1. Elimarus I. Earl of Oldenburgh.

EILMARUS, or ELIMARUS, the first in descent from Haio, and his only Son by his Wife Rixa, was (after the death of his Cousin-german Frede­rick) Earl of Oldenburgh, in whose [Page 5] behalf he had often shewed himself faithful and valiant against the Prisons his Enemies. He married Rixa the Daughter of Dedo Earl of Stetin and Ditz-march, by whom he had two Sons and one Daughter; ELIMARUS his eldest, who was Earl of Olden­burgh; JOHN his second Son; and BEATRICE, a Daughter, married to Frederick Earl of Antwert.

2. Elimarus II. Earl of Ol­denburgh.

ELIMARUS the second of that Name, succeeded his Father in the Earldom of Oldenburgh, in the year of Grace 1120. He married He­lice, or Alice, the Daughter of Otho Earl of Cappenburgh, by whom she had three Sons. CHRISTIAN, his el­dest, who succeeded him; HENRY, second Son, who married Salome Si­ster to Henry Earl of Gelderland, by whom he had, first Henry, who died [Page 6] valiantly fighting for the defence of his Father, on the 27th. day of July in the year of onr Lord God 1234. Ge­rard his second entred into Religion, and was shaved a Monk. He had like­wise one Daughter, who became the Wife of Witikind Stumpenhusan; O­THO, youngest Son of Elimarus, was President of Bremen.

3. Christian Earl of Oldenburgh.

CHRISTIAN, the eldest Son of Elimarus the second, succeeded his Father, and was Earl of Olden­burgh; who being powerful, and in­defatigable in carrying on the fatigue of War, joyned himself with the Prin­ces of the Empire, to oppose the Inte­rest of Henry, sirnamed the Lyon, Ele­ctor of Sarony; and by the assistance of the Frisians, demolish'd the Castle of Weige, and took Bremen: But afterwards, inclosing himself in his Castle of Oldenburgh, he was surroun­ded [Page 7] by Duke Henry with a great Ar­my, and besieged; where he fell sick, and died; giving order before his death, that with all privacy they should keep his departure secret, which they did, 'till the Leaguer broke up, and the Town was relieved. He left behind him, by the last Countess of Loken, two Sons; CHRISTIAN his eldest, who succeeded him, and was Earl of Oldenburgh; who, as he was travelling towards Jerusalem, was base­ly murther'd, having no Issue; and MAURICE after the death of his Bro­ther (to which some say he was privy) Earl of Oldenburgh.

4. Maurice Earl of Oldenburgh.

MAURICE, younger Son of Chri­stian Earl of Oldenburgh, took part with Adolph the third Earl of Holstein, against Knute King of Den­mark, in the year of Grace 1201. by lending him many Auxiliary Souldiers; [Page 8] and with Simon de Tecleburgh, and Ber­nard de Walpen, adhered to Otho King of the Romans against Philip. He li­ved to be very ancient, and leaving his Inheritance to be divided amongst his Children in his life-time, betook himself to Devotion, retired into a Monastery, and there ended his days in peace. He had to Wife the Countess of Schualenburgh, by whom he had three Sons and a Daughter. OTHO, the eldest, was Earl of Oldenburgh: He built the strong Castle of Dalmen­horst, so called from its scituation on the Banks of the River Dalme, in the year of our Lord 1247. and having married the Countess of Ritburgh, died with­out Issue. MAURICE, second Son, entred into Orders, and was a Canon at Colen and Bremen. CHRISTIAN, third Son, succeeded his Brother Otho in the Earldom; and CUNEGUNDA their Daughter was married into the Family of the Bronckhursts.

5. Christian II. Earl of Oldenburgh.

CHRISTIAN, youngest Son of Mau­rice Earl of Oldenburgh, after the death of his Brothers Otho and Maurice, was Earl of Oldenburgh. He took to Wife Mathilda, or Maud, Countess of Stetin and Harcinia, and by her had Issue, JOHN, OTHO, and THEODORE: JOHN continued the descent; OTHO founded a Colledge at Dalmenhorst, and died in the year 1265. THEODORE was great Ma­ster of the Teutonick-Order in Prussia.

6. John Earl of Oldenburgh.

JOHN, eldest Son of Christian, was Earl of Oldenburgh; who, with the help and assistance of his Kindred, built a stately Church at Aurich in Broickmerland. He married Anne Countess of Hoien, and had by her [Page 10] three Sons, John, Christian, and Otho: JOHN succeeded his Father in the Earldom of Oldenburgh; CHRISTI­AN, second Son, was a Pious, Affable, Learned, and Eloquent Prince; and having studied at Paris, became the Moecenas of his Age: The County of Dalmenhorst was allotted him for his Inheritance, which he left to his Poste­rity that he gat on Gertrude of Merca­na his Wife, viz. Christian his eldest Son, joyned in Matrimony to Luit­gardis Countess of Bronckhorst; and Otho, married to Margaret Countess of Bentheme, both living in the year 1360. OTHO, youngest Son of John and Anne, was a Canon in the Cathe­dral Church of Bremeu.

7. John II. Earl of Oldenburgh.

JOHN, eldest Son of John and Anne of Hoien, was Earl of Oldenburgh and Dalmenhorst in the year of Grace 1300. He greatly assisted his Ne­phews [Page 11] (by his Brother Christian) a­gainst Gilbert Bronkhurst Archbishop of Bremen. In his youth he was so lavish and profuse in his expences, that he became extremely poor; which in his more mature years he recovered, and gave himself to acts of Piety and Devotion. He was joyned in Wed­lock to Margaret Countess of Lippien, who bare to him CONRADE, after­wards Earl of Oldenburgh; and JU­DITH, who was affianced to Rudolph Earl of Diepholitan.

8. Conrade Earl of Oldenburgh.

CONRADE, only Son of John and Margaret, was Earl of Olden­burgh and Dalmenhorst, who enlar­ged the Priviledges of the Burghers of Oldenburgh, for some signal Services performed by them in his Domestick wars, in the year 1345. But going in­to Butiarenland, to quell the Tumults and Insurrections raised there, he lost [Page 12] his life in Battel, A. D. 1366. This Character is given him, That he was an experienced Souldier, Eloquent, Beau­tiful, ready in action, Pious, Liberal and Bounteous to Sacred Structures. He had two Wives; The first was the Countess of Hoien, on whom he begat MAURICE, his eldest Son, who was Earl of Oldenburgh & Dalmenhorst, joyned in Matrimony to Anne Daugh­ter of Magnus, sirnamed Torquatus, Duke of Lunenburgh, by whom he had only two Daughters, Anne the Wife of Otho Count Waldeck, and Ingleburgh married to Occo a Captain in Aurich: This Maurice died in the year 1410. and was buried at Rastede by his Wife. JOHN, second Son of Conrade by his first Wife, died in his youth. The second Lady of this Earl Conrade, was Cunegunda Countess of Diepholitan, by whom he had like­wise two Sons, THEODORICK, who was Earl of Oldenburgh, after the de­cease of his half Brother Maurice; and CHRISTIAN.

