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Matthew Stuart IV Earl of Lennox 1516–1571 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 Sep 1516

Birth Location: Harbottle Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland

Death Date: 4 Sep 1571

Death Location: Stirling, Scotland

Father: John III

Mother: Lady 12thGGM

Spouse(s): Margaret (2ndC12XR)

Children(s): Sir Darnley, Charles, Stuart, Henry Stuart, Arabella (Stewart), Margaret Stewart, Margaret McDowell, Robert Stewart, ALICE HOWARD, Mungo STEWART, Elizabeth STEWART, Agnes STEWART, Charles Lennox, Charles Stuart, Esme Stuart, Henry Stuart, Alice Warriner, Charles Lennox, Henry Stewart

In 1516, Matthew Stuart IV Earl of Lennox entered the world in Harbottle Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, born to John Stewart Earl Van Lennox Iii And Lady Elizabeth Elspeth Stewart Stuart 12Thggm. Matthew Stuart IV Earl of Lennox married Margaret Douglas Stewart Countess Of Lennox Lady 1515 2Ndc12Xr, and had children including Agnes Stewart, Alice Lady Clifford Howard, Alice Warriner, Arabella Stuart Stewart, Charles 5Th Earl Of Lennox Stuart, Charles Stewart Lennox, Charles Stuart, Charles Stuart Lennox, Elizabeth Stewart, Esme Stuart, Henry Stewart, Henry Stuart, Margaret Stewart, Margaret Stewart Mcdowell, Mungo Stewart, Robert Howard Stewart, Sir Henry Stuart Lord Darnley King Consort Of Scotland Duke Of Albany Lord Darnley. Matthew Stuart IV Earl of Lennox passed away in 1571 in Stirling, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1516, Matthew Stuart IV Earl of Lennox entered the world in Harbottle Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, born to John Stewart Earl Van Lennox Iii And Lady Elizabeth Elspeth Stewart Stuart 12Thggm.
  • Matthew Stuart IV Earl of Lennox married Margaret Douglas Stewart Countess Of Lennox Lady 1515 2Ndc12Xr, and had children including Agnes Stewart, Alice Lady Clifford Howard, Alice Warriner, Arabella Stuart Stewart, Charles 5Th Earl Of Lennox Stuart, Charles Stewart Lennox, Charles Stuart, Charles Stuart Lennox, Elizabeth Stewart, Esme Stuart, Henry Stewart, Henry Stuart, Margaret Stewart, Margaret Stewart Mcdowell, Mungo Stewart, Robert Howard Stewart, Sir Henry Stuart Lord Darnley King Consort Of Scotland Duke Of Albany Lord Darnley.
  • Matthew Stuart IV Earl of Lennox passed away in 1571 in Stirling, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

John III
1492–1526
Birth Location: Lennox, East-Dunbartonshire, Schotland
JI
Lady 12thGGM
1485–1564
Birth Location: Balveny, Fife, Scotland
L1

Spouses(s)

Margaret (2ndC12XR)
1515–1578
Birth Location: Harbottle, Northumberland Unitary Authority, Northumberland, England
M(

Children(s)

Sir Darnley
1545–1567
Birth Location: Temple, Yorkshire, England
SD
Charles, Stuart
1555–1576
Birth Location: Rufford, Nottinghamshire, England
CS
Henry Stuart
1544–1545
Birth Location: –
HS
Arabella (Stewart)
1575–1615
Birth Location: Rufford, Nottinghamshire, England
A(
Margaret Stewart
1497–1528
Birth Location: Lennox, Scotland
MS
Margaret McDowell
1552–1627
Birth Location: , Donegal, , Ireland
MM
Robert Stewart
1537–1623
Birth Location: Syon House, London, ENG
RS
ALICE HOWARD
1551–1619
Birth Location: Canterbury, Kent, England
AH
Mungo STEWART
1499–
Birth Location: Lennox, Scotland
MS
Elizabeth STEWART
1501–
Birth Location: Of, Lennox, Scotland
ES
Agnes STEWART
1501–
Birth Location: Of, Lennox, Scotland
AS
Charles Lennox
1531–1576
Birth Location: Harbottle, Northumberland, England
CL
Charles Stuart
1533–1578
Birth Location: –
CS
Esme Stuart
1542–1583
Birth Location: England
ES
Henry Stuart
1531–
Birth Location: –
HS
Alice Warriner
1561–1649
Birth Location: Canterbury, Kent, England
AW
Charles Lennox
1555–1576
Birth Location: Harbottle, Northumberland, England
CL
Henry Stewart
1546–1566
Birth Location: Cousins, McKinley, New Mexico, United States
HS

