, viols, organs, and voices, as an exercise against the coming of the Queen (age 23), purposely composed for her chapel. Afterward, my [his brother] Lord Aubigny (age 42) her Majesty's (age 23) Almoner to be) showed us his elegant lodging, and his wheel-chair for ease and motion, with divers other curiosities; especially a kind of artificial glass, or porcelain, adorned with relievos of paste, hard and beautiful. Lord Aubigny (brother to the Duke of Lennox) was a person of good sense, but wholly abandoned to ease and effeminacy.
In Nov 1664 Captain Thomas Howard (age 33) and [his former wife] 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.
In Nov 1685 [his former wife] Mary Villiers Duchess Lennox Duchess Richmond (age 63) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 13 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 14 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 9 Grand Son of Robert "The Bruce" I King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 13 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Son of Philip "The Fair" IV King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Stewart 1st Earl Lennox 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Matthew Stewart 2nd Earl Lennox 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Montgomerie Countess Lennox
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Stewart 3rd Earl Lennox 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Hamilton 1st Lord Hamilton
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Lennox 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Stewart Countess Arran 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Stewart Duke Orkney 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James "Black Knight of Lorn" Stewart
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Stewart 1st Earl Atholl 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel or Elizabeth Stewart Countess Lennox 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Sinclair 3rd Earl Orkney 1st Earl Caithness 6 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Sinclair Countess Atholl 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marjory Sutherland Countess Orkney and Caithness
GrandFather: Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Queuille Lady Aubigny
Father: Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Catherine Balsac Duchess Lennox
James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Gervase Clifton 1st Baron Clifton 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Stanley 1st Baron Monteagle 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Neville Baroness Stanley 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley 2nd Baron Monteagle 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Vaughan 9 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Vaughan Baroness Grey Wilton 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Stanley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Mother: Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Darcy 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Darcy 1st Baron Darcy Templehurst 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Euphemia Langton
Great x 2 Grandfather: Arthur Darcy 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Tempest
Great x 3 Grandmother: Dousabella Tempest 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Clifford 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Darcy 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Carew 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Carew of Beddington in Surrey 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Malyn Oxenbridge
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Carew 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Bryan
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bryan 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Bourchier 1st Baroness Bryan 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Katherine Darcy 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Fermor
Great x 1 Grandmother: Katherine Fermor
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Vaux of Harrowden
Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Vaux 1st Baron Vaux Harrowden
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Vaux