Lady Arbella Stuart [SEP] date of birth
Lady Arbella Stuart
Lady Arbella Stuart (1575 – 25 September 1615) (or Arabella, or Stewart) was an English noblewoman who was considered a possible successor to Queen Elizabeth I of England.
She was the only child of Charles Stuart, 1st Earl of Lennox (of the third creation), by his marriage to Elizabeth Cavendish. She was a grandchild of Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox (of the second creation) and Lady Margaret Douglas, the daughter and heiress of Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of
's Lost Queen".
Bibliography.
- Cooper, Elizabeth, "The Life and Letters of Lady Arabella Stuart" (1866)
- Blanche Christabel Hardy, "Arbella Stuart: A Biography" (1913)
- P. M. Handover, "Arbella Stuart: Royal Lady of Hardwick" (1957)
- Conyers Read, "Lord Burghley and Queen Elizabeth" (1960)
- David N. Durant, "Arbella Stuart: A Rival to the Queen" (1978)
- Ruth Talbot Plimpton