Earl Duncan Lennox 
Duncan was born about 1360 in Balloch Castle,Loch Lomond,Dunbartonshire,Scotland. Duncan's father was Earl Walter Fasselane Of Lennox and his mother was Countess Margaret Lennox. His paternal grandfather was Laird Awley Alan Fasselane; his maternal grandfather was Earl Donald Lennox. He was an only child. He died on May 24th, 1425 in Beheaded at Stirling Castle,Stirlingshire,Scotland.1 General Notes
Duncan, 8th Earl of Lennox (beheaded 1425). [Burke's Peerage]
Lennox, previous creations: The Earldom descended to Maldouen's grandson (Malcolm, 4th Earl), then to the latter's son (another Malcolm, 5th Earl) and grandson (Donald, 6th Earl). In about 1364, however, the 6th Earl's daughter Margaret inherited the title as Countess of Lennox in her own right. She married Walter de Fasselane (modern Faslane), who seems to have been recognized as Earl of Lennox in right of his wife since in about 1385 the two of them made the dignity over to their eldest son Duncan. This son, the 8th Earl, who had not legitimate sons, got a regrant of the title from Robert III extending the line of descent to his daughter and her husband, though why this was thought necessary, given that the Earldom had already descended in just such a manner only a generation previously, is uncertain. One can only assume that the view of Earldoms in Scotland was changing about this time.
Isabel, the daughter of Duncan, 8th Earl of Lennox, accordingly became Countess of Lennox, in her own right, but her husaband Murdoch, 2nd Duke of Albany and first cousin of James I, was involved in a plot against the King and executed along with his father-in-law, the 8th Earl of Lennox. [Burke's Peerage, p. 2402]
Built Lennox Castle.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.< 1199 in Faslane Castle,Dunbartonshire,Scotland d.> 1226 in Faslane Castle,Dunbartonshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1225 in Faslane Castle,Dunbartonshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1262 in Faslane Castle,Dunbartonshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1291 in Faslane Castle,Dunbartonshire,Scotland
- b.~Apr 1320 in Faslane Castle,Dunbartonshire,Scotland d.17 FEB 1390/1391 in Balloch Castle,Loch Lomond,Dunbartonshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1360 in Balloch Castle,Loch Lomond,Dunbartonshire,Scotland d.24 May 1425 in Beheaded at Stirling Castle,Stirlingshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1165 in Inchmurrin Isle,Loch Lomond,Dunbartonshire,Scotland d.< 1224 in Inchmurrin Isle,Loch Lomond,Dunbartonshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1196 in Inchmurrin Isle,Loch Lomond,Dunbartonshire,Scotland d.> 1250 in Balloch Castle,Loch Lomond,Dunbartonshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1178 in Menteith,Perthshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1264 in Balloch Castle,Loch Lomond,Dunbartonshire,Scotland d.19 Jul 1333 in Halidon Hill,Berwick-On-Tweed,Northlumberland,England
- b.1175 in Scotland d.1241
- b.1204 in Dundonald Castle,Ayrshire,Scotland
- b.1181 d.1270
- b.~ 1295 in Balloch Castle,Loch Lomond,Dunbartonshire,Scotland d.1364 in Balloch Castle,Loch Lomond,Dunbartonshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1243 in Kildrummy,Aberdeenshire,Scotland d.>25 Jul 1297 in Kildrummy Castle,Aberdeenshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1270 in Kildrummy Castle,Aberdeenshire,Scotland d.<24 Jul 1326
- b.~ 1246 in Of,,Caernarvonshire,Wales d.<24 Oct 1253 in Of,Chester,Cheshire,England
- b.~ 1332 in Balloch Castle,Loch Lomond,Dunbartonshire,Scotland d.> 1385 in Balloch Castle,Loch Lomond,Dunbartonshire,Scotland
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Children
Elizabeth Lennox
Elizabeth was born about 1388 in Balloch Castle,Loch Lomond,Dunbartonshire,Scotland. She died in November 1429 in France.2
1 Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ 1989
2 Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ 1986
Further source/citation:
Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ 1989, 1986, 2402
2 Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ 1986
Further source/citation:
Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ 1989, 1986, 2402
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