STEWART, James Earl of Moray, Lieutenenat-General of Scotland 1 2
- Born: about 1499(1500) 1 2
- Marriage (1): CAMPBELL, Elizabeth about 24 August 1529(charter) 1
- Died: 12 June 1544 1 2 3
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James married Elizabeth CAMPBELL, daughter of Colin CAMPBELL 3rd Earl of Argyll and Jean GORDON Countess of Argyll, about 24 August 1529(charter).1 (Elizabeth CAMPBELL was born about 1508 and died before 15 May 1548 3.)
Marriage Notes:
"James Stewart (son of Janet Kennedy, daughter of John, second Lord Kennedy). Born about 1499, he was created Earl of Moray in 1501, and in 1535 became Lieutenant-General of the kingdom. He married Lady Elizabeth Campbell, only daughter of Colin, third Earl of Argyle, and died 12 June 1544, leaving a daughter."
from Scots Peerage (vol 1)
"He (James Stewart, Earl of Moray) was at the age of fourteen contracted in marriage to Margaret Douglas (afterwards Countess of Lennox), daughter of Queen Margaret Tudor and Archibald, sixth Earl of Angus, then aged nine, and a charter of Nether Loudoun and other lands in Ayrshire was on 7 December 1525 granted to the intended spouses, but the marriage did not take place. He married, about 24 August 1529, when they had a charter, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Colin, third Earl of Argyll. They had a daughter, Mary, married to John, Master of Buchan without issue."
from Scots Peerage (vol 6) 1 2
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