Matthew Lennox's Ancestors

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Matthew Lennox
1516–1571
Birth Place: Harbottle Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Parents
John Stewart Earl van Lennox III
1492–1526
Lennox, East-Dunbartonshire, Schotland
Lady (Elizabeth (Elspeth) Stewart (Stuart)) 12thGGM
1485–1564
Balveny, Fife, Scotland
Grandparents
Matthew (Stewart Earl van) Lennox
1472–1513
Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Schotland
Elisabeth Hamilton
1475–1535
Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
James (STEWART II of Scotland , 1st Earl of BUCHAN (Hearty) (14th,19thGGF) * (Y-DNA R1b-L21-L745)) R1b1a1b1a1a2c
1442–1499
Lorn, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John Lennox
1428–1495
Margaret Montgomery
1433–1475
James Sir
1415–1479
Mary Stewart
1453–1488
James Lorn
1400–1449
Joan mute)
1424–1437
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Stewart
1408–1439
Lady Stewart
1410–1478
Sir Montgomerie
1403–1470
Lady Montgomerie
1409–1460
Hamilton Renfrewshire
1384–1441
Janet Livingstone
1400–1439
King Scots
1430–1460
Queen Scotland
1430–1463
Sir Stewart
1350–1421
Isabel Stewart
1355–1439
*Sir GG
1371–1410
Lady 15thGGM
1385–1439

