> I agree, she was almost certainly NOT a legitimate child of Lord Darnley and his wife > Lady Jean Hepburn. I would say we probably have to assign two illegitimate children to > Lord Darnley; (1) Hercules Stewart, executed for "treasonable practices" in 1595, known > "base" brother to the Earl of Bothwell; (2) Christiane Stewart, made a rocker of the > infant king in 1567. SP, VOL 2 (Sub: Stewart, Earl of Bothwell) assigns two illegitimate children to John Stewart, Lord Darnley, namely Hercules Stewart and Margaret Stewart. Margaret Stewart is referenced with an obscure source for her, but SP does record the details whereby she was referred to as "daughter to the Abbot of Coldingham and brother -daughter to Robert, Earl of Orkney This Margaret married, firstly, before 1579, William Sinclair of Underhoull with whom she had at least two sons, and secondly William Bruce, 2nd of Symbister. Her Testament is dated the 14th September 1608. Has this Margaret Stewart been ruled out as a daughter of John Stewart, Lord Darnley ? Louise Gibson