Darnley

American  

[dahrn-lee] / ˈdɑrn li /

noun

1. Lord Henry Stewart or Stuart, 1545–67, Scottish nobleman: second husband of Mary Queen of Scots (father of James I of England).

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Darnley British  

/ ˈdɑːnlɪ /

noun

1. Lord. title of Henry Stuart (or Stewart ). 1545–67, Scottish nobleman; second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots and father of James I of England. After murdering his wife's secretary, Rizzio (1566), he was himself assassinated (1567)

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Darnley

The duo shared the screen in Josie Rourke’s 2018 historical drama “Mary Queen of Scots”: Ronan as the titular royal and Lowden as her cousin and second husband, Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2024

His father, Darnley Hodge Sr., was a career law enforcement officer who was brought in to lead a court-ordered reform of the New Orleans city jail.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2020

In terms of personality and conduct, the real Darnley is a difficult figure to pin down, though their eventual alienation probably had more to do with politics than anything else.

From Slate ● Dec. 7, 2018

Douglas Walton’s Lord Darnley, Mary’s second husband, is coded as queer, while Fredric March’s Earl of Bothwell is an early modern macho man in kilts.

From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2018

So she swore to Garrick that she had dismissed his rival—and gayly continued to meet Darnley on the sly.

From Superwomen by Albert Payson Terhune