9. Theodorick Earl of Olden­burgh.

THEODORICK, sirnamed the Fortunate, eldest Son of Conrade by his second Nuptials, succeeded his half-Brother Maurice in the Earldom of Oldenburgh and Dalmenhorst. He married twice; First, Adelheda Dal­menhorst, Sister to Nicholas Archbishop of Bremen, in the year 1401. but by her had no Issue: He took to his se­cond Wife (in the year 1423.) Hedvi­gen the Widow of Balthasar of Meckleburgh, and Sister to Gerard and Adolph, both Dukes of Sleswick and Holstein, whose Inheritance (after their decease without Issue) came to this Hedvigen, whose eldest Son CHRISTIAN, the first King of Den­mark, in Right of his Mother had the Titles of Duke of Sleswick and Earl of Holstein remaining in him, which hath continued to his Successors Kings [Page 14] of Denmark to this day. The second Son of Theodorick and this Hedvigen, was GERARD, sirnamed the Warrior, a man of a turbulent and restless Spirit; Being banish'd, he died in France in the year of our Lord 1500. He mar­ried Adelheda the Daughter of Nicho­las Earl of Tecleburgh▪ and had Issue, Gerard, Theodorick and Christian, who all died of untimely deaths; Adolph fourth Son, and Otho that was a Canon of Bremen, both slain on the 16th. of February, in the year 1500; And John the youngest, who married Ann Daugh­ter of George the elder Prince of Han­nault, dying in the year 1526. Adel­hede, eldest Daughter, was the Wife of the Lord Plessian: Irmengard, of Hero Ommake, in the year 1491. Hel­wise, third Daughter, to Edo Wimecken Lord of Jevera, in the year of Grace 1498. Anne and Elizabeth died of the Plague in their Virginities, A. D. 1505. The third and youngest Son of Theodo­rick and Helwise, was MAURICE, who married Catharine the Daughter of [Page 15] Otho Earl of Hoien, who bare to him three Children, James, Hedwise, and Adelhede, who died young. ADEL­HEDE, only Daughter of Theodorick and Hedwise, was first married to Ernest Honsstein, and afterwards to Gebhard Mansfield. This Teodorick died at his Castle of Dalmenhorst, in the year 1440.

10. Christian I. King of Den­mark, &c.

CHRISTIAN, sirnamed the Rich, eldest Son of Theodorick the For­tunate, Earl of Oldenburgh and Dal­menhorst, was by the procurement of his Uncle Adolph, Duke of Sleswick and Holstein, (his Mothers Brother, who had declin'd the offer by reason of his age) chosen King of Denmark, by the Estates of that Kindom, and crown'd in the year of Grace 1448. by the Name of Christian the first; to which Kingdom, upon the death of his [Page 16] Uncle Adolph aforesaid, (whose Heir he was) he added that great Duke­dom of Sleswick, and Earldom of Holstein; and in the year 1457. the Kingdom of Sweden by Conquest. For the better support of these Ho­nours, and to strengthen his Interest in these new Acquisitions, he took to Wife Dorothea of Brandenburgh, Wi­dow of Christopher the third, and the last King of Denmark of that Family, and bought out the Claim which his Brother Gerard and Otho Earl of Schaumberg, pretended to have in the aforesaid Dukedom of Sleswick, and Earldom of Holstein, according to the custom of Germany, giving to O­tho 43000 Florins of Gold, besides di­vers small Towns; and to Gerard 50000 Marks of Silver, as likewise his Interest in the Earldom of Olden­burgh, (reserving only the Title there­of.) After this, (upon the account of Devotion) he went to Rome in the year 1474. where he procured from the Emperour Frederick the third that [Page 17] his Earldoms of Holstein, Stormer, Wagria, and Ditzmarch, (of which he stood then possessed) should be erected into a Dutchy and Incorpora­ted with that of Sleswick. So that his Titles were King of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Goths and Uan­dals Duke of Sleswick, Holstein, Stormar, Wagria and Ditchmarch, Earl of Oldenburgh and Dalmen­horst; which he left to his Successors, and is the Stile of His present Majesty of Denmark, King Christian the Fifth. At the same time that he was at Rome, Pope Sixtus the fourth a­mong other Honours Invested him with the Knightly Order of the Ele­phant, in memory of the Passion of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. That Magnificent Chappel of the three Kings in the Cathedral Church of Roschilt was erected by this King, who dying at Copenhagen on the two and twentieth day of May, in the year of Grace one thousand four hundred eighty and two, in the fifty sixth year [Page 18] of his Age, was buried there by Do­rothea his Wife: By whom he had Issue four Sons and a Daughter, OLAUS the Eldest, who died of the Plague in the year one thousand four hundred fifty and one, an Infant. CANUTUS born Anno Dom. one thousand four hundred fifty and one, and died the same year. JOHN who succeeded his Father and was King of Denmark. FREDERICK, who was likewise King of Denmark. And MARGARET their only Daughter, Married to James the Third King of Scotland.

11, Frederick I. King of Den­mark, &c.

AFter the Deposition of Christian the second King of Denmark, &c. FREDERICK Sirnamed the Pcaceable his Uncle (fourth Son of Christian the first) was Elected into the Kingdoms of Denmark, Nor­way, &c. and Crowned King by the Name of Frederick the First, who gave way for Establishing the Doctrines and Principles of Martin Luther in those Countries, about the year one thou­sand five hundred thirty and three, which were settled and confirmed in his Sons reign: And the Ecclesiastical Government of those Kingdoms con­tinues to this day according to that Exemplar. After he had ruled his Subjects in great peace and quietness for well nigh ten years, he departed this Life at his Palace of Gottorp in Juitland on the tenth day of April, [Page 23] in the year of Grace, one thousand five hundred thirty and three, and in the fifty sixth year of his Age; and was Buried at Sleswick in the Cathe­dral-Church there, under a Noble Mo­nument of Alabaster. He married two Wives, first Ann the Daughter of John Elector and Marquess of Bran­denburgh, in the year one thousand five hundred; who dying on the third day of May, one thousand five hundred and fourteen, was buried in the Abbey of Borsholme, under a Curious Monu­ment of various colour'd Marble; by whom he had CHRISTIAN the Third King of Denmark, &c. and DORO­THEA, married to Albert the first Duke of Prussia, in the year one thousand five hundred twenty and five, and died on the tenth day of April one thou­sand five hundred fourty and seven. The second Wife of King Frederick, was Sophia the Daughter of Bugslajus the tenth Duke of Stetin in Pome­merania, in the year one thousand five hundred and eighteen, who dying [Page 24] at Kilo in the year one thousand five hundred sixty and eight, and of her Age seventy, was buried at Sten­burgh, leaving Issue by her said Husband JOHN the Elder Heir of Norway, Duke of Sleswick, Hol­stein, Stormar and Ditzmarsh, &c. He was a great encourager of Lear­ning and Learned men, and died un­married at Hadersleve on the 30 day of September, in the year one thou­sand five hundred and eighty, in the fifty ninth year of his Age: And after he had lain Magnificently in State for ten Weeks was buried at Sleswick in the Royal Sepulchre. ADOLPHE her second Son, Heir of Norway, Duke of Sleswick, Holstein, Stormar, Ditzmarsh, born at Flensburg on the six and twentieth day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand five hundred twenty and six, thirteen minutes past eleven of the Clock at night; who was one of the Knights Companions of the most Honourable Order of the Garter, in the year of [Page 25] our Lord, one thousand five hundred and sixty. He died at Gottorp on the first day of October, in the year one thousand five hundred eighty and six, and of his Age sixty. He Wedded Christiana the Daughter of Philip Landtgrave of Hesse, in the year one thousand five hundred sixty and four, by whom he had five Sons, Frederick, Philip, John-Adolph, Christian, John-Frederick: And as many Daughters, Sophia, Christiana, Elizabeth, Ann and Agnes. FREDERICK third Son of King Frederick and Sophia of Stetin, was Bishop of Hildesheim and Sles­wick, who dying at Kilo on the twen­ty seventh day of October, in the year one thousand five hundred fifty and six, in the twenty fifth year of his Age, was buried at Sleswick in the Monu­ment of his Ancestors. ELIZABETH a Daughter, first married to Magnus, after to Ʋlrick both Dukes of Meckle­burgh, who dying on the four and twentieth day of October, in the year of Grace, one thousand five hundred [Page 26] eighty and six, (it being the same day of the month whereon she was born) and of her Age sixty two, found Se­pulchre at Gustrow in Germany▪ ANN a second Daughter, who dyed of the Plague at Flensburgh, and was Inhum'd at Sleswick. DORO­THEA the third and youngest Daughter, was the second Wife of Christopher Duke of Meckleburgh, who departed this Life on the ele­venth day of November, in year of our Lord, one thousand five hundred seventy and five, was buried by her Sister at Gustrow in the Sepulchre of the Princes of Meckleburgh, on the eight day of December following.

