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James Stewart, 2nd Lord Doune, jure uxoris 2nd Earl of Moray (c. 1565 – 7 February 1592), was a Scottish nobleman. He was murdered by George Gordon, Earl of Huntly as the culmination of a vendetta.
Perhaps the most well-known Earl of Moray was James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray, the husband of Elizabeth Stewart, 2nd Countess of Moray, who held the earldom jure uxoris (by right of his wife), as he was the subject of a famous ballad, "The Bonny Earl O'Moray".
- James Stuart, Lord Doune
- James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (Fifth creation)
- Lord Abernethy, Lord Strathdearn, Lord Doune, Lord St Colme, Baron Stuart of Castle Stuart
- John Douglas Stuart, 21st Earl of Moray
27 de mar. de 2024 · James Stewart, 2nd earl of Moray (died Feb. 7, 1592, Fife, Scot.) was the 2nd earl of Moray. He became earl in 1580 when he married Elizabeth, the daughter of the 1st earl, at the behest of King James VI.
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13 de feb. de 2024 · James Stewart (or Stuart), 2nd Lord Doune and 2nd Earl of Moray (c. 1565 – 7 February 1591/2[1]) was a Scottish nobleman, the son of James Stewart, 1st Lord Doune. The 2nd Earl was murdered by George Gordon, Earl of Huntly, as the culmination of a vendetta.
- Eday, Scotland
- Eday, Orkney, Scotland
- November 1568
- Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
When James Stewart 2nd Earl of Moray was born in November 1568, in Beath, Fife, Scotland, his father, James Stewart 1st Lord of Doune, was 39 and his mother, Lady Margaret Campbell of Argyll - Lady Doune, was 25. He married Elizabeth Stewart Countess of Moray on 23 January 1580, in Fife, Scotland.
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- Elizabeth Stewart Countess of Moray
J. A. Cannon. The Oxford Companion to British History. Moray, James Stewart, 2nd earl of [S] (c.1566–92). Regent Moray, assassinated in 1570, left a young daughter who was recognized as the countess of Moray. In 1581 she married the son of Lord Doune [S], who was in turn recognized as earl of Moray. He succeeded to the barony in 1590.
Moray was assassinated in Linlithgow on 23 January 1570 by James Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh, a supporter of Mary. As he was passing through the main street below, Hamilton discharged a carbine shot from a window of his uncle Archbishop Hamilton's house fatally wounded him.
