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Loch Lomond, the heart of the Lennox Mormaerdom
Loch Lomond, the heart of the Lennox Mormaerdom
Map of Scotland showing the district of Lennox, note this map is based on later sources, and therefore does not show the greatest extent of the Mormaerdom
Map of Scotland showing the district of Lennox, note this map is based on later sources, and therefore does not show the greatest extent of the Mormaerdom

The Mormaer of Lennox or Earl of Lennox was the ruler of the long-lasting provincial Mormaerdom/Earldom of Lennox in the Medieval Kingdom of the Scots. The title of Mormaer designates a regional or provincial ruler in the Medieval Kingdom of the Scots. Earl was the Anglo-Saxon form and jarl the Scandinavian form of a title meaning " Chieftain " and referring especially to chieftains The history of Scotland in the High Middle Ages covers Scotland in the era between the death of Domnall II in 900 AD and the death of king Alexander III The Kingdom of Scotland ( Gaelic: Rìoghachd na h-Alba, Scots: Kinrick o Scotland) was a State in northwest Europe The first Mormaer is usually regarded as Ailin I (also Alpin, Alun or Alwin), but the genealogy of the Mormaers gives earlier names. Mormaer Ailín I of Lennox, also Alún or Alwin, ruled Lennox sometime before 1178 The last Mormaer of the native line was Isabella, who married Muireadhach Stewart, the Duke of Albany, and died in 1458. Isabella of Lennox was the ruler of Lennox, 1437–1458 As the wife of Murdoch Stewart, she was Duchess of Albany (1420–1425 as well Murdoch Stewart Duke of Albany (1362 &ndash 24 May 1425) was Governor of Scotland (1420 - 1424 Duke of Albany is a Peerage title that has occasionally been bestowed on the younger sons in the Scottish, and later the British Royal family, particularly

The recent work of Cynthia Neville and Michael Brown has made Lennox perhaps the best understood native scottish Mormaerdom. Cynthia J Neville is a Canadian Historian, celticist Medievalist and professor The district of Lennox ( Gaelic Leamhnachd ʎãũnəxg̊ often known as "the Lennox" is a region of Scotland centred around the village of

After the extinction of the Lennox line, the Scottish Peerage title of Earl of Lennox was granted to John Stewart, Lord Darnley. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. The Peerage is a system of Titles of Nobility in the United Kingdom, part of the British honours system. John Stewart 1st Earl of Lennox (b bef 1430 d 8 Jul/11 Sep 1495 Was created Lord Darnley and Earl of Lennox. It has been "created" six times, becoming extinct every time. The Earl of Lennox (see Lennox) was elevated to Duke of Lennox in 1581. The district of Lennox ( Gaelic Leamhnachd ʎãũnəxg̊ often known as "the Lennox" is a region of Scotland centred around the village of The title Duke of Lennox has been created several times in the Peerage of Scotland, for Clan Stewart of Darnley.

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Mormaers of Lennox/Gaelic Earls of Lennox

Earls of Lennox, Second Creation (1488)

Earls of Lennox, Third Creation (c. Matthew Stuart ( September 21, 1516 &ndash September 4, 1571) was the 4th Earl of Lennox, and leader of the Catholic James VI and I (19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625 was King of Scotland as James VI, and King of England and King of Ireland as James 1571)

Earls of Lennox, Fourth Creation (1578)

Earls of Lennox, Fifth Creation (1580)

with subsidiary Lord Darnley, Aubigny and Dalkeith (1580)

Dukes of Lennox, First Creation (1581)

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