George Stewart, 9th Seigneur d'Aubigny

George Stewart, 9th Seigneur d'Aubigny
George Stewart, 9th Seigneur d'Aubigny, dressed as a shepherd. 1638 portrait, inscribed in Latin Me Firmior Amor ("love is stronger than me"), by Anthony van Dyck, National Portrait Gallery, London
Personal details
Born(1618-07-17)17 July 1618
Died23 October 1642(1642-10-23) (aged 24)
Edge Hill, Warwickshire
Spouse
(m. 1638)
Children2, including Charles
Parents
RelativesJames Stewart (brother)
Bernard Stewart (brother)
James Hamilton (brother)
George Hamilton (brother)
Esmé Stewart (grandfather)
Charles I of England (cousin)
EducationCollège de Navarre
Younger brothers of Lord George Stewart, who also died as young men during the Civil War supporting the Royalist cause, left: Lord John Stewart (1621–1644), died aged 23 and right: Lord Bernard Stewart (1623–1645), died aged 22. Lord John Stuart and his Brother, Lord Bernard Stuart, c. 1638, by Sir Anthony van Dyck, National Gallery, London

Lord[1] George Stewart (or Stuart), 9th Seigneur d'Aubigny (17 July 1618 – 23 October 1642) was an Anglo-Scottish[2] nobleman of French descent and a third cousin of King Charles I of England.[3] He supported that king during the Civil War as a Royalist commander and was killed, aged 24, at the Battle of Edgehill in 1642.

  1. ^ Lord being a courtesy title for a younger son of a duke
  2. ^ His mother was English and the family had returned from France in 1579 with little connection to their Scottish ancestry
  3. ^ Both were descended in the male line from John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox