James Stewart, Earl of Moray | |
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 The Earl of Moray, a detail from a wedding portrait by Hans Eworth | |
| Regent of Scotland | |
| In office 22 August 1567 – 23 January 1570 | |
| Monarch | James VI |
| Preceded by | Mary of Guise |
| Succeeded by | James VI |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1531 Scotland |
| Died | 23 January 1570 Linlithgow, Scotland |
| Resting place | St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh |
| Spouse(s) | Christina Stewart Agnes Keith |
| Children | Elizabeth Stewart, 2nd Countess of Moray |
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James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (c. 1531 – 23 January 1570)[1] was a member of the House of Stewart as the illegitimate son of King James V of Scotland. At times a supporter of his half-sister Mary, Queen of Scots, he was the regent of Scotland for his half-nephew, the infant King James VI, from 1567 until his assassination in 1570. He was the first head of government to be assassinated with a firearm.
- ^ Spottiswoode, John, History of the Church in Scotland, vol. 2, Oliver & Boyd (1851), 120 gives date in Old Style as Saturday 23 January 1569/1570, although Saturday was 21 January in that year, see Reference calendar: Loughlin, Mark, "Stewart, James, first earl of Moray (1531/1532–1570)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 24 Jan 2011 accepts 23 January: Fraser, Antonia, Mary, Queen of Scots, p. 486 (p. 421 English edition) has 11 January 1570 as date of the assassination. Also mentioned by Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: The Complete Genealogy (London: The Bodley Head, 1999), p. 242.