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Matthew "Earl of Lennox" Stewart 1516–1571 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 Sep 1516

Birth Location: Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland

Death Date: 4 Sep 1571

Death Location: Stirling, Stirlingshire, England

Father: John Stewart

Mother: Elizabeth Stewart

Spouse(s): Lady Douglas

Children(s): Margaret Stewart, Mungo STEWART, Agnes STEWART, Elizabeth STEWART, Henry Stuart, Charles Lennox, John Hamilton, Esme Stuart, Claud Hamilton, Charles Stuart, Alice Warriner, Margaret McDowell, Alice Warriner, Lady Stuart, Robert HOWARD, Henry Darnley, James England

Matthew "Earl of Lennox" Stewart was born in 1516 in Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, the child of John Stewart And Elizabeth Stewart. Matthew "Earl of Lennox" Stewart married Lady Margaret Countess Lennox Douglas, and had children including Agnes Stewart, Alice Warriner, Charles Stuart, Charles Stuart Lennox, Claud Hamilton, Elizabeth Stewart, Esme Stuart, Henry Stewart Lord Darnley, Henry Stuart, James I Stewart England, John Hamilton, Lady Arabella Stuart, Margaret Mcdowell, Margaret Stewart, Mungo Stewart, Robert Howard. Matthew "Earl of Lennox" Stewart passed away in 1571 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, England.

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Biography

  • Matthew "Earl of Lennox" Stewart was born in 1516 in Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, the child of John Stewart And Elizabeth Stewart.
  • Matthew "Earl of Lennox" Stewart married Lady Margaret Countess Lennox Douglas, and had children including Agnes Stewart, Alice Warriner, Charles Stuart, Charles Stuart Lennox, Claud Hamilton, Elizabeth Stewart, Esme Stuart, Henry Stewart Lord Darnley, Henry Stuart, James I Stewart England, John Hamilton, Lady Arabella Stuart, Margaret Mcdowell, Margaret Stewart, Mungo Stewart, Robert Howard.
  • Matthew "Earl of Lennox" Stewart passed away in 1571 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Stewart
1492–1526
Birth Location: Lennox, Scotland
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Elizabeth Stewart
1492–1555
Birth Location: Of, Fife, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Lady Douglas
1515–1578
Birth Location: Harbottle, Northumberland, England
LD

Children(s)

Margaret Stewart
1497–1528
Birth Location: Lennox, Scotland
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Mungo STEWART
1499–
Birth Location: Lennox, Scotland
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Agnes STEWART
1501–
Birth Location: Lennox, Scotland
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Elizabeth STEWART
1501–
Birth Location: Lennox, Scotland
ES
Henry Stuart
1531–
Birth Location: –
HS
Charles Lennox
1531–1576
Birth Location: –
CL
John Hamilton
1535–1604
Birth Location: Arron, Butshire, Scotland
JH
Esme Stuart
1542–
Birth Location: –
ES
Claud Hamilton
1543–1621
Birth Location: Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
CH
Charles Stuart
1545–1576
Birth Location: Harbottle, Northumberland, England
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Alice Warriner
1551–1619
Birth Location: Canterbury, Kent, England
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Margaret McDowell
1552–1627
Birth Location: Donegal, Ireland
MM
Alice Warriner
1561–1649
Birth Location: Canterbury, Kent, England
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Lady Stuart
1575–1615
Birth Location: Rufford, Nottinghamshire, England
LS
Robert HOWARD
1536–1598
Birth Location: Syon House, London, England
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Henry Darnley
1545–1567
Birth Location: Temple Newson, Yorkshire, England
HD
James England
1566–1625
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
JE

