STEWART, James 'the Bonnie Earl'. 2nd Earl of Moray, jure uxoris 1
- Born: About 1566
- Marriage (1): STEWART, Elizabeth Countess of Moray, suo jure 1580(1581) 1
- Died: 7 February 1591(1592), Donibristle, Fife, Scotland 1
Cause of his death was assassination by Huntly.1
User ID: C43.
General Notes:
The ballad "The Bonnie Earl of Moray" commemorates this man, somewhat idealistically.
James married Elizabeth STEWART Countess of Moray, suo jure, daughter of James STEWART ' Secundus', Earl of Moray,(5th Creation), 'Good' Regent and Agnes KEITH, 1580(1581).1 (Elizabeth STEWART Countess of Moray, suo jure was born about 1563 and died on 18 November 1591 1.)
Marriage Notes:
"Elizabeth, Countess of Moray in her own right. She was served heir to her father 10 September 1588." (page 316)
"James Stewart, who became Earl of Moray in virtue of his marriage with Elizabeth, the eldest of the sisters above mentioned, was born before 1568, being the eldest son of Sir James Stewart, created Lord Doune in 1581." (page 316)
"In 1580 he obtained a gift of the ward and marriage of the two daughters of the Regent Moray, and in the same year married the elder, assuming jure uxoris the title of Earl of Moray. He and his wife had a pension of £500 per annum from the King, and he served on commissions for executing the Acts against the Spanish Armada and the Jesuits. (page 317)
"By his wife Elizabeth, Countess of Moray, who died three months before him, 18 November 1591, the Earl had issue" (page 318)
from Scots Peerage (vol 6) 1
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