History and chronology of Henry Stewart Darnley in Scotland

General

House Stuart

Events

Assassination
Birth
Death
Marriage
Peerage
Plot
Succession

Places

Edinburgh
Holyrood
Kirk O'Field
London
Ross

Henry Stewart Darnley History of Scotland


1545	Birth
7th Dec Birth of Henry Stewart, son of 4th Earl of Lennox & great-grandson of Henry VII
7th Dec Birth of Henry Stewart, son of Margaret Douglas , daughter of Margaret Tudor
1564	Marriage
13th Feb Edinburgh Arrives in Edinburgh after overcoming Elizabeth I's objections
1565	Birth
London Birth of James I, father to James I of England & James VI of Scotland
1565	Marriage
29th July Marries Mary Queen of Scots during a Catholic ceremony at a Chapel in Holyrood
1565	Peerage
Ross Created Earl Ross by Mary Queen of Scots
1565	Succession
London Refused the crown matrimonial on the advice of David Rizzio, Mary's Secretary
1566	Assassination
Holyrood A plot between Darnley & Protestant Lords after Darnley is refused the crown
Holyrood Queen Mary of Scots, possibly pregnant with Rizzio's son
9th Mar Holyrood Breaks into Mary's supper room & has David Rizzio killed with 56 dagger strokes
1566	Death
Queen Mary of Scots maybe pregnant with Rizzio's son
1566	Plot
Darnley & Protestant Lords attemp to assassinate Riccio
1567	Assassination
Jan Kirk O'Field Contracts syphilis & is brought to a house at Kirk o'Field in Edinburgh by Queen Mary
9th Feb Kirk O'Field Assassinated in a plot believed to have been led by Bothwell
9th Feb Kirk O'Field Assassinated in a plot led by James Bothwell, Mary Queen of Scots' 3rd husband
1567	Death
9th Feb Kirk O'Field Death of Henry Stewart, Earl of Darnley, assassinated