Name: Henry Stuart
Title/s: Lord Darnley / King Consort of Scotland
Birth: 7th December 1545 at Temple Newsam, Yorkshire, England
Death: 10th February 1567 at Kirk O’Field, Edinburgh, Scotland
Burial: 14th February 1567 at Holyrood Abbey, Scotland
Spouse: Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587, married 1565
Children: James VI of Scotland 1566-1625
Parents: Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox 1516-1571 & Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox 1515-1578
Siblings: Charles Stuart, 1st Earl of Lennox 1557-1576
Noble Connections: Through his mother, Margaret Douglas, Henry Stuart is the grandson of Margaret Tudor and thus the great-grandson of Henry VII of England. His maternal relations aside from the Tudors are the Earls of Angus. His paternal relations are the Earls of Lennox and Atholl.
Controversy: The main controversy over the life of Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, is how he died. His body and that of his valet were found in Kirk O’Field, where they had been staying. There was the sound of an explosion early in the morning, later attributed to barrels of gunpowder left in the room underneath Darnley’s. The pair were found in the orchard having fled the scene and Darnley appeared to have been smothered.
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