12. Christian the III. King of Denmark, &c.

CHRISTIAN the third, Sirnamed the Pious King of Denmark, &c. succeeded his Father Frederick in all his Dominions, He was born on the twelth day of August, in the year of Grace, one thousand five hundred and three, fifty six minuites past three in the Afternoon: And bred up in his youth under the Elector of Bran­denburgh his Uncle, where he pro­fited in all sorts of Exercises and Studies becoming the Ingenuity of a Magnanimous Prince: He was So­lemnly Crowned by the Hands of John Bugenhage a Divine of Pomerain on the twelfth of the Kalends of July, that is, on the twentieth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand five hundred thirty and seven. From which time he wholly applyed him­self to benefit the Commonwealth, by [Page 28] Instituting wholesome and good Laws, restoring publick Edifices, and raised the University of Coppenhagen (almost destroyed) to its former Splendor and Magnificence, doing many other Acts of Piety and Justice: Wherefore this is recorded to his Glory; that his House was the Temple of the Holy-Ghost, the Eye of Prudence, the Pattern of Honesty, the Fountain of the Graces, the Choir of the Muses, the School of Learned men, and the Temple of Divines; the Table of the Poor, the Refuge of Innocence, and the Protection of the Miserable. He departed this Life, (not without (as is reported) a Heavenly Revelation by an Angel) on the first day of January, in the year one thousand five hundred fifty and nine, at Koldingen (in Cim­bria-chersonesus) after he had lived fifty and five years four months and twenty days. His body was first In­terr'd at Ottenwaldt in the house of St. Canute, but afterwards by his Son translated to Roschilt, where he lyes [Page 29] Nobly Intom'd under a stately Monu­ment of Alablaster and Marble. He took to Wife Dorothea the Daughter of Magnus Duke of Lower-Sarony, Angria and Westphalia; who dying on the seventh day of October, in the year one thousand five hundred seven­ty and one, and of her Age sixty, was first buried at Scanderburg in Den­mark, but afterwards remov'd to Roschilt, where she lyes with her Husband. Children by Christian the Third and this Dorothea, were first FREDERICK, who was King of Den­mark. MAGNUS the second Son, Heir of Norway, Duke of Holstein and Sleswick, born at Coppenhagen on St. Bartholomew-day, in the year one thousand five hundred and fourty, fourty minutes past ten in the morning; he married the great Duke of Musco­vy's Neece, and was made Bishop of Orpen in Livonia, where he died, in the year one thousand five hundred and eighty. JOHN the youngest, Duke of Holstein, Stormar, and [Page 30] Ditzmarch, &c. was born at Koldin­gen on the one and twentieth day of March, in the year one thousand five hundred fourty and five, at half an hour after seven at night. He married first Elizabeth the Daughter of Ernest Duke of Lunenburgh, in the year one thousand five hundred sixty and seven, who died on the twelfth of February, nineteen years after, without Issue; so that in the year one thousand five hundred eighty and eight, he took to his second Wife Agnes-Hedwise the Daughter of Joachim Ernest Prince of Anhault, and Relict of Augustus E­lector of Sarony, by whom he had seven Sons and six Daughters. Chri­stian his Eldest Stiled Heir of Norway, Duke of Sleswick and Holstein, Er­nest second Son, Duke of Sleswick and Holstein, Alexander Duke of Holstein, Augustus Duke of Sles­wick and Holstein, John-Adolph Duke of Sleswick and Holstein, Frederick and Philip Dukes of Holstein; Doro­thea eldest Daughter, Mary, Ann, [Page 31] Sophia, Elizabeth and Margaret. ANN Eldest Daughter of Christian the Third was Wedded to Augustus E­lector of Sarony, who died at Dres­den in the Palace of her Husband on the Kalends of October in the year one thousand five hundred eighty and five. DOROTHEA the youngest, was the Wife of William the younger Duke of Brunswick and Lunen­burgh.

13. Frederick the II. King of Denmark.

FREDERICK, (the Eldest Son of Christian the Third,) Sirnamed the Magnanimous for his great Cou­rage: After the Death of his Father was chosen King of Denmark, Nor­way, &c. Goths and Uandals, &c. Born on the first day of May at Ha­dersleben in Denmark, in the year of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, one thousand five hundred thirty and four, at half an hour after nine in the Morning. And died at Andersoe in Zealand on the fourth day of March, in the year one thousand five hun­dred eighty and eight, at four of the Clock in the Afternoon, being Aged fifty three years, eight months, three days and seven hours. He was one of the Knights Companions of the most Honourable Order of the Garter, and was buried at Roschilt. His Wife [Page 33] was Sophia the Daughter of Ʋlrick Prince of Meckleburgh, joyned in Matrimony on the twentieth day of May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand five hundred seventy and two, by whom he had Issue CHRI­STIAN, who was King of Denmark, &c. ULRICK his second Son, Heir of Norway, Duke of Sleswick and Holstein, born on the thirtieth day of December, in the year one thousand five hundred seventy and eight, and was one of the Knights Companions of the most Honourable Order of the Garter. JOHN the youngest Son, was Duke of Sleswick and Holstein, born on the twenty sixth of July, in the year one thousand five hundred eighty and three. ELIZABETH the eldest Daughter, born at Koldingen, on the one and twentieth day of August, in the year one thousand five hundred seventy and three, and was Married at Cronenburgh to Henry-Julio Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburgh on Easter-day, in the year one thousand [Page 34] five hundred and ninety. ANNE se­cond Daughter, born at Scanderberg, on the twelfth day of October, in the year one thousand five hundred seven­ty and four, and was Married to James the sixth King of Scotland, afterwards of England, France and Ireland, where she was Crowned Queen, Great-Grand-Mother to her Highness the Princess Anne, and Great-Aunt to Prince George of Denmark her Husband; of whose Death and Fune­ral see more in the Paragraph of King James. AUGUSTA third Daughter, born on the eighth of April, in the year one thousand five hundred and eighty, was the Wife of John-Adolph Duke of Holstein. And HEDWISE, born at Hadersleu on the twenty sixth of July, in the year one thou­sand five hundred eighty and three, Married Christian, the second of that Name, Elector of Sarony.

14 Christian IV. King of Den­mark, &c.

CHRISTIAN eldest Son of Frede­rick the second King of Den­mark, born at Fridersburgh, on the twelfth day of April, in the year one thousand five hundred seventy and seven, at three minuets past four in the Afternoon, and Elected King of Den­mark in the twelfth year of his Age, but not Crowned so, until the eighth day of July, in the year one thousand five hundred ninety and eight, when he was Stiled Christian the Fourth King of Denmark, Norway, Gothes and Uandals, Duke of Sleswick, Holstein, Stormar, Wagria, and Ditzmarsh, Earl of Oldenburgh and Dalmenhorst; and coming into Eng­land, in the year one thousand six hundred and six, (to Visit his Brother-in-Law King James, and his Sister the Queen,) was Installed Knight of the [Page 36] most Honourable Order of the Garter: In the year one thousand six hundred and ten, he was again in England; and in the year one thousand six hun­dred twenty and five, made Head of the League in Germany against the Emperour Ferdinand, and Warred often with the Swedes, until in the year one thousand six hundred fourty and eight, he fell Sick and Died, having had Issue by Anna-Catharina (Daugh­ter of Joachim-Frederick Elector of Brandenburgh) CHRISTIAN his eldest Son, who (being only King Elect, liv'd not to possess the Crown,) departed this life before his Fa­ther. FREDERICK the second Son, after the death of his Father was King of Denmark. They had several other Children, who dying young, no other Memorial is left concerning them.

