Armorial of the House of Stuart

The House of Stuart is a noble family of Scottish origin that eventually became monarchs of Scotland, England, Ireland, and Great Britain.

## Clan Stewart

*Or, a fess chequy argent and azure of three rows.*

## House of Stuart

### Senior branch

*Or, a lion gules within a double tressure flory counter-flory of the same, armed and langued azure (Scotland), a fess chequy argent and azure (Stuart), brochant sur-le-tout.*

### Royal House of Stuart (Stuart-Lennox)

Branch issued from the marriage of Marie Stuart and Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, (7 December 1545 – 9 or 10 February 1567), Baron Darnley, Duke of Albany and King consort of Scotland,

*Or, a lion gules within a double tressure flory counter-flory of the same, armed and langued azure (Scotland), a label argent.*
Then,
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*Quarterly, I and IV Per pale: 1 gules three lions passant guardant or, 2 or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same; II azure three fleurs de lys or; III azure, a harp or, stringed argent.*

### Branches descended from Charles II of England

#### House Scott of Buccleuch

Branch descended from James Crofts, illegitimate son of Lucy Walter and of Charles II of England,

*Quarterly: I and IV grandquarterly azure three fleurs de lys or France and gules three lions passant guardant or (England); II or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland) ; III azure, a harp or, stringed argent (Ireland) ; a baton sinister couped argent brochant, sur le tout or a bend azure charged with a mullet of six points and two crescents, one in base, the other in chief of the bend, all of the first (Scott).*
* I and IV quarterly: A and D grandquarterly: 1 and 4 azure three fleurs de lys or France and 2 and gules three lions passant guardant or (England); B or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland); C azure, a harp or, stringed argent (Ireland) ; a baton sinister couped argent brochant,
* II or a bend azure charged with a mullet of six points and two crescents, one in base, the other in chief of the bend, all of the first (Scott),
* III: grandquarterly: au I and IV argent three fusils palewise conjoined gules, a bordure sable.
*Grand-quarterly:*
* I quarterly: A and D grandquarterly : 1 and 4 azure three fleurs de lys or France and 2 and gules three lions passant guardant or (England); B or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland); C azure, a harp or, stringed argent (Ireland); a baton sinister couped argent brochant,
* II or a bend azure charged with a mullet of six points and two crescents, one in base, the other in chief of the bend, all of the first (Scott),
* III quarterly: A and D argent a heart gules crowned with a closed crown or, a chief azure charged with three estoiles argent (Douglas); B and C azure, a bend or, accompanied by six cross crosslets foot fitchy or, in orle (Mar); le tout a bordure or double tressure flory and counter-flory gules,
* IV quarterly: A argent three fusils palewise conjoined gules, a bordure sable; B or, an eagle displayed vert armed and langued gules (Montagu), C of sable, au lion argent, armed and langued gules, on a franc-canton a cross of Saint George (Churchill), D argent a chevron gules accompanied by three helmets of Conquistadors azure.
* Arms then used by:
	+ The dukes of Buccleuch,

#### House FitzCharles of Plymouth

*Quarterly: I and IV grandquarterly azure three fleurs de lys or (France modern) and gules three lions passant guardant or (England); II or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland); III azure, a harp or, stringed argent (Ireland); a baton sinister vair.*

#### House FitzRoy of Grafton

Branch descended Charles II of England and his mistress Barbara Palmer

*Quarterly: I and IV grandquarterly azure three fleurs de lys or (France) and gules three lions passant guardant or (England); II or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland) ; III azure, a harp or, stringed argent (Ireland) ; a baton sinister couped azure compony argent of six pieces.*
* Arms then used by:
*Quarterly: I and IV grandquarterly azure three fleurs de lys or (France) and gules three lions passant guardant or (England) ; II or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland) ; III azure, a harp or, stringed argent (Ireland) ; a baton sinister couped azure compony argent of six pieces, each piece argent charged with an ermine spot sable.*

#### House Beauclerk of St Albans

Branch descended from Charles Beauclerk, illegitimate son of Nell Gwynne, mistress of Charles II of England,

*Grand-Quarterly: A and D, of Beauclerk: quarterly: I and IV, grandquarterly azure three fleurs de lys or (France modern) and gules three lions passant guardant or (England) ; II, or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland); III, a harp or, stringed argent (Ireland); a baton sinister couped gules, charged with three roses argent, seeded and barbed vert, brochant sur-le-tout; C and D de Vere: quarterly gules and or, a mullet argent on the first quarterargent.*
* Arms then used by :
	+ The dukes of Saint-Albans.

