Charles Stuart, 5th Earl of Lennox

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Charles Stuart, 5th Earl of Lennox

Also Known As: "Charles Earl Of /Stuart/", "Earl Of Lennox /Charles/", "Stewart", "1rst Earl of Lennox", "V Earl Lennox"
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Birthplace: Harbottle, Northumberland, England
Death: circa 1576 (12-29)
London, England
Place of Burial: Greater London, England, United Kingdom
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Son of Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox and Lady Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox
Husband of Elizabeth Cavendish, Countess of Lennox
Father of Lady Arbella Stuart
Brother of Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley

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About Charles Stuart, 5th Earl of Lennox

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Stuart,_1st_Earl_of_Lennox:

Charles Stuart, 5th Earl of Lennox (1555–1576) was the second son of Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox and of Margaret Douglas, daughter of Margaret Tudor.

At the time of his father's death in 1571, the earl was acting as regent for the boy king James VI of Scotland and the earldom passed to the Crown. King James's father had been Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Charles's elder brother, who was already dead. However, shortly afterwards the title of Earl of Lennox was bestowed on Charles. He proceeded to incur the displeasure of Queen Elizabeth I of England by a hasty marriage to Elizabeth Cavendish, daughter of Bess of Hardwick, apparently at his mother's instigation. The couple had one child, Arbella Stuart, but she was prevented by the Scots from taking up the earldom because of her gender and the fact that she had been born in England. Arbella Stuart married William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset.

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Charles Stuart, 5th Earl of Lennox's Timeline

1555
1555
Harbottle, Northumberland, England
1575
April 1575
(Raised) Hardwick Hall, Doe Lea, Derbyshire, England (United Kingdom)
1576
1576
Age 21
London, England
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Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex,, Greater London, England, United Kingdom