Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond [SEP] father
Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond
Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, 1st Duke of Lennox, 1st Duke of Aubigny (29 July 167227 May 1723) was an English nobleman and politician. He was an illegitimate son of King Charles II by his mistress Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth.
Life.
Lennox was created Duke of Richmond, Earl of March and Baron Settrington in the Peerage of England on 9 August 1675 and Duke of Lennox, Earl of Darnley and Baron Methuen of Torbolten in the
Esmé Stewart, 2nd Duke of Richmond
Esmé Stuart, 2nd Duke of Richmond, 5th Duke of Lennox (2 November 164910 August 1660) was the son of James Stewart, 1st Duke of Richmond and Mary Villiers, daughter of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham.
His father, who had been a loyal support of Charles I of England during the English Civil War, died in 1655, and Esmé and his mother went into exile in France. He died of the smallpox in 1660, aged 10, in