Person:Matthew Stewart (14)

Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox
b.Bef 5 May 1488
m. 15 May 1438
  1. Elizabeth Stewart1460 - 1529
  2. Robert Stewart, 5th Lord of AubignyAbt 1470 - 1544
  3. Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of LennoxBef 1488 - 1513
  4. Sir John Stewart, Seigneur d'Oison
  • HMatthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of LennoxBef 1488 - 1513
  • WElizabeth Hamilton1473 - Aft 1531
m. 9 Apr 1494
  1. John Stewart, 3rd Earl of LennoxAbt 1490 - 1526
  • HMatthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of LennoxBef 1488 - 1513
  • WMargaret Lyle
  1. Janet StewartAbt 1493 - Bef 1523
Facts and Events
Name Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox
Alt Name Matthew Stewart, of Darnley
Alt Name Matthew Stewart, 11th Earl of Lennox
Gender Male
Birth[2] Bef 5 May 1488
Marriage 9 Apr 1494 to Elizabeth Hamilton
Marriage to Margaret Lyle
Death[2] 9 Sep 1513 Branxton, Northumberland, England Combatant of Flodden
Reference Number? Q1909599?

Matthew Stewart

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Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox (14609 September 1513), was a prominent Scottish nobleman. Stewart was the son of John Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox, and Margaret Montgomerie, daughter of Alexander Montgomerie, 1st Lord Montgomerie. He died fighting in the Battle of Flodden Field.

He married firstly, on 13 June 1490, Margaret Lyle, daughter of Robert Lyle, 2nd Lord Lyle, Chief Justiciar of Scotland. On 9 April 1494, he married Elizabeth Hamilton, daughter of James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton, and Mary Stewart, Princess of Scotland, daughter of King James II of Scotland.

Stewart and Elizabeth Hamilton had six children: Mungo Stewart, Agnes Stewart, John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox, Margaret Stewart, Elizabeth Stewart, and Catherine Stewart.

He was Lord Provost of Glasgow in 1497, and from 1509 to 1513.

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References
  1.   Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matthew Stewart, 11th Earl of Lennox, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.