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STEWART, Matthew 2nd Earl of Lennox
(1460-1513)
HAMILTON, Elizabeth
(About 1475-)
STEWART, John of Balvenie, 1st Earl of Atholl, Sir
(About 1439-1512)
SINCLAIR, Eleanor
(About 1454-1518)
STEWART, John 3rd Earl of Lennox
(About 1490-1526)
STEWART, Anne
(About 1491-)
STEWART, Matthew 4th Earl of Lennox
(1516-1571)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. DOUGLAS, Margaret Countess of Lennox

STEWART, Matthew 4th Earl of Lennox 1 2

  • Born: 21 September 1516, Dumbarton Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland 1
  • Marriage (1): DOUGLAS, Margaret Countess of Lennox on 6 July 1544 1 2
  • Died: 4 September 1571, Stirling Castle, Scotland 1

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Matthew married Margaret DOUGLAS Countess of Lennox, daughter of Archibald DOUGLAS 6th Earl of Angus and Margaret TUDOR, on 6 July 1544.1 2 (Margaret DOUGLAS Countess of Lennox was born 7(8) October 1515 in Harbottle, Northumberland, England 2 and died on 7 March 1578 in London, England 1.)


  Marriage Notes:

"By his second wife the Earl (Archibald Douglas) had one daughter Margaret, born at Harbottle 8 October 1515, who became wife of Matthew, fourth Earl of Lennox, on 6 July 1544, and was mother of Henry, Lord Darnley, and others."

from Scots Peerage (vol 1) 2

Sources


1 ancestry.co.uk, Dictionary of National Biography.

2 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 1 (1904).

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