. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. ine de Medici,into France, on her marriage with Henry U. of thatkingdom. He was governor of the Bourbonuois,dAuvergne, de Forest, and de Beaujolais. Hedied at his castle of Mireileur, 2d June 1536. Byhis duchess he had no issue. By Jean Abernethy,a Scotswoman, he had a natural daughter, Eleo-nora, who, after being legitimated, was in 1547married at Fontainebleau, in presence of theFrench king, to the count de Choisy. This duke of Albany was a man of elegant andgraceful ma
. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. ine de Medici,into France, on her marriage with Henry U. of thatkingdom. He was governor of the Bourbonuois,dAuvergne, de Forest, and de Beaujolais. Hedied at his castle of Mireileur, 2d June 1536. Byhis duchess he had no issue. By Jean Abernethy,a Scotswoman, he had a natural daughter, Eleo-nora, who, after being legitimated, was in 1547married at Fontainebleau, in presence of theFrench king, to the count de Choisy. This duke of Albany was a man of elegant andgraceful manners and high accomplishments, andvery gay and sprightly in conversation,—qualitieswhich made him a personal favourite witli Fran-cis I. of France, but were little apjireciated inScotland, where his vanity, of which he had alarge share, and evident partiality for French offi-cers and confidents, soon disgusted the haughtyand rapacious nobility. In Pinkertons ScottishGallery, there is a fine portrait, supposed to be that of Albany, of which a woodcut is annexed. It Uon tlio same engraving with ouo of Queen The sign manual autograph Jehan nnderneatt, is from the Cotton MSS. B. vi. fol. 170, in the British Museum. The title of diiko of Albany was bestowed in 1540 on Artlmr, second son of James V. and Iris Mary of Guise,a prince who died in 1541. It was afterw.^rds given to HenryStewart, lord Daniley, or Deniely, by Queen Mary, shortlybefore their mamage in 15(15. Charles I. was created dukoof Albany, on his at Dunfermline in 1600, his elderbrother Henry, who died in 1612, being duke of , thetitle of the kings eldest son. The following is a fac simile ofthe autograph and motto of this ill-fated prince, WTitten album in the Sloane MSS. No. 3415, as duke of Albany,in 1609, before he had completed the ninth year of his age: Albany king at arms was one of the secondary heraldiin Scotland, when Scotland was an independent Cha
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