George Stewart, 9th Seigneur d'Aubigny

George Stewart, 9th Seigneur d'Aubigny
George Stewart, 9th Seigneur d'Aubigny
	George Stewart, 9th Seigneur d'Aubigny, dressed as a shepherd. 1638 portrait, inscribed in Latin Me Firmior Amor ("love is stronger than me"), by Anthony van Dyck, National Portrait Gallery, London
Personal details
Born	17 July 1618
Died	23 October 1642 (aged 24); Edge Hill, Warwickshire
Spouse	Katherine Howard (m. 1638)
Children	2, including Charles
Parents	Esmé Stewart (father); Katherine Clifton (mother);
Relatives	James Stewart (brother); Bernard Stewart (brother); James Hamilton (brother); George Hamilton (brother); Esmé Stewart (grandfather); Charles I of England (cousin)
Education	Collège de Navarre

Younger brothers of Lord George Stewart, who also died as young men during the Civil War supporting the Royalist cause, **left**: Lord John Stewart (1621–1644), died aged 23 and **right**: Lord Bernard Stewart (1623–1645), died aged 22. *Lord John Stuart and his Brother, Lord Bernard Stuart*, c. 1638, by Sir Anthony van Dyck, National Gallery, London

Lord^[1] George Stewart (or Stuart), 9th Seigneur d'Aubigny (17 July 1618 – 23 October 1642) was an Anglo-Scottish^[2] nobleman of French descent and a third cousin of King Charles I of England.^[3] He supported that king during the Civil War as a Royalist commander and was killed, aged 24, at the Battle of Edgehill in 1642.

^ Lord being a courtesy title for a younger son of a duke
^ His mother was English and the family had returned from France in 1579 with little connection to their Scottish ancestry
^ Both were descended in the male line from John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox

[1] Lord being a courtesy title for a younger son of a duke

[2] His mother was English and the family had returned from France in 1579 with little connection to their Scottish ancestry

[3] Both were descended in the male line from John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox

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