- Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox
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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.
Ancestors
Ancestors of Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox Sir Alexander Stewart and unknown daughter Turnbull Sir John Stewart, 1st Seigneur d'Aubigny and Elizabeth ? Turnbull Sir Alan Stewart, 2nd Seigneur d'Aubigny Donnchadh, Earl of Lennox Elizabeth of Lennox Eilidh Caimbeul John Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox Sir John Seton of Seton Sir William Seton of Seton Katherine Sinclair Catherine Seton George Dunbar, 10th Earl of Dunbar Janet Dunbar Beatrice Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox Sir John Montgomerie of Ardrossan Alexander Montgomerie, 1st Lord Montgomerie Aigneis of the Isles Alexander, Master of Montgomerie Thomas Boyd, 5th Lord of Kilmarnock Margaret Boyd Margaret Montgomerie Sir Patrick Hepburn of Hailes the Younger Sir Adam Hepburn of Hailes ? Vaux Elizabeth Hepburn William Borthwick, 1st Lord Borthwick Janet Borthwick 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).
[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 AlbanyStewart Earls (1488–1581)
John Stewart · Matthew Stewart · John Stewart · Matthew Stewart · Charles Stewart · Robert Stewart · Esmé StewartStewart Dukes (1581–1672)
Esmé Stewart · Ludovic Stewart · Esmé Stewart · James Stewart · Esmé Stewart · Charles Stewart
¶ - Not from Lennox lineCategories:- Earls in the Peerage of Scotland
- Earls or mormaers of Lennox
- House of Stewart of Darnley
- Deaths at the Battle of Flodden
- 1513 deaths
- 1488 births
- Court of James IV of Scotland
- Scottish nobility stubs
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