Darnley

[ dahrn-lee ]

noun

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

Darnley

/ ˈdɑːnlɪ /

noun

1. Darnley, Lord15451567MScottishPOLITICS: noblemanMISC: father of James I 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)

Example Sentences

Mr. George Manville Fenn (a very excellent novelist) is the "silk," and he has for his junior Mr. Darnley.

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Darnley, with a vanity inherent in his nature, wore a gorgeous suit of gilded armour.

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The burghers rushed out from the gates to find the house of Kirk o' Field destroyed and Darnley's body dead beside the ruins.

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The marriage with Darnley was undoubtedly a danger even more formidable to England than to Scotland.

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They sought aid from the very party whom Darnley's marriage had been planned to crush.

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