Aubigny-sur-Nère (France) : the “City of the Stuarts”
Aubigny-sur-Nère is a commune in the Cherdepartment in the Centre-Val de Loireregion of France. First known as Albinacum in Roman times, the commune was established as a royal town in 1189 by Philip II.
This is the location by which the Duke of Gordon gets his honorific title, as the Duke of Aubigny. In 1419, John Stewart of Darnley, a junior member of the House of Stuart, arrived in France with a large contingent of Scottish soldiers, to fight for Charles VII. He was awarded many titles, among them the Lordship of Aubigny. The family stayed here for 400 years. Wikipedia
Name: Sir John Stewart, of Darnley, 1st. Lord of d’Augibny and Concressault
Born: 1368 in Darnley Castle, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Married: 23 September 1406 in Argyll, Scotland to Elizabeth Lennox
Children: (4) Alan, John, and Alexander Stewart (Stuart)
Died: 12 February 1429 in Battle of the Herrings or Battle of Rouvray, Rouvray-Sainte-Croix, (Present département du Loiret), Duché d’Orléans (Present Région Centre), France
Buried: February 1429 in Chapel of Notre Dame, Orleans, France
Sir John Stewart of Darnley, 1st Lord of Concressault and 1st Lord of Aubigny, Count of Évreux (c. 1368 – 1429) was a Scottish nobleman and prominent soldier during the Hundred Years War. He is buried at the Chapel of Notre Dame, Orleans, France
Sir John Stewart
Full coat of arms of John Stewart of Darnley first Lord of Aubigny
Birth Death 12 February 1429
Battle of the Herrings or Battle of Rouvray, Rouvray-Sainte-Croix, (Present département du Loiret), Duché d’Orléans (Present Région Centre), FranceBurial 1429 Chapel of Notre Dame Blanche, Orleans, France
Clan Stewart Genealogy 