15. Frederick the III. King of Denmark.

FREDERICK second Son of Chri­stian the fourth, was (during his Fathers Life-time) Archbishop of Bremen, after whose decease he was Crowned King of Denmark, Nor­way, Goths and Uandals, &c. The first part of whose Reign was very troublesome and uneasie; as being not only oppressed with Forraign Enemies and Invaders, but Domestick and Intestine Factions arose, which almost overthrew the State. And that at a time when the Royal Family of Great Britain could not possibly assist him; (who lay under a more se­vere pressure, by the unjust Tyranny and Usurpation of the worst of men and Villains the Fanaticks.) Yet this benefit accrued to his Posterity there­by; That whereas the Ancient King­dom of Denmark had hitherto been [Page 38] Elective and in the choice of the Nobi­lity to approve their King; upon the healing of these differences, it was by the unanimous consent of the Estates of this Kingdom constituted Hereditary, as an Argument of their Sincere intentions and Faithful retur­ning to their Obedience. His present Majesty of Denmark being the first who by virtue of this setlement hath succeeded as Heir to his Father. King Frederick married (whilst as yet he was but Arch-bishop) Sophia-Aemi­lia of Lunenburgh on the eighteenth day of October, in the year one thou­sand six hundred fourty and three: And dying of a Feaver in the year one thousand six hundred sixty and nine, left Issue by her,

CHRISTIERN his Eldest Son, now King of Denmark, viz. 1683. He was born on the eighteenth day of April, in the year one thousand six hundred fourty and six, and Crowned on the twelfth of June, in the year one thousand six hundred and seventy, [Page 39] by the Name of Christiern the Fifth▪ He took to Wife the Lady Charlotta-Aemilia, (Daughter to William the sixth Landtgrave of Hessecastle, by Hedwig-Sophia Electoral Princess of Brandenburgh,) on the tenth of May, in the year one thousand six hundred sixty and seven, by whom he hath had Issue, Frederick his eldest Son, Prince of Denmark, &c. born the one and twenteth of October, in the year one thousand six hundred seventy and one. Christiern-William second Son, born the one and twenteth of November, in the year one thousand six hundred seventy and two, and died the twenty fifth day of January following. A second Christiern born on the twenty fifth day of March, in the year one thousand six hundred seventy and five. Charles youngest Son, born on the twenty eighth day of August, in the year one thousand six hundred eighty and two. And one Daughter, the Princess Sophia-Hedwig, born the twenty eighth day of August, in [Page 40] the year one thousand six hundred seventy and seven.

ANNA-SOPHIA eldstest Daughter of King Frederick the Third, born on the first day of September, in the year one thousand six hundred forty and seven, and Wedded to John-George, the Third of that Name, Prince Elector of Sarony in the month of September, in the year one thousand six hundred sixty three, but the Marriage was not Consummated until the sixteenth day of October, in the year one thousand six hundred sixty and six. FREDE­RICA-AEMILIA the second Daughter, born in the year one thousand six hundred fourty and eight, and Mar­ried on the third day of November, in the year one thousand six hundred seventy and seven at Gluckstadt, to Christian-Adolph Duke of Hol­stein, Sunderburgh WILHELMINA or GUILLIEMETTA-ERNESTINA third Daughter, born on the twentieh day of June, in the year one thou­sand six hundred and fifty, and given [Page 41] in Marriage to Charles (now) Prince Elector Palatine of the Rhine, in the year one thousand six hundred seventy and one. ULRICA▪ELEONORA­SABINA youngest Daughter, (the pre­sent Queen of Sweden,) who in the year one thousand six hundred and eighty, was Wedded to Charles the Fourth King of Swedes, &c.

Prince GEORGE of Denmark, second and youngest Son of King Frederick the Third, was born in the year one thousand six hundred fifty and three: He is only Brother to his present Majesty of Denmark, and Knight of the Noble Order of the Elephant; who hath taken to Wife the Lady Anne Stuart, second Daugh­ter of his Royal Highness James Duke of York and Albany, &c. by the Princess Anne his first Wife, Daughter of Edward Earl of Claren­den, and Lord High Chancellour of England. Which Lady Anne Daugh­ter of his Royal Highness, is Neece to his present Majesty of Great Bri­tain [Page 42] King Charles the Second; Sister and Cousin German to their High­nesses the Prince and Princess of Orange: Cousin to Charles Count Palatine of the Rhyne, Duke of Ba­baria, Cup-bearer and Great Steward of the Empire, and to the Lady Char­lotte his Sister Dutchess of Orleans, Ualois and Chartres, Countess of Blois and Mountargis, Wife of Philip only Brother to Lewis the Four­teenth now King of France and Na­varr, &c. She is Grand-Daughter to King Charles the Martyr; Great-Grand-Daughter to King James of England, and Henry the Fourth of France: And Great-Great-Grand-Daughter to Frederick the Magnani­mous King of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Goths and Uandals, Duke of Sleswick, Holstein, Stormar, Wageia, and Ditzmarch, Earl of Oldenburgh and Dalmenhorst, her present Husband Prince George's Great-Grand-Father.

1. Walter II. High Steward of Scotland.

WALTER STUART of Daun­donald, the second of that Name, (but first in descent from, and only Son of Alexander who Founded the Monastery of Paseley) was a fa­mous Commander in the Scots Wars, who with the Earl of March over­came the Bastard of Galloway, in the year one thousand two hundred thirty and eight: He is said to have gone with Lewis the French King into the Holy-land; but returning before the Battel of Largis, he there particular­ly [Page 48] signaliz'd himself, which was Fought against the Danes on the third day of August, in the year one thousand two hundred sixty and three. He was likewise Great Seneschal, or Here­ditary Lord High Steward of Scot­land, or he who had the chief Charge of the Kings Revenues. He left two Sons, ALEXANDER the Eldest, who succeeded him in the Stewardship, and ROBERT, who having the Lands of Tourbouton assigned him for his Ap­pennage; and that he Married the Daughter and Heir of Robert Crux (or Cross) of Crurstone, became Lord of most ample Possessions, who going with Lewis the French King in the Expedition against the Sarazens, in the year one thousand two hundred and seventy, died in Indea. From whom the late Earls and Dukes of Lenor in Scotland and Richmond in England▪ the Earls of March, the Lords Darley, d'Aubigny or 'Obigny in Auvergne in France, with several other Noble Families of the [Page 49] Sirname of Stuart in both Kingdoms derived their Original.

2. Alexander II. High-Steward of Scotland.

ALEXANDER STUART of Paseley, of that Christian-name the second (eldest Son of Walter) and chief Seneschal of Scotland, was at that remarkable Battle of Largis with his Father: Being then but a Knight, he led the right Wing of the King's Army against the Danes, who were overthrown, and finally routed. The year following he was joyned in Commission with John Commin, and recovered the Isle of Man, (then in possession of the Danes) and after­wards, with the Earl of Lenos, help'd to subdue the other Isles, where he performed the part of a most wise and experienced Souldier; who had Issue, JAMES, his eldest Son, who died young, and JOHN, who succeeded [Page 50] him in the Seneschalship; with many more, who changing their names of Stuart, assumed others, according to the appellation of those Lands which were assigned them for their Inheri­tance.

3. John High-Steward of Scot­land.

JOHN STUART of Bute, eldest Son living of Alexander of Paseley, was one of the six Governours of the Kingdom of Scotland during the Controversie between Robert Bruce and John Baliol, with the rest of the Candidates for the Crown, Anno Do­mini One thousand two hundred nine­ty two. He lost his life in the Battle of Falkirk, on St. Mary Magdalens day, (viz. 22 Junii) Anno Domini One thousand two hundred ninety eight; and having married the Daughter and Heir of Bonkill, had these large Pos­sessio ns of Bonkill, Ransrew, Roth­say, [Page 51] and Bute, made over to him▪ whose only Son WALTER inherited them.

4. Walter III. High-Steward of Scotland.

WALTER STUART, the third of that Christian-name, was the only Son of John: As Heir to his Father, was High-Steward of Scotland, and Lord of Stragis, Coil, and Stu­arts-land; and to his Mother, Lord of Bonkill, Ransrew, Rothsay and Bute. He married Margery the eldest Daughter (which he had by his first Wife, the Lady Isabel Daughter to the Earl of Marr) of Robert Bruce King of Scotland, and that by the advice and approbation of the Nobility of that Kingdom: which King Robert, Anno Domini One thousand three hundred and fourteen, procured an Act of Parliament for the Entailment of the Crown on Himself, and the Heirs [Page 52] male of his Body lawfully begotten; and for want of such Issue, then to his Brother Robert Bruce, and his Heirs male; who dying without such Heirs, then to this Margery his eldest Daugh­ter, and to the Heirs general of her Body, &c. By virtue of which Esta­blishment, her eldest Son ROBERT (after the death of his Grand-father, Mother, and Cousin King David Bruce) was crowned King of Scot­land. She had likewise three other Sons by the aforesaid Walter; JAMES, JOHN, and ALLAN, all slain in the Field before Berwick on St. Mary Magdalens day, Anno Domini One thousand three hundred thirty three, thirty seven years before their Brother Robert was crowned King. The Lady Margery died in the year One thousand three hundred and nineteen, and her Husband Anno Domini One thousand three hundred twenty six.

