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Charles (Lennox), 1st Duke of Richmond

Male 1672 - 1723  (50 years)


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  1. 1.  Charles (Lennox), 1st Duke of Richmond was born on 29 July 1672 in London, England (son of H.M. Charles II (Stuart), King of Great Britain and Louise Renée (de Penancoët de Kérouaille), Duchess of Portsmouth); died on 27 May 1723 in Goodwood, Sussex, England; was buried on 7 June 1723 in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England.

    Other Events:

    • Hereditary Title: From 9 Sept. 1675 to 27 May 1723; 1st Baron of Settrington, co. York [E., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 9 Sept. 1675 to 27 May 1723; 1st Duke of Lennox [S., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 9 Sept. 1675 to 27 May 1723; 1st Duke of Richmond [E., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 9 Sept. 1675 to 27 May 1723; 1st Earl of Darnley [S., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 9 Sept. 1675 to 27 May 1723; 1st Earl of March [E., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 9 Sept. 1675 to 27 May 1723; 1st Lord of Torboultoun [S., 1675]
    • Decoration: 20 April 1681; Knight of the Order of the Garter (K.G.)
    • Office: 12 July 1681; Governor of Dumbarton Castle
    • Office: 1683; High Steward of the City of York
    • Naturalisation: 22 Jan. 1685, France
    • Office: From 1693 to 1702; Aide-de-Camp (A.D.C.) to William III
    • Office: May 1694; Lord High Admiral of Scotland
    • Office: From 1714 to 27 May 1723; A Lord of the Bedchamber
    • Office: 5 Aug. 1715; Privy Councillor, Ireland (P.C. [I.])
    • Will: 24 May 1723
    • Probate: 10 June 1723
    • Burial: 16 Aug. 1750, Chichester Cathedral, Chichester, Sussex, England

    Notes:

    He professed the Roman Catholic faith, 21 October 1685, but after the Revolution he returned to the Anglican communion, 15 May 1692, taking his seat in the House of Lords, 14 November 1693.

    He bore the sceptre with the dove at the Coronation of Anne, 23 April 1702.

    Hereditary Title:
    "Torboltoun" (only) in the patent (Mag. Sig.) as quoted in Wood's Douglas, volume ii, page 688, but "Tarbolton" in Scots Peerage, volume v, page 363, and "Methven of Torboltoun" according to the later peerages. See also Cal. S. P. Dom., 1679–80, page 616.

    Naturalisation:
    By letters patent

    Office:
    Having served in Flanders as a volunteer in the summer of 1692

    Family/Spouse: Lady Anne Brudenell. Anne (daughter of Francis Brudenell, Lord Brudenell and Lady Frances Savile) died on 9 Dec. 1722 in Whitehall, London, Middlesex, England; was buried on 16 Dec. 1722 in Deene, Northamptonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. General Charles (Lennox), 2nd Duke of Richmond was born on 18 May 1701 in Goodwood, Sussex, England; died on 8 Aug. 1750 in Godalming, Surrey, England; was buried in Chichester Cathedral, Chichester, Sussex, England.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  H.M. Charles II (Stuart), King of Great BritainH.M. Charles II (Stuart), King of Great Britain was born on 29 May 1630 in St. James's Palace, London, England (son of H.M. Charles I (Stuart), King of Great Britain and Princess Henrietta Maria (de Bourbon), of France); died on 6 Feb. 1685 in Palace of Whitehall, London, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England.

    Other Events:

    • Hereditary Title: By the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith
    • Regnal Name: Charles II
    • Coronation: 23 April 1661, Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England

    Charles married Louise Renée (de Penancoët de Kérouaille), Duchess of Portsmouth. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Louise Renée (de Penancoët de Kérouaille), Duchess of Portsmouth

    Other Events:

    • Hereditary Title: Duchess of Portsmouth

    Children:
    1. 1. Charles (Lennox), 1st Duke of Richmond was born on 29 July 1672 in London, England; died on 27 May 1723 in Goodwood, Sussex, England; was buried on 7 June 1723 in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  H.M. Charles I (Stuart), King of Great BritainH.M. Charles I (Stuart), King of Great Britain was born on 19 Nov. 1600 in Dunfermline Palace, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland (son of H.M. James I Charles (Stuart), King of Great Britain and Anne (Oldenburg), Princess of Denmark); died on 30 Jan. 1649 in Palace of Whitehall, London, England.

