Duncan Stewart 
Duncan was born about 1348 in Balloch Castle, Loch Lomond, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Duncan's father was Walter de Fasselane and his mother was Margaret of Lennox. His paternal grandfather was Awley Alan de Faslane; his maternal grandfather was Domhnall of Lennox. He was an only child. He died on May 24th, 1425 in Beheaded at Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland. He was buried in Church of the Friars Preachers.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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EARLDOM of LENNOX (VIII)
DUNCAN, EARL OF LENNOX [SCT], son and heir, by reason of his parents' resignation. He, who was born about 1345, was in 1385 confirmed by the King in the earldom. Having no lawful issue male, he resigned it for a new grant thereof, 8 Nov. 1392, to him and the heirs male of his body, whom failing, to his daughter Isabel and her husband, Murdoch Steward, and the survivors of them, and the heirs of their bodies.
He married (disp. to recontract marriage 30 March 1373) Ellen, widow of John, 1st son (by 1st wife) of John, 7th LORD OF THE ISLES, and daughter of Gillespie (or Archibald or Celestin ) CAMPBELL, pobably by Isabel, daughter of Sir John LAMONT of that ilk. She was living 1434 . He was involved in the fate of the family of his son-in-law, and executed for high treaso n on the mound of Stirling Castle, 25 May 1425, and buried in the church of the Friars Preachers. [Complete Peerage VII:592-3, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
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A knight by 8 May 1385 when he obtained the earldom on the resignation of his parents, although "an octogegenarian" and apparently blameless, he shared in the downfall of his son-in-law , Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany, the Regent, and was beheaded along with him and two grandsons. EARLDOM OF LENNOX [SCT]
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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.~ 1262 in Faslane Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland d.UNKNOWN
- b.~ 1291 in Faslane Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland d.UNKNOWN
- b.~Apr 1320 in Faslane Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland d.17 FEB 1390/91 in Balloch Castle, Loch Lomond, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1348 in Balloch Castle, Loch Lomond, Dunbartonshire, Scotland d.24 May 1425 in Beheaded at Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland
- d.1248
- b.~ 1234 d.<Jun 1292
- b.BET 1264 AND 1270 in Scotland d.19 Jul 1333 in Battle of Halidon Hill
- d.UNKNOWN
- b.~ 1290 in Scotland d.1365
- b.BET 1210 AND 1222 in Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.<25 Jul 1281 in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1243 in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.>25 Jul 1297 in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1223 in Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland d.1267 in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1270 in Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.<24 Jul 1326 in Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland
- b.1173 in Aberffraw Castle, Caernarvonshire, Wales d.11 Apr 1240 in Abbey of Aberconwy
- b.~ 1215 in Gynedd, Wales d.1294 in Colne Quincy, Essex, England
- b.~ 1188 in Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire, England d.FEB 1236/37 in Court of Aberconway, North Wales
- b.~ 1322 in Balloch Castle, Loch Lomond, Dunbartonshire, Scotland d.>19 Aug 1388 in Balloch Castle, Loch Lomond, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
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‌Duncan and Helena were married in a religious ceremony on March 30th, 1373. They had three daughters named Isabel of, Margaret of and Elizabeth.
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Children
Isabel of Lennox
Isabel of was born about 1375 in Balloch Castle, Loch Lomond, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. She died about 1458.
Margaret of Lennox
Margaret of was born about 1378 in Lennox Castle, Inchmurrin Island, Loch Lomond, Scotlnad.
Elizabeth Stewart
Elizabeth was born about 1386 in Balloch Castle, Loch Lomond, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. She died in November 1429 in Orleans, Loiret, France.
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