Earl of Lennox

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The Peerage title of Earl of Lennox has been created six times in British history, becoming extinct every time. The Earl of Lennox was elevated to Duke of Lennox in 1581.

Contents 1 Mormaers of Lennox/Gaelic Earls of Lennox 2 Earls of Lennox, Second Creation (1488) 3 Earls of Lennox, Third Creation (c. 1571) 4 Earls of Lennox, Fourth Creation (1578) 5 Earls of Lennox, Fifth Creation (1580) 6 Dukes of Lennox, First Creation (1581) 7 See also 8 References

[edit] Mormaers of Lennox/Gaelic Earls of Lennox

• Ailín I, Earl of Lennox (c. 1200)
• Ailín II, Earl of Lennox (d. 1217)
• Maol Domhnaich, Earl of Lennox (d. 1250)
• Maol Choluim I, Earl of Lennox (d. 1303)
• Maol Choluim II, Earl of Lennox (d. 1333)
• Domhnall, Earl of Lennox (d. 1365)
• Margaret of Lennox (?) (resigned 1385)

  m. Baltar mac Amlaimh, descendant of the 2nd Earl.

• Donnchadh, Earl of Lennox (d. 1425)
• Isabella of Lennox (d. 1458)

  m. Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany

• her four sons; all died without legitimate issue (extinct c. 1459)

[edit] Earls of Lennox, Second Creation (1488)

• John Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox, Lord Darnley (d. 1495)
• Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox (1488-Battle of Flodden Field, 1513)
• John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox (d. 1526)
• Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox (1516-1571)
• lapsed into the crown in James VI of Scotland, his grandson

[edit] Earls of Lennox, Third Creation (c. 1571)

• Charles Stuart, 1st Earl of Lennox (1555-1576), second son of the 4th Earl of the second creation
• Lady Arbella Stuart, 2nd Countess of Lennox (1575-1615) (over-ridden)

[edit] Earls of Lennox, Fourth Creation (1578)

• Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox, "exchanged" for Earldom of March 1580, second son of the 3rd Earl of the second creation

[edit] Earls of Lennox, Fifth Creation (1580)

with subsidiary Lord Darnley, Aubigny and Dalkeith (1580)

• Esmé Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox (1542–1583), grandson of the 3rd Earl of the second creation through his third son John

[edit] Dukes of Lennox, First Creation (1581)

• Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox, 1st Earl of Lennox (1542–1583)
• Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond (1574–1623)
• Esmé Stewart, 3rd Duke of Lennox (1579–1624)
• James Stewart, 4th Duke of Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond (1612–1655)
• Esmé Stewart, 5th Duke of Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond (1649–1660)
• Charles Stewart, 6th Duke of Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond (1639–1672) (extinct)

[edit] See also

• Seigneur d'Aubigny
• Earl of Richmond

[edit] References

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.