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JAMES Stewart
Earl of Moray
JAMES STEWART, son of JAMES V, King of Scotland a
Born 1534.
Commendator of St. Andrews and Pittenweem 1538.
On 8 February 1561/2 at Holyrood, Moray married Agnes Keith, daughter of William Keith, 4th Earl Marischal. The marriage produced three daughters:
Elizabeth Stuart, 2nd Countess of Moray (Aug 1565[20] – 18 November 1591), married James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray on 23 January 1580/1581
Lady Annabel Stuart (? – before 1572)
Lady Margaret Stuart (8 Apr 1569 – 1586), contract for the marriage signed on 27 June 1584 with Francis Hay, 9th Earl of Erroll, without issue.
In 1562 he was created EARL OF MORAY, Lord Abernethy and Strathearn. The same year he was created Earl of Mar, but resigned this Earldom after a few months. In 1567 he became Regent of Scotland, and was known as the "Good_Regent."
Moray was assassinated in Linlithgow on 23 January 1570 by James Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh, a supporter of Mary. As Moray was passing in a cavalcade in the main street below, Hamilton fatally wounded him with a carbine shot from a window of his uncle Archbishop Hamilton´s house. It was the first recorded assassination by a firearm.
Arms: of Earl of Moray on Seal, 1555.-Scotland, with crozier behind shield (Macdonald). On Seal, 1562.-I and 4. Scotland, debruised by an engralled ribbon. 2 and 3. Three cushions within a double tressure flory-counter flory (Moray) (Laing). I and 4. Scotland, debruised by a black ribbon. 2 and 3. (Moray) (Nisbet). CREST: A pelican feeding her young in a green nest. SUPPORTERS: Two s2Yver greyhounds, with gold collars. MOTTO: "_Solus_ per_christum_Redemptorem."
