Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox and 1st Duke of Richmond was a Scottish nobleman and a second cousin of King James VI and I. He was involved in court theatre and the Plantation of Ulster in Irelan
Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox, by English School of the 17th century
Ludovic Stewart, 1st Duke of Richmond, 2nd Duke of Lennox, holding white staff of office, wearing the Garter and Collar of the Order of the Garter. Portrait circa 1620 by Paul Van Somer, National Portrait Gallery, London
Ludovic Stewart's sister, Marie Stewart, Countess of Mar (died 1644),
Portrait of Ludovic Stewart 2nd Duke of Lennox by Simon de Passe, c.1620-3
Frances Stewart, Duchess of Lennox and Richmond, Countess of Hertford, was the daughter of a younger son of the Duke of Norfolk. An orphan of small fortune, she rose to be the only duchess at the cour
Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox
…In September 1607 Lennox complained that Dame Jean Campbell kept Elizabeth away from him and also neglected her education. On 16 June 1621, he married Frances Howard, the daughter of Thomas Howard, 1st Viscount Howard of Bindon. Lennox also had a son with a mistress whose name is unknown…
Portrait by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, c. 1615
Frances Howard as Countess of Hertford, by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, 1611
The Stewart family vault, Westminster Abbey