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

Family of Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox

Sir Alexander Stewart               Sir John Stewart, 1st Seigneur d'Aubigny                       unknown member of clan 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).