Lord James Stewart

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Lord James Stewart was a prominent 16th-century Scottish nobleman and Protestant leader who played a key role in the Scottish Reformation and later became the Regent Moray.

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Lord James Stewart canonical 1
Regent Moray 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 16th-century person
Protestant leader
Regent of Scotland
Scottish Reformation figure
Scottish nobleman
alsoKnownAs James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray
James Stewart, Earl of Moray
the Good Regent
associatedWithPlace Edinburgh, Scotland
linked to: Edinburgh

Moray, Scotland
birthDate c. 1531
causeOfDeath Assassination
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Scotland
deathDate 1570-01-23
deathPlace Linlithgow, Scotland
linked to: Linlithgow
endTime 1570 (as Regent of Scotland)
father James V of Scotland
guardianOf James VI of Scotland
linked to: James VI and I
heldOffice Earl of Mar (disputed, earlier grant)
linked to: Earl of Mar

Earl of Moray (from 1562)
linked to: 1st Earl of Moray

Lieutenant in the North of Scotland
killedBy James Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh
mannerOfDeath Killed by gunshot
marriageDate 1562
memberOf Lords of the Congregation
monarchDuringRegency James VI of Scotland
linked to: James VI and I
mother Margaret Erskine
movement Scottish Reformation
nobleTitle Earl of Moray
Lord Abernethy
notableEvent Battle of Langside
Deposition of Mary, Queen of Scots
Scottish Reformation crisis of 1559–1560
notableFor First regent of the infant James VI after Mary’s forced abdication
Leading Protestant opposition to Mary, Queen of Scots
notableWork Leadership in the Scottish Reformation
placeOfBurial St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh
politicalAlignment Anti-French
Pro-English
positionHeld Regent of Scotland
regencyFor James VI of Scotland
linked to: James VI and I
religion Calvinism
Protestantism
roleInEvent Leader of Protestant Lords of the Congregation
servedUnder Mary, Queen of Scots
sibling Mary, Queen of Scots
spouse Agnes Keith
startTime 1567 (as Regent of Scotland)
supported Deposition of Mary, Queen of Scots in 1567

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Protestant Lords of the Congregation member Lord James Stewart
Casket Letters presentedTo Regent Moray
linked to: Lord James Stewart