Charles (6th Earl of Lennox) Stuart
Abt 1556 - 1576 (~ 20 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
1. Charles (6th Earl of Lennox) Stuart was born about 1556; died in 1576. Charles married Elizabeth Cavendish in 1574 in Rufford Abbey, Nottinghamshire, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Sir William Cavendish, MP and Elizabeth (later Countess of Shrewsbury) Hardwick, daughter of Sir William Cavendish, MP and Elizabeth Hardwick) died on 21 Jan 1581-1582. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Arabella Stuart
was born in 1575; died on 25 Sep 1615 in Tower Of London (Had Escaped In 1611); was buried in Westminster Abbey.
- 2. Arabella Stuart
Generation: 2
2. Arabella Stuart (1.Charles1) was born in 1575; died on 25 Sep 1615 in Tower Of London (Had Escaped In 1611); was buried in Westminster Abbey. Notes:
Or Arbella?
On the death of her father, Arbella should have become the Countess of Lennox in Scotland it was argued that it was King James VI of Scotland who should have title and rights to the estates because he was Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley's son. Mary Queen of Scots wrote in her will asking hr son James to grant her niece, his cousin, Arbella the earldom. James never did.
On the death of her mother, Arbella was given into the wardship of Lord Cecil and her day to day care into the hands of her grandmother Bess of Hardwick.Arabella married William (2nd Duke of Somerset) Seymour in Jul 1610. William (son of Edward (Lord Beauchamp) Seymour and Honora (of Bryanston) Rogers) was born on 1 Sep 1587; died on 24 Oct 1660. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]