Katherine Stuart
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Katherine Stuart was an English noblewoman and Royalist supporter during the English Civil War. She had married, in secret, her first husband, George Stewart, 9th Seigneur d'Aubigny, against the wishe
Portrait by Van Dyck, circa 1638. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
James Stewart, 1st Duke of Richmond, 4th Duke of Lennox, KG was a Scottish peer. A third cousin of King Charles I, he was a Privy Councillor and a key member of the Royalist party in the English Civil
Katherine Stuart
…Stewart, 9th Seigneur d'Aubigny, in May 1638. By doing so she also went against the plans of King Charles I who was guardian to George and his brother James Stewart, 1st Duke of Richmond. The marriage was immortalised in a Van Dyck portrait of George which had the motto "love is stronger than I am". The couple had a son, Charles Stewart…
Portrait by Sir Anthony van Dyck, 1633–1635
Wife Mary Villiers, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox about 1640, Skokloster Castle