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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lord James Stewart canonical 1
Regent Moray 1

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Statements (49)

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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Referenced by (2)

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

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