Matthew Stewart's Ancestors

Self
Matthew Stewart
1516–1571
Birth Place: Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Parents
John Stewart
1492–1526
Lennox, Scotland
Elizabeth Stewart
1492–1555
Of, Fife, Scotland
Grandparents
Matthew Stewart
1472–1513
Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Elizabeth Hamilton
1473–1531
Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
John ("Earl of Atholl") Stewart
1440–1512
Balvenie, Fife, Scotland
Eleanor Sinclair
1457–1518
Ravenscraig, Fife, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John Stewart
1428–1495
Margaret Montgomerie
1428–1461
James Hamilton
1479–1479
Mary Stewart
1452–1488
James Stewart
1383–1451
Joan Beaufort
1406–1445
William Sinclair
1408–1480
Marjory Sutherland
1436–1480
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Stewart
1380–1439
Catherine Seton
1410–1478
Alexander Montgomerie
1398–1470
Margaret Boyd
1413–1453
James Hamilton
1398–1441
Janet Livingstone
1400–1439
James Stewart
1430–1460
Marie Geldern
1432–1463
John Stewart
1350–1421
Isabella Ergardia
1362–1439
Sir Beaufort
1371–1410
Margaret DeHoland
1385–1439
Henry Sinclair
1389–1422
Egidia Douglas
1391–1438
Alexander Sutherland
1395–1456
Marione Ile
1410–1504

