Elizabeth Stewart, Second Countess of Moray

Abt 1565 - 1591  (~ 26 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Stewart
  Suffix	Second Countess of Moray
  Birth	Abt Aug 1565	Edinburgh Parish, Midlothian (Edinburghshire), Scotland
  	Event Description: From Gini Tree
  Gender	Female
  FamilySearch ID	MX8Z-G15
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  _UID	02E733651A3949AF8B0F2F589A21D7DA5926
  Death	18 Nov 1591	Morayshire, Scotland
  Notes	Countess of Moray Doune Castle, standing on a grassy eminance commanding the village and the river, is the setting for one of the most haunting and dramatic ballads in the repertoire, The Bonnie Earl 0' Moray'. The castle was built in the late fourteenth century by the Duke of Albany, later passed to the Crown and thence to the Earls of Moray, who own it still. The second Earl was murdered at Donibristle in Fife in 1592. If the words of the ballad about the event are to be believed, the king may have had a hand in it, or if he didn't was not much upset. He went hunting on the day of the funeral. The good-looking Earl was a lightweight and hardly deserved to be immortalised in such poignant words and music. Ye Hielands and ye Lawlands, 0 where hae ye been? They hae slain the Earl o' Moray, And laid him on the green. He was a braw gallant, And he rode at the ring; And the bonnie Earl o' Moray, He might have been a King. 0, lang will his ladye look Frae the Castle Doune Ere she see the Earl o' Moray Come soundin' through the toun.' And if you stand on the ramparts, you'll realise that she could have seen him coming from a very long way off. [ "Reflections on Scotland" by Ian Wallace pub.1988 ] Less Vital Information Open Details Name Elizabeth Stewart 2d Countess of Moray Sex Female Birth 1567 Arran, Bute, Scotland Christening Add Death 18 November 1591 Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom
  Person ID	I22705	Lanark County Origins
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Lord James 1st Earl Moray Stewart, VI, Regent of Scotland, First Earl of Moray, 1st Lord Darnley,   b. Abt 1531, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland d. 21 Jan 1595/96, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland (Age ~ 65 years)
  Mother	Anna Agnes Keith, Countess of Moray,   b. 14 Jul 1530, Midlothian, Scotland d. 16 Jul 1588, Midlothian, Scotland (Age 58 years)
  Family ID	F7742	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James Stewart, VI, King of Scotland and England, Second Earl of Moray, Second Lord Doune,   b. Abt 1568, Beath, Fife, Scotland d. 7 Feb 1591/92, Gloucestershire, England (Age ~ 24 years)
  Children	1. Grizel Stewart,   b. Abt 1582, Ballintoy, County Antrim, Northern Ireland d. Abt 1647, Ballintoy, County Antrim, Northern Ireland (Age ~ 65 years) + 2. Margaret Stewart, Countess of Nottingham, Countess of Traquair,   b. Abt 1582, Castle Stuart, Pettycur, Fife, Scotland d. 4 Aug 1639, Covent Garden, London, Middlesex, England (Age ~ 57 years) + 3. Lord James Stuart, 3rd Earl of Moray, Lord St Colme,   b. 1582, Brodie Darnaway Castle, Dyke, Elgin, Moray, Scotland d. 6 Aug 1638, Brodie Darnaway Castle, Dyke, Elgin, Moray, Scotland (Age 56 years)   4. Francis Stewart,   b. Abt 1585, Dyke, Moray, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown   5. Lady Elizabeth Stewart, /Stuart,   b. Abt 1587, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown + 6. James Stewart,   b. Abt 1590, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. Abt 1640, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age ~ 50 years)
  Family ID	F7741	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

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  Birth - Abt Aug 1565 - Edinburgh Parish, Midlothian (Edinburghshire), Scotland  = Link to Google Earth