    Other Events:

    • Regnal Name: Charles I
    • Hereditary Title: 27 March 1625; King of England, Scotland, and Ireland
    • Coronation: 2 Feb. 1626, Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England

    Charles married Princess Henrietta Maria (de Bourbon), of France on 11 May 1625 (By proxy) in Paris, France. Henrietta (daughter of Henry IV (de Bourbon), King of France) was born on 25 Nov. 1609; died on 10 Sept. 1669 in St. Colombe, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Princess Henrietta Maria (de Bourbon), of France was born on 25 Nov. 1609 (daughter of Henry IV (de Bourbon), King of France); died on 10 Sept. 1669 in St. Colombe, France.
    Children:
    1. Charles (Stuart), Duke of Cornwall was born on 13 May 1629; died on 14 May 1629.
    2. 2. H.M. Charles II (Stuart), King of Great Britain was born on 29 May 1630 in St. James's Palace, London, England; died on 6 Feb. 1685 in Palace of Whitehall, London, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England.
    3. H.M. James II & VII (Stuart), King of Great Britain was born on 14 Oct. 1633 in St. James's Palace, London, England; died on 16 Sept. 1701 in Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Paris, France; was buried in Chapel of Saint Edmund in the Church of the English Benedictines, Paris, France.
    4. Henry (Stuart), Duke of Gloucester was born on 8 July 1640; died on 13 Sept. 1660.
    5. H.R.H. Princess Mary (Stuart), of Great Britain was born on 4 Nov. 1631; died on 24 Dec. 1660.
    6. Elizabeth Stuart was born on 28 Dec. 1635; died on 8 Sept. 1650 in Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England.
    7. Anna Stuart was born on 17 May 1637.
    8. Katharine Stuart was born on 20 Jan. 1638/39; died on 20 Jan. 1638/39.
    9. H.R.H. Princess Henrietta Anna Maria (Stuart), of Great Britain was born on 16 June 1644; died on 30 June 1670.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  H.M. James I Charles (Stuart), King of Great BritainH.M. James I Charles (Stuart), King of Great Britain was born on 19 June 1566 in Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (son of Henry (Stuart), Lord Darnley, 1st Duke of Albany, King Consort of Scots and Mary (Stewart), Queen of Scots); died on 27 March 1625 in Theobalds Palace, Hertfordshire, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England.

    Other Events:

    • Regnal Name: James I & VI
    • Coronation: 25 July 1603, Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England
    • Hereditary Title: 25 July 1603 – 27 March 1625; By the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith

    James married Anne (Oldenburg), Princess of Denmark on 23 Nov. 1589 in Old Bishop’s Palace, Oslo, Norway. Anne was born on 12 Dec. 1574 in Skanderborg Castle, Jylland, Denmark; died on 2 March 1619 in Hampton Court Palace, Kingston-upon-Thames, London, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Anne (Oldenburg), Princess of Denmark was born on 12 Dec. 1574 in Skanderborg Castle, Jylland, Denmark; died on 2 March 1619 in Hampton Court Palace, Kingston-upon-Thames, London, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England.

    Other Events:

    • Hereditary Title: 17 May 1590; Queen Consort of Scotland
    • Hereditary Title: 25 July 1603; Queen Consort of Great Britain

    Notes:

    Married:
    Married in person

    Repeated 21 Jan 1590 at Kronborg Castle, Helsingør, Denmark

    Children:
    1. Henry Frederick (Stuart), Prince of Wales was born on 19 Feb. 1593/94 in Stirling Castle, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland; died on 6 Nov. 1612 in St. James's Palace, St. James's, London, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England.
    2. Elizabeth (Stuart), Princess of England was born on 19 Aug. 1596 in Dunfermline Palace, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland; died on 13 Feb. 1661/62 in Leicester House, St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, London, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England.
    3. Margaret Stewart was born on 24 Dec. 1598 in Castle of Dalkeith, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland; died in March 1600 in Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland; was buried in Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
    4. 4. H.M. Charles I (Stuart), King of Great Britain was born on 19 Nov. 1600 in Dunfermline Palace, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland; died on 30 Jan. 1649 in Palace of Whitehall, London, England.
    5. Robert Stuart was born on 18 Jan. 1602 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland; died on 27 May 1602.
    6. Mary Stuart was born on 8 April 1605 in Greenwich, Kent, England; died on 16 Dec. 1607.
    7. Sophia Stuart was born on 22 June 1606 in Greenwich, Kent, England; died on 23 June 1606; was buried in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England.

  3. 10.  Henry IV (de Bourbon), King of France
    Children:
    1. 5. Princess Henrietta Maria (de Bourbon), of France was born on 25 Nov. 1609; died on 10 Sept. 1669 in St. Colombe, France.


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