Sir Alan Stewart of Darnley, ( after 1406-k. 1439) was a Scottish

Kingdom of Scotland

The Kingdom of Scotland was a Sovereign state in North-West Europe that existed from 843 until 1707. It occupied the northern third of the island of Great Britain and shared a land border to the south with the Kingdom of England...

 nobleman involved in the Hundred Years War.

Life

The son of John Stewart of Darnley

John Stewart of Darnley

Sir John Stewart of Darnley, 1st Lord of Concressault and 1st Lord of Aubigny, Count of Évreux was a Scottish nobleman and prominent soldier during the Hundred Years War.-Life:...

 and Elizabeth, daughter of Donnchadh, Earl of Lennox

Donnchadh, Earl of Lennox

Donnchadh of Lennox was the Mormaer of Lennox, 1385-1425. He was a son of Baltar mac Amlaimh and Margaret, daughter of Domhnall, Earl of Lennox....

, Darnley accompanied his father and brothers to fight in France

Kingdom of France

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Following his father's death at the Battle of the Herrings

Battle of the Herrings

The Battle of the Herrings was a military action near the town of Rouvray in France, just north of Orléans, which took place on 12 February 1429 during the siege of Orléans. The immediate cause of the battle was an attempt by French forces, led by Charles of Bourbon, Count of Clermont, to intercept...

 in 1429 during the Siege of Orléans

Siege of Orléans

The Siege of Orléans marked a turning point in the Hundred Years' War between France and England. This was Joan of Arc's first major military victory and the first major French success to follow the crushing defeat at Agincourt in 1415. The outset of this siege marked the pinnacle of English power...

, Darnley inherited his father's titles of the Lordships of Aubigny and Concressault, but not his County of Évreux

Count of Évreux

The Count of Évreux was a French noble title and was named after the town of Évreux in Normandy. It was successibly used by the Norman dynasty, the Montfort-l'Amaury family, the Capetian's as well as the House of La Tour d'Auvergne...

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However by 1437, He had resigned his French territories to his younger brother, Sir John Stewart

John Stewart, 2nd Lord of Aubigny

John Stewart, 2nd Lord of Aubigny and Concressault was a Scottish and French nobleman.-Life:Stewart was the younger son of John Stewart of Darnley and Elizabeth of Lennox....

 and returned to Scotland.

Darnley was killed in 1439 by Sir Thomas Boyd

Thomas Boyd

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, his death was later avenged by his youngest brother Alexander Stewart.

Marriage and issue

Alan Stewart of Darnley had married Catherine Seton, daughter of Sir William Seton, Master of Seton and Janet Dunbar, herself a daughter of the Earl of Dunbar

George I, Earl of March

George de Dunbar, 10th Earl of Dunbar and March , 12th Lord of Annandale and Lord of the Isle of Man, was "one of the most powerful nobles in Scotland of his time, and the rival of the Douglases."-Family:...

. Following Darnley's murder, Catherine Seton would later marry Herbert Maxwell, 1st Lord Maxwell. They had issue:

• John Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox
  John Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox
  John Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox. was known as Lord Darnley and the Earl of Lennox. Stewart was the son of Catherine Seton and Sir Alan Stuart, a great-great-great-grandson of Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland....
  
  
• Alexander Stewart of Galston

External links

• Scots at the Siege of Orleans (French)