#### House Lennox of Richmond

Branch descended from Charles Lennox, natural son of Charles II of England,

*Quarterly: I and IV grandquarterly azure three fleurs de lys or (France modern) and gules three lions passant guardant or (England) ; II or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland) ; III azure, a harp or, stringed argent (Ireland) ; a bordure compony of sixteen pieces argent and gules, each piece argent charged with a rose seeded or and barbed vert (Lennox).*
* Arms then used by:
	+ **Charles Lennox** (1701–1750), son of preceding, 2nd duke of Richmond, 2nd duke of Lennox, Earl of Darnley, duke of Aubigny,
*Grand-quarterly: I and IV grandquarterly azure three fleurs de lys or (France) and gules three lions passant guardant or (England); II or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland); III azure, a harp or, stringed argent (Ireland); a bordure compony of sixteen pieces argent and gules, each piece argent charged with a rose seeded or and barbed vert (Lennox); sur le tout gules three buckles or (Aubigny); II and III of the grand-quarterly: quarterly I azure three boar's heads or armed gules (Gordon); II or three heads of lion erased gules langued azure (Badenoch); III or, three crescents gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Seton); IV azure three cinquefoils or seeded of the field (Fraser).*
* Arms then used by:
	+ **The Dukes of Richmond, Dukes of Lennox and Dukes of Aubigny**

### Branch descended from James II of England

#### House of FitzJames

Branch descended from James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, natural son of James II of England,

*Quarterly: I and IV grandquarterly azure three fleurs de lys or (France) and gules three lions passant guardant or (England); II or, a lion gules, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland) ; III azure, a harp or, stringed argent (Ireland); a bordure compony of twelve pieces azure and gules, each piece azure charged with a fleur-de-lys and each piece gules charged with a lion passant guardant or.*
	+ The dukes of Alba

### Stuart of Albany

Branch descended from Robert Stuart, Duke of Albany, son of Robert II of Scotland.

*Quarterly: I and IV or, a lion gules armed and langued azure, double tressure flory and counter-flory of the same (Scotland), II or, a fess chequy argent and azure in chief a mullet gules, III argent, a saltire gules, between four roses of the same, seeded or and barbed vert (Lennox), a bordure azure and argent engrailed and compony of twelve pieces.*

### Earls, then Dukes of Lennox

*Quarterly: I and IV azure three fleurs de lys or, a bordure gules with eight buckles or ; II and III or, a fess chequy argent and azure of three rows (Stuart) a bordure engrailed gules ; sur le tout argent, a saltire gules, between four roses of the same, seeded or and barbed vert (Lennox).*
* Arms then used by :
	+ **Matthew Stewart** (died 1513), 2nd Earl of Lennox (1495), Baron of Tolborton, son of preceding,
	+ **John Stewart** (died 1526), 3rd Earl of Lennox (1513), Baron of Tolborton, son of preceding,
	+ **Matthew Stewart** (1516–1571), 4th Earl of Lennox (1526), Baron of Tolborton, son of preceding,
	+ **Charles Stuart** (1555–1576), 5th Earl of Lennox (1571), son of preceding,
*Quarterly: I and IV azure three fleurs de lys or, a bordure engrailed or ; II and III or, a fess chequy argent and azure of three rows (Stuart) a bordure gules with eight buckles or ; sur le tout argent, a saltire gules, between four roses of the same, seeded or and barbed vert (Lennox).*
* Arms then used by :
	+ **Ludovic Stewart** (1574–1623), 2nd duke of Lennox (1583), 1st earl of Richmond (eleventh creation (1613)) then 1st duke of Richmond (1623), son of preceding,
	+ **Esmé Stewart** (1579–1624), 3rd duke of Lennox (1623), brother of preceding,
	+ **James Stewart** (1612–1655), 4th duke of Lennox (1624), son of preceding, 1st duke of Richmond (2nd creation – 1641),
	+ **Esmé Stewart** (1649–1660), 5th duke of Lennox (1655), 2nd duke of Richmond, son of preceding,
	+ **Charles Stewart** (1639–1672), 6th duke of Lennox (1660), 3rd duke of Richmond, first cousin of preceding,

### Stuart of Bute

*Or, a fess chequy argent and azure of three rows, within a double tressure flory and counter-flory gules.*

### Other branches

*Quarterly or a fess chequy argent and azure (Stewart) and or three pallets sable (Earl of Atholl).*
*Argent, a fess chequy argent and azure of three rows in chief a mullet of the second, a bend engrailed gules, in chief a rose of the same seeded and barbed or.*

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Bunel, Arnaud (1997–2011). Folio 64r of l'. Armorial de Gelre.[*self-published source*][*better source needed*]
2. ↑ Bunel, Arnaud (1997–2011). Folio 64v of l'. Armorial de Gelre.[*self-published source*][*better source needed*]
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Pages of blasons illustrées. rolo.eu.[*self-published source*][*better source needed*]

## Further reading

* Dynastie Stuart
* Rietstap-Armorial