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James Douglas, fourth earl of Morton (c. 1516–1581) attrib. Arnold Bronckorst, c. 1580 Scottish National Portrait Gallery

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Douglas, James, fourth earl of Morton (c. 1516–1581), regent and chancellor of Scotland, was the second son of Sir George Douglas, master of Angus (1490?–1552), of Pittendreich, near Elgin, Moray, and his wife, Elizabeth (d. c.1560), only daughter of David Douglas...

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Erskine, John, seventeenth or first earl of Mar (d. 1572), magnate and regent of Scotland, was the third born but eldest surviving son of John, fifth Lord Erskine (d. 1555) and his wife, Margaret Campbell, daughter of the second earl of Argyll...

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John Stewart, second duke of Albany (c. 1482–1536) by Jean Clouet, c. 1525–30 Musée Condé, Chantilly, France / Bridgeman Art Library

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Stewart [Stuart], John, second duke of Albany (c. 1482–1536), soldier and magnate, was born in Auvergne, France, the only son of Alexander Stewart, duke of Albany (1454?–1485), younger brother of James III, king of Scots, and his second wife, Anne de la Tour (...

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Matthew Stewart, thirteenth or fourth earl of Lennox (1516–1571) by Livinus de Vogelaare, 1567–8 [kneeling, third from right, in The Memorial of Lord Darnley] The Royal Collection © 2004 HM Queen Elizabeth II

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Stewart, Matthew, thirteenth or fourth earl of Lennox (1516–1571), magnate and regent of Scotland, was born in Dumbarton Castle on 21 September 1516, the eldest surviving son of John Stewart, twelfth or third earl of Lennox (d. 1526), and his wife, Elizabeth (...