Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox

Matthew Stewart
2nd Earl of Lennox
Spouse(s) Margaret Lyle
Elizabeth Hamilton
Noble family Stewart of Darnley
Father John Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox
Mother Margaret Montgomerie
Born before 5 May 1488
Died 9 September 1513(1513-09-09)
Flodden

Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox (Bef. 5 May 1488 – 9 September 1513, Flodden) was a prominent Scottish nobleman. Stewart was the son of John Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox, and Margaret Montgomerie, daughter of Alexander, Master of Montgomerie.

He married firstly, on 13 June 1490, Margaret Lyle, daughter of Robert Lyle, Lord Lyle. 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 1509–1513.

Ancestors

Sources

G. E. Cokayne et al., eds. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant. Reprint ed. (Gloucester, UK: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000).

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