Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley

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16th-century nobleman Scottish nobleman claimant to the English throne claimant to the Scottish throne

Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley was a 16th-century Scottish nobleman and claimant to both the Scottish and English thrones whose turbulent marriage to Mary, Queen of Scots, and subsequent murder played a key role in the political crises of the time.

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Label Occurrences
Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley canonical 7
Lord Darnley 2
Darnley 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 16th-century nobleman ⓘ
Scottish nobleman ⓘ
claimant to the English throne ⓘ
claimant to the Scottish throne ⓘ
associatedWith David Rizzio ⓘ
birthDate 1545-12-07 ⓘ
birthPlace Temple Newsam, Yorkshire, England ⓘ
bodyFoundLocation garden near Kirk o’ Field, Edinburgh ⓘ
burialPlace Holyrood Abbey ⓘ
surface form: Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Scotland
causeOfDeath murder ⓘ
causeOfPoliticalCrisis ambition for the crown matrimonial ⓘ
child James VI and I ⓘ
claimBasis descent from Henry VII of England ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
deathContext house at Kirk o’ Field was destroyed by an explosion ⓘ
deathDate 1567-02-10 ⓘ
deathPlace Kirk o’ Field, Edinburgh, Scotland ⓘ
education raised partly in England ⓘ
father Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox ⓘ
fullName Henry Stuart ⓘ
heldTitle King consort of Scotland ⓘ
historicalPeriod Scottish Reformation ⓘ
surface form: Scottish Reformation era
historicalSignificance his murder contributed to the downfall of Mary, Queen of Scots ⓘ
house House of Lennox ⓘ
House of Stuart ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
mannerOfDeath strangulation ⓘ
marriageDate 1565-07-29 ⓘ
marriagePlace Palace of Holyroodhouse ⓘ
surface form: Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, Scotland
maternalGrandfather Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus ⓘ
maternalGrandmother Margaret Tudor ⓘ
monarchDuringConsort Mary, Queen of Scots ⓘ
mother Lady Margaret Douglas ⓘ
nobleTitle Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lord Darnley
notableEvent involved in the murder of David Rizzio ⓘ
marriage to Mary, Queen of Scots caused political crisis in Scotland ⓘ
paternalGrandfather John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox ⓘ
politicalAlignment Catholic faction in Scotland ⓘ
reignAsKingConsortEnd 1567-02-10 ⓘ
reignAsKingConsortStart 1565-07-29 ⓘ
relatedTo Henry VII of England ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
spouse Mary, Queen of Scots ⓘ
style King Henry of Scotland ⓘ
styledAs King of Scots ⓘ
suspectedMurderConspirators James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell ⓘ
Scottish nobles opposed to Mary, Queen of Scots ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mary, Queen of Scots → spouse → Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley ⓘ
Mary, Queen of Scots → spouseOf → Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley ⓘ
Margaret Tudor → grandchild → Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley ⓘ
James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton → associatedWith → Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley ⓘ
Mary Stuart, Princess Royal → paternalGrandfather → Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley ⓘ
Edward Holcroft → portrayed → Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Darnley
Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley → nobleTitle → Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Darnley
Margaret Douglas (disputed, via marriage of her son) → child → Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley ⓘ
subject surface form: Margaret Douglas
Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox → child → Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley ⓘ
Catherine Darnley → familyName → Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Darnley