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John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox

John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox was a prominent Scottish nobleman. He was the son of Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox, and his wife Lady Elizabeth Hamilton, daughter of James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton, and Mary Stewart, Princess of Scotland, daughter of King James II of Scotland.

Marriage and children
On 19 January 1511, he married Lady Elizabeth Stewart, daughter of John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl, and Lady Eleanor Sinclair, daughter of William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney. Their children included: • Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox. • Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of March. • John Stewart, 5th Lord of Aubigny (died c. 1567), father of Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox. • Lady Helen (or Eleanor) Stewart, who married: firstly, to William Hay, 6th Earl of Erroll; secondly, to John Gordon, 11th Earl of Sutherland. She died in the 1560s. • Lady Janet Stewart, who married Ninian Ross. She was the mistress of King James V, and the mother of Adam Stewart, Prior of Perth Charterhouse. In March 1539, Helen Stewart and Elizabeth Stewart were with the household of Mary of Guise at Linlithgow Palace. The king's tailor Thomas Arthur made gowns and kirtles for them of black velvet, satin, and taffeta, with French hats and riding hoods. In 2026, the Daily Mail asserted that Stewart is the common ancestor of Charles III and Donald Trump, making them 15th cousins. ==Ancestors==
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