Matthew Stewart's Descendants

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Matthew ("Earl of Lennox") Stewart (21 Sep 1516–4 Sep 1571) m. Lady (Margaret "Countess Lennox") Douglas (13 Oct 1515–7 Mar 1578)
  1. 1. Margaret Stewart 1497–1528
  2. 2. Mungo STEWART 1499–
  3. 3. Agnes STEWART 1501–
  4. 4. Elizabeth STEWART 1501–
  5. 5. Henry Stuart 1531–
  6. 6. Charles (Stuart) Lennox 1531–1576
  7. 7. John Hamilton 1535–1604
  8. 8. Esme Stuart 1542–
  9. 9. Claud Hamilton 1543–1621
  10. 10. Charles Stuart 1545–1576
  11. 11. Alice Warriner 1551–1619
  12. 12. Margaret McDowell 1552–1627
  13. 13. Alice Warriner 1561–1649
  14. 14. Lady (Arabella) Stuart 1575–1615
  15. 15. Robert HOWARD 1536–1598
  16. 16. Henry (Stewart Lord) Darnley 1545–1567 m. Mary (I of Scotland) Stuart 1542–1587
    1. 1. John Stuart 1519–1567
    2. 2. Catherine Stewart 1564–1610 m. Charles Gunter 1562–1643
      1. 1. John Gunter 1590–1679
        1. 1. John Gunter 1624–1696 m. Johanna Bendall 1651–1696
      2. 2. Urslea Gunter 1591–1592
      3. 3. Alice Gunter 1600–1601
      4. 4. Anthony Gunter 1602–1603
      5. 5. Anne Gunter 1603–1604
      6. 6. Temperance Gunter 1608–1646
      7. 7. Charles Gunter 1610–1646
      8. 8. Jane Gunter 1612–1613
      9. 9. Robert Gunter 1614–1654
      10. 10. Pardingando GUNTER 1605–1655
    3. 3. Seigneur (dAubig) STUART 1519–1567
    4. 4. Mary (Elizabeth) Stuart 1762–
  17. 17. James (I Stewart) England 1566–1625 m. Anne Denmark 1574–1619
    1. 1. Henry (Frederick) Stuart 1593–1612
    2. 2. Elizabeth ("Queen of Bohemia") Stuart 1596–1662 m. Frederick (V "Elector Palatine") Wittelsbach 1596–1632
      1. 1. Frederick (Henry) Wittelsbach 1614–1629
      2. 2. Charles (Louis "Elector Palatine") Wittelsbach 1617–1680
      3. 3. Elizabeth ("Princess Palatine") Wittelsbach 1618–1680
      4. 4. Rupert ("Prince of the Rhine") Wittelsbach 1619–1682
      5. 5. Maurice ("Prince von Simmern") Wittelsbach 1620–1652
      6. 6. Louise (Marie Hollandine) Wittelsbach 1622–1709
      7. 7. Ludwig Wittelsbach 1624–1624
      8. 8. Edward ("Count Palatine of Simmern") Wittelsbach 1625–1663
      9. 9. Henrietta (Maria) Wittelsbach 1626–1651
      10. 10. Johann (Philip Frederick) Wittelsbach 1627–1650
      11. 11. Charlotte Wittelsbach 1628–1631
      12. 12. Sophia ("Electress consort of Brunswick-Luneburg") Wittelsbach 1630–1714 m. Ernest (Augustus "Elector of Hanover") Augustus 1629–1698
        1. 1. King (George I of Hanover and Great) Britain 1660–1727 m. Sophia Dorothea 1666–1726
        2. 2. Frederick (Augustus) Hanover 1661–1690
        3. 3. Maximillian (William) Hanover 1666–1726
        4. 4. Sophia (Charlotte) Hanover 1668–1705
        5. 5. Charles (Philip) Hanover 1669–1690
      13. 13. Gustavus (Adolfus) Wittelsbach 1631–1640
    3. 3. Margaret Stuart 1598–1600
    4. 4. Charles (I England Scotland) Stuart 1600–1649 m. Henrietta (Maria England) deBourbon 1609–1669
      1. 1. Charles (II Stuart King of England, Scotland and) Ireland 1630–1685 m. Mistress (Mary) Davis 1648–1708 m. Mistress (Elizabeth Killigrew Viscountess) Shannon 1622–1680 m. Mistress (Lucy) Walter 1630–1658 m. Catherine (Princess of) Portugal 1638–1705
        1. 1. Lady (Mary Tudor 2d Countess Of) Derwenwater 1673–1726 m. Edward (Radclyffe 2d Earl) Derwenwater 1655–1705 m. James Rooke 1660–1773 m. Henry Graham 1665–1707
        2. 2. Charlotte (FitzRoy Countess of) Yarmouth 1650–1684
        3. 3. James (Scott 1st Duke of) Monmouth 1649–1685
      2. 2. Mary (Henrietta) Stewart 1631–1660
      3. 3. James (VII of England Scotland) Stuart 1633–1701 m. Anne (Hyde Duchess of York, Duchess of) Albany 1638–1671 m. Maria (Beatrice Anne Margaret Isabel d'Este, of) Modena 1658–1718 m. Arabella (Godfrey Churchill Mistress of James) II 1648–1730
        1. 1. James (Francis Edward Stuart Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, King of England, Scotland and Ireland, Earl of Chester, Eart of) Car 1688–1766
        2. 2. Louisa (Maria Teresa Stuart The Princess) Royal 1692–1712
        3. 3. Edgar (Stuart Duke of) Cambridge 1667–1671
        4. 4. Charles (Stuart Duke of) Kendal 1666–1667
        5. 5. Charles (Stuart Duke of) Cambridge 1660–1661
        6. 6. Isabel Stuart 1676–1681
        7. 7. Mary (II Stuart Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, Prinses van) Oranje 1662–1694
        8. 8. Anne (Stuart Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, Queen of Great) Britain 1665–1714
        9. 9. James (Stuart Duke of Cambridge, Baron of Dauntsey, Earl of) Cambridge 1663–1667
        10. 10. Countess (Henrietta Fitzjames Butler , Lady Waldevrave, Viscountess Galmoye (Said mistress of Charles Calvert), daughter of King James) II 1670–1730
        11. 11. James (FitzJames) Stuart 1670–1734
        12. 12. Henry (Fitzjames Duke of) Albemarle 1673–1702
        13. 13. Arabella (( Stuart ) Fitz) james 1674–1704
      4. 4. Henrietta (Anne) Stuart 1644–1670
      5. 5. Henry Stuart 1640–1660
      6. 6. Catherine Stuart 1639–1639
      7. 7. Charles (James) Stuart 1629–1629
      8. 8. Elizabeth Stuart 1635–1650
      9. 9. Anne Stuart 1637–1640
    5. 5. Robert (Bruce Kintyre) Stuart 1602–1602
    6. 6. James (VI) Scotland 1603–1603
    7. 7. Mary (Anne) Stuart 1605–1607
    8. 8. Sophia Stuart 1606–1606

Matthew Stewart's Timeline

2 Records

1516
21 Sep 1516
Birth of Matthew "Earl of Lennox" Stewart in Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
1571
4 Sep 1571
Age 55
Death of Matthew "Earl of Lennox" Stewart in Stirling, Stirlingshire, England
Stirling, Stirlingshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 Sep 1516
    Event Place: Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 Sep 1571
    Event Place: Stirling, Stirlingshire, England
    Record Source: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
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