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The Bonnie Earl of Moray, anonymous "vendetta portrait" of the murdered James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray, 1592 " The Bonnie Earl o' Moray " ( Child 181, [ 1 ] Roud 334 [ 2 ] ) is a popular Scottish ballad , which may date from as early as the 17th century.
James Stewart, 2nd Lord Doune, jure uxoris 2nd Earl of Moray (c. 1565 – 7 February 1592), [1] was a Scottish nobleman. He was murdered by George Gordon, Earl of Huntly as the culmination of a vendetta. Known as the Bonnie Earl for his good looks, he became the subject of a popular ballad, "The Bonnie Earl of Moray".
Lord Doune's son James Stewart married, in 1581, Elizabeth Stuart, 2nd Countess of Moray, and assumed, jure uxoris (in right of his wife), the title of the Earl of Moray. Moray quarrelled with George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly, and on 7 February 1592 Huntly attacked and burned Donibristle. Moray attempted to flee but was caught and killed.
John Douglas Stuart, 21st Earl of Moray (born 29 August 1966) is the only son of the 20th Earl of Moray and Lady Malvina Dorothea Murray, elder daughter of Mungo Murray, 7th Earl of Mansfield. Known as Lord Doune between 1974 and 2011, he was educated at Loretto School and University College London , graduating BA in History of Art.
Some accounts describe her as Countess of Moray, on the assumption that she inherited the earldom when her brother John was killed at the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346. [9] However, the earldom actually reverted to the crown. [10] But in 1371/2, Agnes' nephew, John Dunbar, was created Earl of Moray by Robert II, his father-in-law. [11]
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