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John Stewart of Darnley

Not to be confused with John Stewart, Earl of Buchan.

John Stewart
1st Seigneur d'Aubigny, Comte d'Évreux, Seigneur de Concressault
Arms of John Stewart of Darnley
PredecessorNew creation
SuccessorJohn Stewart, 2nd Lord of Aubigny
Bornc. 1380
Died1429
Rouvray-Sainte-Croix, Loiret, France
BuriedOrléans Cathedral
Noble familyStewart of Darnley
Spouse(s)Elizabeth of Lennox
Issue
FatherAlexander Stewart of Darnley

Sir John Stewart of Darnley, 1st Comte d'Évreux, 1st Seigneur de Concressault, 1st Seigneur d'Aubigny (c. 1380 – 1429) was a Scottish nobleman and famous military commander who served as Constable of the Scottish Army in France, supporting the French against the English during the Hundred Years War. He was a fourth cousin[1] of King James I of Scotland (reigned 1406 to 1437), the third monarch of the House of Stewart.

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: Royal arms of France within a bordure gules charged with eight buckles or. To quarter his paternal arms of Stewart of Darnley: Or, a fess chequy azure and argent.[2] The Buckles referred to his de Bonkyll ancestors of Bonkyll Castle in Scotland, whose canting arms were three buckles[3]
  1. ^ Both were descended from Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland (d.1283)
  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]
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