5. Robert II. King of Scotland.

ROBERT STUART, only Son and Heir living of Walter great Se­neschal of Scotland, and Margary his Wife, being born Anno Domini One thousand three hundred and thirteen, was in the fifty seventh year of his age (viz. on the 25th. day of March, Anno Domini One thousand three hundred and seventy) crowned King of Scotland, at Scoon in the She­riffdom of Perth, by the name of Ro­bert the second; soon after which, be­ing in years, and having many Chil­dren, he got the succession of the Crown established and ratified in Par­liament: all the Nobility and chief Gentry taking their corporal Oaths to perform the same, viz. That his eldest Son JOHN, (which he had by his se­cond Wife, Elizabeth Moor) should succeed him, and the Heirs male of his Body lawfully begotten; and for want of such Issue, then to his Son RO­BERT; [Page 54] who dying without Issue male, to his younger Son ALEXANDER, (both begotten on the aforesaid Eli­zabeth Moor;) which Alexander dy­ing likewise without such lawful Heirs, then to his eldest Son David, (which he had by his first Nuptials) and for want of such Issue, to his younger Son by the same Venter, viz. WALTER; who likewise departing this life with­out lawful Issue male, then the Crown to devolve to the next of Kin. He took to Wife, before his coming to the Crown, Euphemia, Daughter of Hugh Earl of Ross, who lived to be Queen of Scotland, but dying three years after, (viz. Anno Domini One thou­sand three hundred seventy three) left DAVID her eldest Son, who was crea­ted Earl of Strathern, and died with­out Issue male, leaving behind him one sole Daughter his Heir, viz. Euphemia, the Wife of Patrick Graham, young­er Brother to the Lord Graham, by whom she had Milo Graham, that was made Earl of Monteith by King [Page 55] James the first. WALTER her young­er Son was created Earl of Athol; but being the principal of the Conspirators that took away the life of King James the first his Nephew, and for that he was the chief instigator of Robert the Governour to murder David Duke of Rothsay, the King's Uncle: he, to­gether with all his Family, were de­stroyed, his Honours and Revenues re­verting to the Crown, then in the pos­session of James the second. She had a Daughter likewise, named EUPHE­MIA, married to James eldest Son to Earl Douglas. King Robert, after the death of his first Wife, married Eliza­beth the Daughter of Sir Adam Moor Knight, and Widow of Gifford▪ of Louth, by whom he had JOHN, his eldest Son, afterwards King of Scot­land; ROBERT, Earl of Mentith, Fife, and Duke of Albany, constituted Governour of the Realm, by reason of the great Age and Infirmities of his Father, weakness of his elder Brother, and Captivity of his Nephew. He [Page 56] married, and had Issue Mordack Stuart, Duke of Albany after the decease of his Father, (which happened on the third of September, Anno Domini One thousand four hundred and nineteen;) which Mordack was likewise Gover­nour of Scotland, Anno Domini One thousand four hundred and twenty; who, together with two of his Sons, Walter and Alexander, and his Son Walter's Father-in-law, Duncan Earl of Lenos, suffered death in the time of King James the first, for being in the Conspiracy to promote Walter Earl of Atholl to the Crown. The Earldoms of Monteth, Fife and Lenos reverting to the King, the first was be­stowed on Milo Graham, his Cousin­german, and the last on Allan Stuart, who had married one of the Daugh­ters of the aforesaid Duncan. This Mordack Duke of Albany had likewise another Son, named James, who having treacherously slain John Stuart the King's Uncle, fled into Ireland, where he died without Issue; with him like­wise [Page 57] his Brother Walter's two Sons, Andrew and Alexander, and their Mo­ther (another Daughter of Duncan Earl of Lenos) liv'd, till King James the third came to the Crown. ALEX­ANDER, another Son of King Robert by Elizabeth Moor, was created Earl of Buchquan, and Lord of Bradze­noch, who married, and had Issue Duncan or Dajeth Stuart, who died young. JOHN Stuart of Dondonald was his youngest Son, slain by James third Son of Mordack Duke of Albany. His eldest Daughter by his last Wife was given in marriage to John Dunbar, and he created Earl of Murray, (be­ing the younger Brother to George Earl of March) by whom she had a Son, who likewise married, and left Issue one sole Daughter and Heir, mar­ried into the Family of the Douglas, and by which they came by the said Earldom of Murray. ELIZABETH, a second Daughter, wedded to John Lyon the King's Favourite, made Chan­cellor of Scotland, and Earl of Gla­mis, [Page 58] and killed by James Lindsey Earl of Crawford, Anno Domini One thousand three hundred seventy and five. GILIS, or EGIDEA, the young­est, was Wife of William Hamilton, natural Son to Archibald Lord of Galloway, by whom she had only a Daughter, married to the Earl of Ork­ney. King Robert Stuart departed this life on the 19th. day of April One thousand three hundred and ninety, at his Castle of Dondonald in the seventy seventh year of his age, and was buried at Scoon before the high Altar.

6. Robert III. King of Scotland.

JOHN STUART, eldest Son of King Robert by his second Wife, was Earl of Carri [...], and High-Steward of Scotland, and upon the death of his Father Crowned King on the Assumpti­on of the blessed Virgin, the fifteenth day of August, in the year one thousand three hundred and ninety, according to the establishment made in Parliament in the life time of his Father. On the day of his Inauguration or Anointing, he was Importun'd by his Nobles to alter his Name; wherefore he was Crowned by the Name of King Robert the Third, The reason given is: For that it was observed how unfortunate the Name of John had been not only to several of the Blood-Royal of Scot­land, but likewise to John King of England, and to John the French King. This Robert after he had ruled the Kingdom with great Integrity for the [Page 60] space of sixteen years; having lost one of his Sons by the wicked contrivance of his Brother Robert whilst he was Go­vernour, and his second Son conti­nuing a Captive in England; took it so to heart that he died for grief there­of at Rothsay on the first day of April, in the year one thousand four hundred and six, and was buried at Paseley, having had Issue by his Queen Anna­bella Drummond; Besides these two Sons, as many Daughters; the one Married to the Earl of Angus, by whom she had William Earl of Augus. The other was twice Married, first to Kennedy, by whom she had Sir James Kennedy Knight, and another James, who was Bishop of St. Andrews, who built a Church, and erected the fa­mous Colledge of Phylosophy in the said City. Her second Husband Gra­ham, and her Son by him Patrick Gra­ham, who was the first Arch-bishop of St. Andrews, and who died in Prison at Lockleven. DAVID eldest Son of King Robert and his Queen Annabella [Page 61] Drummond, born in the year one thou­sand three hundred seventy and eight, was created Duke of Rothsay, but be­ing delivered to the Tuition of his Uncle the Duke of Albany; that he might reclaim his Extravagancies, was by him inclosed in the Castle of Falk­land, and there Starv'd to death; he Married Mary the Daughter of Archi­bald Duglas, but left no Issue, so that his Brother JAMES succeeded his Fa­ther in the Throne of Scotland. The Character bestowed on King Robert the Third, is this, That he was a Prince of wonderful Innocency of Life, and unspotted Manners, deficient in no­thing that might make a private man excellent; and that it was most truly said him, that he was a much better Man than King.

