'James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray' (c. 1531 –
January 23,
1570) was
Regent of
Scotland from
1567 till his
assassination in
1570.
Moray was the
illegitimate son of
James V of Scotland and Lady
Margaret Erskine, daughter of
John Erskine, 4th
Earl of Mar.
After the return of his half-sister
Queen Mary in
1561, he became her chief adviser, and was created earl of Moray by her the following year. In
1562 he defeated a rebellion by
George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly, at the
Battle of Corrichie near
Aberdeen. About this time Moray married Anne (d.
1583), daughter of William Keith, 4th
Earl Marischal.
After Moray opposed Mary's marriage to
Lord Darnley in
1565, he embarked upon the unsuccessful 'Chaseabout Raid', together with the Earl of Argyll, and the Hamiltons. He was subsequently declared an
outlaw and took refuge in
England. Returning to Scotland after the
murder of
David Rizzio, he was pardoned by the Queen. He contrived, however, to be away at the time of Darnley's assassination, and avoided the tangles of the marriage with
Bothwell by going to
France. After the
abdication of
Queen Mary at
Loch Leven, in July 1567, he was appointed
regent of Scotland. When Mary escaped from Lochleven (
May 2,
1568), the
Duke of Chatelherault and other nobles rallied to her standard, but Moray gathered his allies and defeated her forces at the
Battle of Langside, near
Glasgow (
May 13, 1568), and compelled her to flee to England. For this and the subsequent management of the kingdom he secured both civil and
ecclesiastical peace, and earned the title of "The Good Regent."
Moray was assassinated in
Linlithgow in January 1570 by
Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh, a supporter of Mary.
In Popular Culture
Notable media depictions of Moray include
Patrick McGoohan's portrayal of James Stewart (pre-Regency) in the
1971 film ''
Mary, Queen of Scots''.
Reference
See also
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James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (1501 creation)
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