Matthew Lennox's Descendants

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Matthew (Stuart IV Earl of) Lennox (21 Sep 1516–4 Sep 1571) m. Margaret (Douglas Stewart , Countess of Lennox (Lady) (1515)) (2ndC12XR) (8 October 1515–7 March 1578)
  1. 1. Sir (Henry Stuart; Lord Darnley - King Consort of Scotland; Duke of Albany; Lord) Darnley 1545–1567 m. HRH (Mary I Stuart - Princess of Scotland; Dauphine & Queen Consort of France; Queen of) Scots 1542–1587
    1. 1. HRM (James Stuart - King of Scotland, James VI; England & Ireland King James) I 1566–1625 m. Anne (Murray (also the mistress of King James) VI) 1575–1618 m. Anne (Princess Anne of Denmark og Norway, von Oldenburg Oldenburg Queen consort of Scotland, England and Ireland af Danmark og Norge von Oldenburg) O 1574–1619
      1. 1. James (I) Stuart 1566–1625 m. Anne Oldenburg 1574–1619
        1. 1. Henry (Frederick) Stuart 1594–1612
        2. 2. Elizabeth Stuart 1596–1662
        3. 3. Charles (I) Stuart 1600–1649
      2. 2. Hendrik (Frederik) Stuart 1595–1595
      3. 3. Elizabeth (Bohemia) Stuart 1596–1662
      4. 4. Elizabeth Darnley 1596–1663
      5. 5. Henry (Frederick Stuart , Prince of Wales (1593-1612)) (5thC9XR) 1593–1612
      6. 6. Child Stuart 1595–1595
      7. 7. Elizabeth (QE8' Electress Palatine and Queen of Bohemia' Stuart 'Princess of Scotland' 'The Winter) Queen' 1596–1662 m. King (Frederick V of Bohemia Elector of Palatine Wittelsbach 'The Winter King' ( de SIMMERN ) (1596-1632) (6thC10XR) In Darmstadt , died of "pestilential fever" possibly plague) * 1596–1632
        1. 1. Ludwig (Count Palatine) (6thC8XR) 1623–1625
        2. 2. Heinrich (Freidrich Prince of the Palatinate Simmern) (6C8XR) 1614–1629
        3. 3. Moritz (Count) Palatine 1621–1654
        4. 4. Frederick (Henry) Wittelsbach 1614–1629
        5. 5. Elizabeth (Hervorden) Wittelsbach 1618–1680
        6. 6. Louis Wittelsbach 1624–1625
        7. 7. Henrietta (Maria) Wittelsbach 1626–1651
        8. 8. Edward Wittelsbach 1625–1663
        9. 9. Charles (I) Wittelsbach 1617–1680
        10. 10. Sophia (of Hanover Wittelsbach) 3C9XR 1630–1714 m. King (Ernest Elector VonBrunswick Luneburg of Hanover) Augustus 1629–1698
        11. 11. Maurice Wittelsbach 1620–1654
        12. 12. Louisa Hollandine 1622–1709
        13. 13. Karl (Ludwig) Elector 1617–1680
        14. 14. Rupert (Of) Cumberland 1619–1682
        15. 15. Rupert (Palatine Rhine German Pfalgraph bel Rhien Herzog Duke of Cumberland) Wittelsbach 1619–1682
        16. 16. Johann (Philip Frederick Bohemia of the Palatine) Wittelsbach 1629–1650
        17. 17. Charlotte (Bohemia Countess of the Palatine Wittelsbach) (6thC8XR) 1628–1631
        18. 18. Gustavus (Adolfus Palatinate Simmern) Wittelsbach 1632–1640
        19. 19. Henriette (Marie of the Palatine) Simmern 1626–1651
        20. 20. Louise (Hollandine of the Palatinate- Simmern) (6thC8XR) 1622–1709
      8. 8. Alexander STUART 1597–
      9. 9. Margaret Stuart 1598–1600
      10. 10. Robert Stuart 1602–1602
      11. 11. Son (of) Scotland 1603–1603
      12. 12. Mary (Anne of) England 1599–1649
      13. 13. Sophia (of) England 1605–1607
      14. 14. Margaret Stuart 1598–1600
      15. 15. Charles (I Charles Ier King of England (1625\ The Martyr Károly King of England Knight of the Garter Duke of York King Charles the 1st of England) Scotl 1600–1648 m. Henrietta-Maria (de Bourbon) (1609) 1609–1669
        1. 1. Charles (II) Stuart 1630–1685
        2. 2. Elizabeth (of England Stuart Princess of) England 1635–1650
        3. 3. Joanna (Taylor) Brydges 1619–
        4. 4. Henry (Stuart Duke of) Gloucester 1640–1660
        5. 5. Anne (Stuart Princes of) England 1637–1640
        6. 6. Catherine (Stuart Princess of United) Kingdom 1639–1639
        7. 7. Charles (II of England, King of England, Scotland and) Ireland 1630–1685 m. Eleanor (" Nell " Gwyn (mistress of 3rdC9XR)) () 1650–1687 m. Catherine (of Braganza , Queen consort of England, Scotland and Ireland (Wife)) (1638-1705) 1638–1705 m. Barbara (1st Duchess of Cleveland Palmer (born) Villiers) 1640–1709 m. Louise (De Keroualle Penancout , Duchess of Portsmouth , Duchess of Aubigny ( Aubigny-sur-Nère given to her by Louis XIV) d'Aubigny . Kérouaille , the last mistress of King Charles II of England (Wife of 3rdC9XR)) (9thC11XR) 1649–1734
        8. 8. Henrietta (Anne Stuart Duchess of) Orléans 1644–1670
        9. 9. James (II Stuart King of England, VII of Scotland, and Ireland (Great Fire of London) (6thC8XR) R1b-L21 Y-DNA) R1b1a1b1a1a2c 1633–1701 m. Anne (Hyde (Wife of) 3rdC9XR) 1637–1671 m. Maria (( (Maria Beatrice Anna Margherita Isabella di Modena, Principessa di Modena, Duchess of York, Queen of England, Scotland and) Ireland 1658–1718 m. Arabella Churchill 1648–1730