7. James I King of Scotland▪

JAMES STUART second Son of King Robert the Third, as yet a Youth, was sent into France (to pre­vent the Butchery of his Uncle Robert, who had already destroy'd his Elder Brother) but being cast by Storm on the Coast of England, was taken Prisoner and sent to the Court, where by the care of King Henry the Fifth, and his Son King Henry the Sixth. Noble Provision was made for his Edu­cation; so that by the time he came to mans Estate, he was excellently accomplished in all sorts of Learning, and good Literature: And having lived thus a Captive and a Stranger to his own Country for near Eighteen years; was upon the Death of his Fa­ther King Robert soon after set at Li­berty, [Page 63] and returning into Scotland, (with his Wife Joan, Eldest Daughter of John Beaufort Earl of Somerset and Marquess of Dorset, whom he Married in England,) He was Crow­ned King thereof on the one and twentieth day of May next following, in the year one thousand four hundred twenty and four. This King James ruled the Scepter of Scotland in great Tranquility for some years, making divers wholesom and good Laws, espe­cially to restrain the force of Thieves and Robbers, and was the first who ordain'd that Organs should be used in the Churches of Scotland. But a Con­federacy and Association of mutinous Outlaws and Male-contents being en­tred into, to take away the Life of this King, they Bloodily perpetrated their Villany by assaulting his Person, and giving him no less than twenty eight Mortal Wounds, of which he immedi­ately expired on the one and twenti­eth day of February, in the year one thousand four hundred thirty and six, [Page 64] after he had reigned thirteen years ten months and odd days, in the forty and fourth year of his Age, and was buried in the House of the Carthusians in the Suburbs of Berth of his own Foun­dation, not far from the Sepulchre of his Wife Joan, by whom he had two Sons and six Daughters. JAMES the Eldest was King of Scotland, and ALEXANDER born on the same day with his Brother, a Twin, who died young; MARGARET Eldest Daughter, given in Marriage to Lewis the Dauphin, afterwards King of France, by the Name of Lewis the Eleventh, Son of Charles the Seventh, she died in the life-time of her Father in Law at Chalones in Champagne, where she was first Buried in the great Church there. But after, when her Husband came to the Crown, he cau­sed her Body to be Translated and In­terred in the Abbey-Church of Laon in Poictou. ELIZABETH Wife to Francis the first Duke of Brittany. JANE first Married to the Earl of An­gus, [Page 65] and after to George Earl of Hunt­ley. ELEANOR Wedded to Sigis­mond of Cyroll Arch-Duke of Austria. MARY Espoused to the Prince of Ue­rense, or Lord of Camp-veer, in France. ANNABELLA sixth and youngest Daughter, celebrated her Nuptials with the Earl of Morton. Queen Jane lived many years after the death of her first Husband King James; and was afterwards Married to James Stuart Son to the Lord of Lorne, commonly called the Black-Knight of Lorne, who being taken Prisoner by the Flemings, died in Durance. The Queen not long surviving him, who died on the fifteenth day of July following, in the year one thousand four hundred forty and six, and was buried in the Charter-house at Perth by her Husband, leaving Issue by the aforesaid Black-Knight, John Stuart Earl of Athol, James Earl of Buchane, and Andrew Bishop of Murrey.

8. James II▪ King of Scotland.

JAMES STUART, Eldest Son of King James the First of Scotland, was born together with his Brother Alexander on the fourteenth day of October, in the year one thousand four hundred and thirty: And being scarce seven years of Age when his Father Died, was Crowned King of Scot­land at the Monastery of St. Cross, [Page 67] (Vulgo, Holy-rood-house) in Eden­burgh by the Name of James the Se­cond. The first part of whose Reign was spent in composing the Domestick jarrs and differences amongst his Nobles, afterwards he wholly bent his mind to War against the English; and was himself at the head of the Army that sat down before the Castle of Ror­bourgh, (at that time in possession of the English) where being unhappily upon one of the Batteries, at the dis­charge of a great Ordnance, which fatally burst in pieces, he was there­with slain on the thitd day of August, in the year one thousand four hundred and sixty, in the Thirteth year of his Age, being Interred in the Abbey of St. Cross at Edenburgh. He Mar­ried Mary the Daughter of Arnold Egmont Duke of Gelderland, in the year one thousand four hundred forty and eight, a Lady of singular Modesty, who likewise departed this Life on the sixteenth day of November, in the year one thousand four hundred sixty [Page 68] and six, and found Sepulcher in the Colledge of the Holy Trinity of her own Foundation at Edenburgh; by whom he left Issue, JAMES his El­dest Son, who was King of Scotland, ALEXANDER second Son, was crea­ted Duke of Albany and Earl of March, a man sufficiently experienced in the strange unconstancy of Fortune, who having been thrice banished, re­turn'd twice into his Country again, esteemed and in reputation; but the third time being in Exile in France, as he was running at Tilt with Lewis Duke of Orleans, received his Mortal wound in the year one thousand four hundred eighty and three, and was bu­ried in the Celestines at Paris; he was twice Married, his first Wife was the Earl of Orkneys Daughter, by whom he had a Son named Alexander that was Bishop of Murrey and Abbot of Scoone; his second Lady (whom he Married when he went first into France) was Anne Daughter to Ber­trand Earl of Bulloign, who dying [Page 69] the year before her Husband, in the year one thousand four Hundred eigh­ty and two, left Issue only one Son named John, who (upon the resignati­on of his Half-Brother Alexander when he entered into Religion) was Duke of Albany and Earl of March, as likewise Governour of the Realm, and Tutor to King James the Fifth his Kinsman; being slain by the Faction of the Hamiltons. JOHN youngest Son of King James the Second, for speaking words derogating from the Honour of his Brother James when he was King, was confined to the Castle of Craig-miller, where growing di­stemper'd in his mind, the King pitty­ing his Condition, order'd him to be remov'd to the Cannons-gate in Eden­burgh for Cure, where (whether through the Unskillfulness or Negli­gence of the Chirurgions who let him Blood? or through his own obstinacy or wilfulness?) he bled to death, in the month of December, in the year one thousand four hundred and eighty, [Page 70] having no Issue. MARGARET, alias MARIAN, was first Marrried to Tho­mas (Eldest Son of Robert) Boyd (who was Governour of Scotland) created Earl of Arran; he fled together with his Lady into Burgundy where he died an Exul, and was buried at Ant­warp, under a Noble Tomb erected there for him by Charles Duke of Bur­gundy; (tho others say he died at Florence of an untimely death.) He had two Children by his Wife in his Banishment, both born at Antwarp. James Boyd, who returning into Scot­land, was killed by Hugh Montgomery of Eglington. And Grecile Boyd, first Married to the Earl of Cassiles, and after to the Lord Forbes, but by them had no Issue. After the return of the Lady Margaret (before the death of her Husband) into Scotland, her Brother King James Confined her, caused her to Sue out a Divorce, and Re-married her to James Hamilton, and gave him the Earldom of Arran, whose Posterity are living at this day. [Page 71] CECILY, youngest Daughter of King James, died unmarried.

James III. King of Scotland.

JAMES STUART, eldest Son of King James the second was crowned King of Scotland at Kelsoe, in the year year 1460. (being then but se­ven years of age) by the name of James the third: The first part of whose Reign was very peaceable and quiet; but afterwards, what with the divisions of his Nobles, and divers Fa­ctions of the common people, (who setting up his own Son against him) [Page 72] was driven to take up Arms in his de­fence: when seeking to chastise the Insolence of those Rebels, he was at the unfortunate Battle of Bannocks­bourn slain, on St. Barnabies day, (viz. June 11.) Anno Domini 1488. when he had reigned 29 years, in the thirty sixth year of his age. He was buried in the Monastery of Cambus­kenneth, not far from Sterling; and having married Margaret the only Daughter of Christian the first King of Denmark and Norway, &c. at Edin­burgh, on the tenth day of July Anno Domini▪ One thousand four hundred sixty nine, (who was then but twelve years of age) had three years after (upon the Birth of their first Child) all the Right, Title, Claim and Interest which the aforesaid Christian preten­ded to have in the Isles of Orkney and Schetland, resigned to him. She died Anno Domini One thousand four hun­dred eighty seven, and was buried by her Husband the 29th of February in the same year, in the Monastery of [Page 73] Cambus-kenneth; leaving Issue, JAMES, her eldest Son, who was King of Scotland. ALEXANDER, second Son, who was Archbishop of St. An­drews, slain with his Brother King James in the Battle of Flodden fought against the English, Anno Domini One thousand three hundred and eighteen; And a third Son named JOHN, who was Earl of Mart.

