ESMé STEWART, 3RD DUKE OF LENNOX

'Esmé Stewart, 3rd Duke of Lennox' KG (1579 – July 30 1624) was the son of Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox. He was a patron of the playwright Ben Jonson, who lived in his household for five years.
He married Katherine Clifton, 2nd Baroness Clifton, in 1609. They had eleven children:

★ Lady Elizabeth (1610-1674), married the 22nd Earl of Arundel.

★ James, later 4th Duke of Lennox (1612–1655)

★ Lady Anne Stewart (1614-1646), married Archibald Douglas, Earl of Angus.

★ Henry, 8th Seigneur d'Aubigny (1616–1632)

★ Francis (1616–1617)

★ Lady Frances (1617–1694), married the 2nd Earl of Portland.

★ Margaret (1618–1618), died young.

★ George, 9th Seigneur d'Aubigny (1618–1642)

★ Ludovic, 10th Seigneur d'Aubigny (1619–1665)

★ Lord John (1621–1644)

★ Lord Bernard (1623–1645)
He died in 1624 and was interred, on 6 August 1624, in Westminster Abbey. See [1]