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John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox

1490–1526

Born
1490
Country of birth
Kingdom of Scotland, today United Kingdom
Died
4 Sep 1526, Linlithgow
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Facts and their sources

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  • Birth1490Probable1 source
  • Death4 Sep 1526, LinlithgowProbable1 source
  • TitleMember of the Parliament of ScotlandConfirmed1 source
  • UnionElizabeth StewartConfirmed1 source

A life in time

  1. Born

    Birth

  2. Child born: Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox

    Birth, Dumbarton

  3. Child born: Lady Elizabeth Stewart

    Birth

  4. Died · Linlithgow

    Death, Linlithgow

What was it like?

The world around 1490: who ruled, who else was alive, how people lived. This is general history, not a record about the family, and every item shows where it comes from.

Highlanders often went barefoot and barelegged, though some wore simple single-soled shoes and flat, generally blue, soft caps.

Known for

John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox was a prominent Scottish nobleman. He was the son of Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox, and his wife Lady Elizabeth Hamilton, daughter of James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton, and Mary Stewart, Princess of Scotland, daughter of King James II of Scotland.

Titles held

  • Member of the Parliament of Scotland

During their lifetime

  1. 1503

    Royal marriage of 1503

    King James IV and Margaret Tudor were married in 1503, an event known as the marriage of the Thistle and the Rose.

  2. 1513

    Battle of Flodden defeat

    The Scottish army suffered a major defeat at the Battle of Flodden in 1513, where King James IV was killed.

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Ancestors and children

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