10. James IV. King of Scotland.

JAMES STU TAR, eldest Son of James the third, was born on the tenth day of March, Anno Domini, One thousand four hundred seventy two, and created Duke of Rothsay; and upon the death of his Father crow­ned King of Scotland, on the twenty fourth day of June, Anno Domini One thousand four hundred eighty eight, by the name of James the fourth. After he had ruled the Kingdom of Scot­land for the space of twenty five years, he (together with the chief of the Gentry, and flower of the Nobility of the Realm) was slain in that most un­fortunate and fatal Battle of Flodden­field, on the borders of Northumber­land, fought against the English, on the 9th. day of September, Anno Domi­ni One thousand five hundred and thirteen. Yet various have been the opinions concerning the loss of this [Page 75] King: Some will have it, That he fell in the Battle on that fatal day; others, That he made his escape. The English say, (with greatest likelyhood) That he was slain in the field; that they found his Body (well known to several of their Officers) conveyed it to Berwick, em­bowelled, seared, and wrapped it in Lead, carried it to London, and from thence to the Monastery of Shein in the County of Surrey, where it was bu­ried. And John Stow assures us, (both in his Survey of London, and his Chro­nicle) That after the spoil of that House, (to wit, in the time of King Edward the sixth) he saw the aforesaid Leaden Chest, and the reputed head of the said King; the hair both of the Head and Beard being red. To this the Scotch Annalists make answer, That on the day of the fight several men of renowned Va­lour, resembling the King in stature and proportion▪ were apparelled like him, had peculiar Guards and Followers appointed them, in all appearance as the King him­self, that in case the King should be kil­led, [Page 76] it might not be justly known to either party until after the Battle; whose fall might encourage the one, and dishearten the other; and that the person so taken by the English, was one of those mock-Kings, viz. Alexander Lord Elphin­stone, the King's Favourite, who resem­bled him both in Face and Shape; who couragiously fighting that day, and many of his Friends and Followers of the No­bility falling on each side of him, was at length himself slain; which number of Nobles, the courage and resistance of the person, and the resemblance he had of the King, gave the English occasion to believe it was himself.

A second reason they give (why the Body found by the English was not their King's) is, For that he had been accustomed to wear next to his skin an Iron Girdle of a considerable weight, (a severity imposed upon himself ever since his being in arms against his Father when he was killed at Bannocksbourn) and that no such Girdle or Chain of Iron (un­to which he usually every three years ad­ded [Page 77] more links) was found on the Corps that was carried to Berwick. They further say, That he was seen soon after the Battle between Kelsoe and Dunce, and supposed to be carried to the Castle of Humes, where he was privately mur­dered, and for which the Lord Humes was afterwards accused, tryed in Parlia­ment, but acquitted because there was no positive evidence that could make it ap­pear that they had seen the King after the fight. But the more common and vulgar report was, That he was still li­ving; who seeing the Victory incline to the Enemy, and that so many brave men perished through his own wilfulness in not declining the Encounter, (accor­ding to the advice of his Nobles) the shame thereof made him timely withdraw himself, and forsaking the Kingdom went to the Holy-Land, where he spent the re­maining part of his days in tears and re­pentance: And this they grounded up­on some former resolutions he had made to visit the holy Sepulchre; but being prevented by the death of Bishop [Page 78] Blacktour, (and other occurrences in­tervening) who had been sent before to prepare his way, took this oppor­tunity to accomplish it.

Much like the story of Charles Duke of Burgundy; who having lost the Battle at Nancy, was never heard of more; and therefore his Subjects for many years would not believe but that he was alive, and at Ierusalem. Be it which way it will, we are certain of this, that neither the one nor the other ever afterwards appeared on the Stage of the World, to act either as Princes or private persons.

This King James took to Wife the Lady Margaret, eldest Daughter of King Henry VII. of England, by whom he had four Sons, and two Daughters; JAMES, Prince of Scot­land, and of the Isles, born at Holy­rood-house on the 21st. day of January, Anno One thousand five hundred and seven, and died the 17th. of February next following at Sterling. AR­THUR, Prince of Scotland, and of [Page 79] the Isles, born on the 20th▪ day of October, Anno Domini One thousand five hundred and nine, at Holyrood­house, and died on the 14th. of July the next year, at the Castle of Edin­burgh. JAMES, third Son, was King of Scotland; and ALEXANDER, a Posthume, born six months after the death of his Father, (viz. on the 30th. of April, Anno Domini One thousand five hundred and fourteen) and was created Duke of Rothsay, but died young at Sterling, and was buried at Cambus-kenneth. The Daughters (one born on the 15th. of July, Anno Domini One thousand five hundred & eight; the other Anno Domini One thousand five hundred and thirteen) died soon after Baptism. The Queen, after the death of her Husband, marri­ed again, and took to Husband Ar­chibald Douglas Earl of Angus, by whom she had one sole Daughter and Heir, born at the Castle of Hathottel in Northumberland, and named Mar­garet, given in marriage to Matthew [Page 80] Stuart Earl of Lenox, Governour of Scotland, Father and Mother of Henry Lord Darnley, who wedded Mary Queen of Scots. She was after­wards divorced from the Earl of An­gus, and married a third Husband, viz. Henry Stuart, (Son to the Lord Evendale) who was created (by his Son-in-law King James the fifth) Lord Meffan; but dying in the year One thousand five hundred thirty nine, at Methven, was buried in the Charter­house of St. Johnston, near the Tomb of King James the first, her Husbands Great-grand-father.

11. James V. King of Scotland.

JAMES STUART, eldest Son living of King James the fourth, was born on the 11th. day of April, Anno Do­mini One thousand five hundred and twelve, in the King's Palace at Luith­go, and crown'd on the 21st. of Sep­tember the year following, by the name of James the fifth King of Scotland. In his minority He and the Realm were governed by his Mother the Queen-Dowager, during her Widowhood, according to the will of K. James the Fourth; Afterwards his Grand-father's Brother's Son, John Duke of Albany, was both his Tutor and Governour until he came to mature age: and then perceiving a powerful Faction arising [Page 82] amongst his Nobles, he endeavoured to divert their minds by waging War with the English; when coming to his Castle of Falkland, and hearing the ill success his Forces had on the Borders, grew so troubled and dissatisfied, that he fell sick and died for grief thereof, on the 13th. day of December, Anno Domini One thousand five hundred forty two, being buried in the Mona­stery of St. Cross by the Lady Mag­dalen his first Wif▪ Daughter to Fran­cis the French King, by whom he had no Children; wherefore, five months after her death, he espoused the La­day Mary of Lorrain, (Sister to Fran­cis, and Daughter of Rhene Duke of Gnise, and Widow of the Duke of Longeville) viz. on the 7th. of July, Anno Domini One thousand five hun­dred thirty nine, by whom he had JAMES, Prince of Scotland and of the Isles, born in the month of February, Anno Domini One thousand five hun­dred thirty nine, and died at St. An­drews the year following; ARTHUR, [Page 83] a second Son, who deceased within a month; and MARY, a Daughter, af­terwards Queen of Scotland. This Mary of Lorrain was a Lady of excel­lent Perfections, who being quite tir'd and wearied out (after the death of her Husband) with Foreign Wars and Do­mestick Differences, during the mino­rity of her Daughter, at length resigned up her Soul to Him who gave it, on the 10th. day of June, in the Castle of Edinburgh, Anno Domini One thou­sand five hundred and sixty.

