Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox

His Grace
The Duke of Lennox
Born29 September 1574
Died16 February 1624 (aged 49)
Resting placeWestminster Abbey, London
Title2nd Duke of Lennox
1st Duke of Richmond
Spouses
Parent(s)Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox and Catherine de Balsac
Ludovic Stewart, 1st Duke of Richmond, 2nd Duke of Lennox, holding white staff of office, wearing the Garter and Collar of the Order of the Garter. Portrait circa 1620 by Paul Van Somer, National Portrait Gallery, London
Ludovic Stewart's sister, Marie Stewart, Countess of Mar (died 1644),[1]
Arms of Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox and 1st Duke of Richmond: Quarterly of 4, 1&4: Arms awarded in 1427 by King Charles VII of France to Sir John Stewart of Darnley, 1st Seigneur d'Aubigny, 1st Seigneur de Concressault and 1st Comte d'Évreux, Constable of the Scottish Army in France:[2] Royal arms of France within a bordure of Bonkyll, for the arms of the de Bonkyll family of Bonkyll Castle in Scotland (whose canting arms were three buckles),[3] ancestors of Stewart of Bonkyll, ancestors of Stewart of Darnley, a junior line; 2&3: Stewart of Darnley: Arms of Stewart, Hereditary High Steward of Scotland, a bordure engrailed gules for difference; overall an inescutcheon of Lennox, Earl of Lennox, the heiress of whom was the wife of Sir John Stewart of Darnley
Portrait of Ludovic Stewart 2nd Duke of Lennox by Simon de Passe, c.1620-3

Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox and 1st Duke of Richmond (29 September 1574 – 16 February 1624), Lord of the Manor of Cobham, Kent, was a Scottish nobleman who through their paternal lines was a second cousin of King James VI of Scotland and I of England. He was involved in the Plantation of Ulster in Ireland and the colonization of Maine in New England. Richmond's Island and Cape Richmond as well as Richmond, Maine (formerly Fort Richmond), are named after him. His magnificent monument with effigies survives in Westminster Abbey.[4]

  1. ^ National Galleries of Scotland
  2. ^ Cust, Lady Elizabeth, Some Account of the Stuarts of Aubigny, in France, London, 1891, pp.12-14 [1]
  3. ^ Johnston, G. Harvey, The Heraldry of the Stewarts, Edinburgh, 1906, p.47 [2]
  4. ^ Stanley, A.P., Historical Memorials of Westminster Abbey (London; John Murray; 1882), p. 196.