        10. 10. Mary (Stuart Princess Royal of Great Britain) (6thC8XR) 1631–1660
      16. 16. Henry (of) England 1595–1610
      17. 17. Mary Stuart 1603–1603
      18. 18. Sophia Stuart 1606–1606
      19. 19. Margaret (Stuart) Scotland 1598–1600
      20. 20. Henrietta Stuart 1596–1650
    2. 2. Elizabeth Stewart 1520–1606 m. James (King of Scots) V 1512–1542
      1. 1. Alexander (Maclain) Stewart 1580–
      2. 2. Adam STEWART 1536–1606
      3. 3. Adam Stewart 1530–1606
      4. 4. Adam Stewart 1530–1606
    3. 3. John Stuart 1519–1567
  2. 2. Charles, (5th Earl of Lennox) Stuart 1555–1576
  3. 3. Henry Stuart 1544–1545
  4. 4. Arabella (Stuart) (Stewart) 1575–1615 m. William (Seymour Marquis of) Hertford 1587–1660
    1. 1. Mary (Seymour) Barrett 1607–1660
    2. 2. Jane Seymour 1637–1679
    3. 3. Arabella Seymour 1618–
    4. 4. Mary (Barrett) STEWART 1607–1660
    5. 5. Elizabeth Dudley 1600–1643
    6. 6. Edward Seymour 1620–
    7. 7. William (Lord Beauchamp) Seymour 1621–1645
    8. 8. Frances Seymour 1625–1680
    9. 9. John (Somerset Seymour) (4thC10XR) 1628–1675
    10. 10. John Somerset 1628–1675
    11. 11. Mary Finch 1628–1672
    12. 12. Jane Boyle 1637–1679
    13. 13. Frances Darcy –1681
  5. 5. Margaret Stewart 1497–1528
  6. 6. Margaret (Stewart) McDowell 1552–1627
  7. 7. Robert (Howard) Stewart 1537–1623
  8. 8. ALICE (LADY CLIFFORD) HOWARD 1551–1619
  9. 9. Mungo STEWART 1499–
  10. 10. Elizabeth STEWART 1501–
  11. 11. Agnes STEWART 1501–
  12. 12. Charles (Stuart) Lennox 1531–1576
  13. 13. Charles Stuart 1533–1578
  14. 14. Esme Stuart 1542–1583 m. Katherine (de Balsac ( Balzac )) (1547-1631) 1547–1631
    1. 1. Marie (Stewart (Lady)) (4thC10XR) 1576–1644 m. John (Erskine, 19th Earl of Mar) (Sir) 1556–1634
      1. 1. Catharina Erskine 1603–1634 m. Thomas (Hamilton Earl van) Haddington 1600–1640
        1. 1. John (Hamilton 4th Earl of Haddington (6thC8XR) (598 in Text)) * 1626–1669 m. Christian Lindsay 1632–1704
        2. 2. Thomas (Hamilton 3rd Earl of Haddington (#597 in Text)) (6thC8XR) 1628–1643
      2. 2. Margaret (Anna Erskine) Leslie 1599–1618 m. John (Leslie 6th Earl of) Rothes 1600–1641
        1. 1. Earl (John Leslie) Rothes 1630–1681 m. Anna (Lindsay ( Lady Anne )) (1stC11XR) 1631–1689
        2. 2. James (Leslie ( Reverend) ) 1616–1662 m. Margaret (Isabella Leslie (maiden name) missing) 1616–
        3. 3. Margaret Leslie 1620–1688
        4. 4. Mary Leslie 1618–1659
        5. 5. Christian Leslie 1628–
    2. 2. Lady (Henrietta Gabrielle Stewart ( Stuart )) (4thC10XR) 1573–1642 m. George Gordon 1560–1636
      1. 1. Jane ((Jean) Lady) Gordon 1601–1668 m. Claude (Lord Hamilton van) Strabane 1605–1638
        1. 1. James. (Hamilton** '3rd Baron of) Strabane' 1633–1655
        2. 2. George (Hamilton , 4th Baron Hamilton of Strabane (#26 in text)) (1stC9XR) 1636–1668
      2. 2. Mary (Gordon (1610-1674)) (2ndC10XR) 1610–1674 m. William (Marquess of Douglas) Douglas 1589–1658
        1. 1. Lady (Isabel Douglas) (1642) 1642–1691 m. William (Douglas , 1st Duke of Queensbury ( 3rd Earl of Queensberry ) 1st Marquess of Queensberry ( of Drumlanrig ) (1637) Consanguinity Index=0.16%. Inbreeding coefficient equal or higher than) 0.0156 1637–1695
        2. 2. Sir (William III Douglas Knight of the Garter Earl of Selkirk Duke of Douglas) Hamilton 1634–1694 m. Anne (Hamilton 3rd Duchess of Hamilton . The dukedom of Hamilton devolved on to her husband, William Douglas (#14 in text)) (1stC11XR) 1634–1716
        3. 3. Lady (Henrietta) Douglas 1633–1673
        4. 4. George Douglas 1635–1691
        5. 5. Lady (Catherine) Douglas 1644–1673
    3. 3. Esme (3rd Duke of Lennox) Stewart* 1579–1624 m. Catherine (2nd Baroness of Clifton Dowager Duchess of Lennox (Katherine)) * 1592–1637
  15. 15. Henry Stuart 1531–
  16. 16. Alice Warriner 1561–1649
  17. 17. Charles (Stewart) Lennox 1555–1576
  18. 18. Henry Stewart 1546–1566

Matthew Lennox's Timeline

3 Records

1516
21 Sep 1516
Birth of Matthew Stuart IV Earl of Lennox in McPherson Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
McPherson Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
1516
21 Sep 1516
Birth of Matthew Stuart IV Earl of Lennox in Harbottle Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Harbottle Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
1571
4 Sep 1571
Age 55
Death of Matthew Stuart IV Earl of Lennox in Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 Sep 1516
    Event Place: McPherson Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 Sep 1516
    Event Place: Harbottle Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 Sep 1571
    Event Place: Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Stirling, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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