12. Mary Queen of Scotland.

MARY STUART, sole Daugh­ter and Heir to her Father James the fifth King of Scotland, born on the 7th. day of December, An­no Domini One thousand five hundred forty two, whilst as yet an Infant was proclaimed Queen of Scotland, and James Earl of Arran constituted Go­vernour during her minority: But up­on the unfortunate loss of the day at that fatal Battle of Mussleburgh, An­no Domini One thousand five hundred forty seven, she was conveyed into France, (to prevent her falling into the hands of the English) where after some time she was married to the Dau­phin, [Page 85] afterwards King, by the name of Francis the second, both of them being crowned King and Queen of France and Scotland, Anno Domini One thousand five hundred fifty nine, and laying claim to the Crown of England, quartered the Arms thereof, (which Fact was never forgiven her by Queen Elizabeth, altho' she disused them af­terwards:) But King Francis dying the year following without Issue, gave her the Freedom of returning to her own Countrey, where she consumma­ted her second Nuptials with the Lord Henry Darnley her Cousin-german, el­dest Son of Matthew Stuart Earl of Lenor, that had been Governour, and Margaret Douglas his Wife, (Daugh­ter and sole Heir of Archibald Douglas Earl of Angus, by Margaret Queen of Scots his Wife, eldest Daughter to King Henry the seventh of England.) He was the Son of John Stuart Earl of Le­nor, and Brother to Robert that was Bishop of Cathuess & Earl of March, & John Stuart Lord d' Aubigny; which [Page 86] John Earl of Lenor was Son of another Matthew Earl of Lenor, (who married the Daughter of James Hamilton Earl of Arran, which he had by the Lady Marion Daughter to King James the second.) He was the Son of John Stu­art Earl of Lenor, that was elder Bro­ther to Robert Stuart, (Captain of those Scotch-men who made themselves so renowned under the French-King Charles the sixth, both in his Wars in Italy and else-where, and in recom­pence whereof the said King bestowed on him such large possessions in France, and gave him the Seigniory or Lord­ship of d'Audigny in Avergne, whose Successor Robert Stuart Lord d'Aubig­ny, (and Marshal of France in the time of King Lewis XI.) in comme­moration thereof bare the Royal Arms of France with Buckles; or in a Bor­dure Gules, and quartered them with his paternal Coat, viz. or a fes cheque Ar. & B. within a Bordure ingrailed Gules, and which the House of Lenor have ever since continued.) This John [Page 87] and Robert were the Sons of Allan, (the first of the sirname of Stuart) Earl of Lenor, who having married one of the Daughters of Duncan Earl of Le­nor, (who lost his head in the time of King James the first) had that Earldom bestowed on him; which Allan was descended from that Robert Stuart who married the Daughter and Heir of Cross or Crux, younger Brother to Alexander Stuart of Pascley, Great-grand-father to Robert the second King of Scots.

Henry Lord Darnley, and King of Scotland in right of his Wife, enjoy'd not that Title long, being most barba­rously murthered, his Body flung out at a window, and the House blown up with Gun-powder, by the practice and contrivance of James Stuart Earl of Murray, the Queens base Brother, and of James Hepburn Earl of Both­well, whom the Queen out of fear was forced afterwards to marry; up­on which a defection of her Subjects immediately followed, and an open Rebellion commenced; Bothwel flies [Page 88] the Kingdom, and she endeavours to pacifie the Mutineers, but all in vain: they growing so powerful and strong, that nothing less than the life of their Queen, or the resignation of the Go­vernment, will quiet them: Having got her young Son (which she had by the Lord Darnley) into their power, they proclaim, crown and declare him King, depose the Queen, and drive her by force to seek protection in Eng­land; where, alas! she became the sport of Fortune, by changing her Di­adem for a nauceous Prison, and was made a Sacrifice to the Ambition and Revenge of One who would never ad­mit a Competitor, or forget so as to for­give an imagin'd Injury; and there­fore, after she had undergone the se­verity of an eighteen years Confine­ment, her Royal Head was seperated from her Body by the stroak of an Ax, on the 8th. day of February, Anno Do­mini One thousand five hundred eigh­ty seven, at Fotheringay-Castle in Northamptonshire, to the great dis­honour [Page 89] of the English, and her Corps (out of a Policy of State, that the odi­um of so inhospitable a fact might be blown off from the Authors, as being done by surprize) were conveyed with all the outward solemnity befitting the Funeral of so great a Queen, to the Ca­thedral-Church of Peterborough, where she was buried; Afterwards, when her Son King James came to the Crown of England, he commanded that her Body should be removed, and carried to the Abbey-Church of St. Pe­ters Westminster, where it was deposited in a new Vault on the South-side the Chappel of the B. Virgin, under a most Magnificent and Splendid Monument.

13. James the VI. King of Scot­land, &c.

JAMES STUART, Sirnamed the Peaceable, only Son and Heir of Henry and Mary, King and Queen of Scotland, was born on the nine­teenth day of June, in the year one thousand five hundred sixty and six in the Castle of Edenburgh, and was Proclaimed, Annointed and Crowned King when he was scarce thirteen Months Old; coming to the Age of Twenty and four years, he took to Wife the Princess Anne, second Daugh­ter [Page 92] of Frederick the Second King of Denmark, whom he Married in Per­son at Cronenburgh on the twentieth day of August, in the year one thou­sand five hundred and ninety, and conveyed her to be Crowned in Scotland. Upon the Death of Eli­zabeth Queen of England (viz. on the twenty fourth day of March, in the year one thousand six hundred and two) He was proclaimed by the No­bility and Gentry of both Nations, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland; and on the twenty fourth of June following, was (toge­ther with his Queen) Solemnly Crown'd at Westminster: And thus these two Kingdoms (that for so many Ages had been at Variance) became United in King James, whose Title was so Indisputable, that his greatest Opposers otherwise, did acquiesce and rest satisfied in this. Queen Anne departed this Life on the second day of March, in the year one thousand six hundred and eighteen. And the [Page 93] King her Husband on the twenty se­venth of the same Month seven years after, viz. in the year one thousand six hundred twenty and five, who were both Interred at Westminster, on the North-side the Tomb of King Henry the Seventh. They had Issue HEN­RY-FREDERICK, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, Rothsay, Earl of Chester, and Knight of the most Ho­nourable Order of the Garter; he was born in Scotland on the nine­teenth day of February, in the year one thousand five hundred ninety and three; and died at St. James's the sixth of November, in the year one thousand six hundred and twelve, and lyes in the same Vault with his Grand­mother Mary Queen of Scots, he was never married. ROBERT second Son died an Infant in Scotland. CHARLES, third and youngest Son was King of England, &c. ELIZA­BETH Eldest Daughter, born in Scotland the nineteenth day of Au­gust, in the year one thousand five [Page 94] hundred ninety and six, and joyned in Wedlock with Frederick the Fifth Count Palatine of the Rhyne, Duke of Babaria, Silesia, Elector, &c. And King of Bohemia) on the four­teenth of February in the year one thousand six hundred and twelve. She lived till she saw the Miraculous Re­storation of her Nephew King Charles the Second, and then departing this life on the thirteenth day of February, in the year one thousand six hundred sixty and one, was Inhumed at West­minster having had Issue by her afore­said Husband seven Sons and five Daughters; Frederick, Charles, Rupert, Maurice, Edward, Philip, and Gusta­vus: Elizabeth, Lovisa, Henrietta, Charlotta, and Sophia. MARGARET second Daughter of King James, died an Infant in Scotland. MARY and SOPHIA, born died, and were bu­ried in England, in the Chappel of King Henry the Seventh, when they were Children.

14. Charles the I. King of Great-Britain, &c.

CHARLES STUART, sirnamed the Martyr, was born in Scotland on the nineteenth day of November, in the year one thousand six hun­dred, and after he came into Eng­land created Duke of York and Alba­ny, Marquess of Ormond, Earl of Ross and Ardmanoch, and upon the death of his Father Crowned King of England, Scotland, France and Ire­land on the second day of February, in the year one thousand six hundred twenty and five. Who when he had reigned twenty and three years, strug­ling with an Impetuous, Resisting and Stubborn Faction, became at length a Sacrifice to their Malice and Revenge, who having gotten him under their power, first Restrained him, and af­ter made a Solemnity of the Horridest Murther that ever was perpetrated un­der [Page 97] the Sun, and Gloried in the Cruel Action; by making his own Pallace the place of his Execution, and ten thousand Spectators a witness of their Savage Impiety, where the common Executioner struck off his Princely Head, on the thirtieth day of January, in the year one thousand six hundred forty and eight, and with That, the Laws, Liberties, Lives and Estates of all True and Loyal Hearted English­men. The Martyrd Trunk was after­wards conveyed to Windsor, where it was deposited (according to the Exigency of the times, with more Tears and Sighs than Prayers and Ce­remonies,) in the Vault with King Hen­ry the Eighth of England.