Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox

Matthew Stewart
Matthew Stewart
2nd Earl of Lennox
Born	c. 1460
Died	9 September 1513
Cause of death	Died at the Battle of Flodden
Noble family	Stewart of Darnley
Spouse(s)	Margaret Lyle; Elizabeth Hamilton
Issue	6, including John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox
Father	John Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox
Mother	Margaret Montgomerie

Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox (c. 1460 – 9 September 1513) was a Scottish nobleman. He was the eldest son of John Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox, and his wife Margaret Montgomerie, daughter of Alexander Montgomerie, 1st Lord Montgomerie. He was Lord Provost of Glasgow in 1497, and from 1509 to 1513. He died fighting at the Battle of Flodden in 1513.^[1]

Marriages and issue

He married firstly, on 13 June 1490, Margaret Lyle, daughter of Robert Lyle, 2nd Lord Lyle, Chief Justiciar of Scotland. He married secondly, on 9 April 1494, Elizabeth Hamilton, daughter of James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton, and Mary Stewart, Princess of Scotland, daughter of King James II of Scotland.^[2]^[3]

With his second wife, he had six children – Mungo Stewart, Agnes Stewart, John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox,^[3] Margaret Stewart, Elizabeth Stewart, and Catherine Stewart.

Ancestors

Ancestors of Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox

Sir John Stewart, 1st Seigneur d'Aubigny

Sir Alan Stewart, 2nd Seigneur d'Aubigny

Elizabeth of Lennox

John Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox

Sir William Seton of Seton

Catherine Seton

Janet Dunbar

Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox

John Montgomerie of Ardrossan

Alexander Montgomerie, 1st Lord Montgomerie

Agnes MacDonald

Margaret Montgomerie

Thomas Boyd, 5th of Kilmarnock

Margaret Boyd

Isabel Boyd

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).

References

^ Sadler, John; Serdiville, Rosie (2011). The Battle of Flodden 1513. History Press. ISBN 9780752479132.
^ Jansen, Sharon L. (2002). The monstrous regiment of women: female rulers in early modern Europe. Queenship and Power (1. ed.). New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 263. ISBN 978-0-230-60211-3.
^ ^a ^b Ring, Morgan (2017). So high a blood: the story of Margaret Douglas, the Tudor that time forgot (First U.S. ed.). New York: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-63286-605-9. OCLC 982377715.

External links

Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox. The Stewart Society

Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by John Stewart	Earl of Lennox 1495–1513	Succeeded by John Stewart

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[1] Sadler, John; Serdiville, Rosie (2011). The Battle of Flodden 1513. History Press. ISBN 9780752479132.

[2] Jansen, Sharon L. (2002). The monstrous regiment of women: female rulers in early modern Europe. Queenship and Power (1. ed.). New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 263. ISBN 978-0-230-60211-3.

[:0-3] Ring, Morgan (2017). So high a blood: the story of Margaret Douglas, the Tudor that time forgot (First U.S. ed.). New York: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-63286-605-9. OCLC 982377715.

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v t e Mormaers or Earls of Lennox
[Known] Mormaers/Earls from Lennox line (to 1458)	David of Huntingdon ¶ Ailín I Ailín II Maol Domhnaich Maol Choluim I Maol Choluim II Domhnall Margaret with Baltar mac Amlaimh Donnchadh Isabella with Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany
Stewart Earls (1488–1581)	John Stewart Matthew Stewart John Stewart Matthew Stewart Charles Stewart Robert Stewart Esmé Stewart
Stewart Dukes (1581–1672)	Esmé Stewart Ludovic Stewart Esmé Stewart James Stewart Esmé Stewart Charles Stewart
¶ - Not from Lennox line