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Sir Matthew Stuart, 4th Earl of Lennox 1516–1571 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 Sep 1516

Birth Location: Dunbarton Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland

Death Date: 4 Sep 1571

Death Location: Stirling, Stirling, Scotland

Father: Sir Lennox

Mother: Lady Lennox

Spouse(s): Margaret Lennox

Children(s): Henry Albany, Charles Lennox, Esmé Aubigny

In 1516, Sir Matthew Stuart, 4th Earl of Lennox entered the world in Dunbarton Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, born to Sir John Stewart 3Rd Earl Of Lennox Grandson Henry Married Mary Queen Of Scots Knight Of Lennox And Lady Elizabeth Stewart Countess Of Lennox. Sir Matthew Stuart, 4th Earl of Lennox married Margaret Douglas Countess Lennox, and had children including Charles Lennox Stuart 5Th Earl Of Lennox, Esme Esme Stewart Of Darnley 1St Duke Of Lennox 6Th Lord Of Aubigny, Henry Lord Darnley Stuart King Consort Of Scotland Duke Of Albany. Sir Matthew Stuart, 4th Earl of Lennox passed away in 1571 in Stirling, Stirling, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1516, Sir Matthew Stuart, 4th Earl of Lennox entered the world in Dunbarton Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, born to Sir John Stewart 3Rd Earl Of Lennox Grandson Henry Married Mary Queen Of Scots Knight Of Lennox And Lady Elizabeth Stewart Countess Of Lennox.
  • Sir Matthew Stuart, 4th Earl of Lennox married Margaret Douglas Countess Lennox, and had children including Charles Lennox Stuart 5Th Earl Of Lennox, Esme Esme Stewart Of Darnley 1St Duke Of Lennox 6Th Lord Of Aubigny, Henry Lord Darnley Stuart King Consort Of Scotland Duke Of Albany.
  • Sir Matthew Stuart, 4th Earl of Lennox passed away in 1571 in Stirling, Stirling, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Lennox
1490–1526
Birth Location: Atholl, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
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Lady Lennox
1494–1564
Birth Location: Atholl, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Lennox
1515–1578
Birth Location: Harbottle Castle, Northumberland, England
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Children(s)

Henry Albany
1545–1567
Birth Location: Temple Newsam, Yorkshire, ENG
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Charles Lennox
1555–1576
Birth Location: Harbottle, Northumberland, England
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Esmé Aubigny
1542–1583
Birth Location: Lennox Castle, Midlothian, Scotland
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Sir Lennox's Ancestors

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Sir Lennox
1516–1571
Birth Place: Dunbarton Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox, grandson Henry married Mary Queen of Scots, knight of Lennox
1490–1526
Atholl, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Lady (Elizabeth Stewart, Countess of) Lennox
1494–1564
Atholl, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Matthew (Stuart, 2nd Earl of) Lennox
1460–1513
Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Elizabeth (Hamilton, Countess of) Lennox
1473–1531
Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John Lennox
1428–1495
Margaret Lennox
1436–1493
James Arran
1410–1479
Marjory Hamilton
1430–1488
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Alan d'Aubigny
1408–1439
Catherine Dunbar
1410–1478
Sir Montgomerie
1404–1452
Elizabeth Hepburn
1408–1457
James Cazow
1398–1441
Janet Arran
1399–1457
James Scots
1430–1460
Mary Scotland
1433–1463

Sir Lennox's Descendants

1.
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Sir (Matthew Stuart, 4th Earl of) Lennox (21 Sep 1516–4 Sep 1571) m. Margaret (Douglas, Countess) Lennox (8 Oct 1515–7 Mar 1578)
  1. 1. Henry ("Lord Darnley" Stuart, King Consort of Scotland, Duke of) Albany 1545–1567 m. Mary (I Stuart, Queen of Scots, Queen Consort of France until Dec 1560,) Catholic 1542–1587
    1. 1. James (VI (James I England) Stuart, King of Scots & England, Protestant: upheld Divine Right of Kings, In 1603, James succeeded his cousin Elizabeth) I 1566–1625 m. Anne (Oldenburg of Denmark, Queen consort of Scotland, England and) Ireland 1574–1619
      1. 1. Charles (I 'the Martyr' Stuart, King of England, Ireland, and Scotland, K.G., Duke of York, raised very) English 1600–1649 m. Henrietta (Maria de Bourbon, Princess Royal of France, Queen Consort of) England 1609–1669
        1. 1. Charles (II "The Merry Monarch" Stuart, King of England, Scotland & Ireland, K.G., Protestant but closet) Catholic 1630–1685 m. Catherine (of Braganza, Princess of Portugal, Queen Consort of England, Scotland &) Ireland 1638–1705 m. Barbara (Villiers (Palmer) Countess of Castlemaine, Duchess of) Castlemaine 1640–1709 m. Lucy (Walter alias Barlow,) (mistress) 1630–1658 m. Eleanor (Nell) Gwynne 1650–1687 m. Eleanor ('Nell' Gwynne, Actress, Royal) mistress 1650–1687 m. Louise (de Kéroualle, Royal) Mistress 1649–1734
        2. 2. Mary (Stuart, Princess Royal & Princess of) Orange 1631–1660 m. William (II Prince of) Orange 1626–1650 m. Philippe DeCarteret 1610–1667
        3. 3. James (II ( VI) Stuart, Catholic King of Scots, England and) Ireland 1633–1701 m. Anne (Hyde, Queen of England, Duchess of) York 1637–1671 m. Mary (Beatrice of Modena, Queen consort of England, Scotland and) Ireland 1658–1718
        4. 4. Elizabeth (Stuart, Princess of) England 1635–1650
        5. 5. Henry (Stuart, 1st and last Duke of) Gloucester 1640–1660
        6. 6. Henrietta (Anne Stuart, Princess of) England 1644–1670 m. Philippe (I de Bourbon, Duke of) Orléans 1640–1701
      2. 2. Elizabeth ("Winter Queen" Stuart of Scotland, Queen of) Bohemia 1596–1662 m. Frederick (V, Friedrich "The Winter King" Wittelsbach der Pfalz, Elector Palatine, King of Bohemia, Calvinist-30 Years War: exiled to) Netherlands 1596–1632
        1. 1. Sophia (Hanover Wittelsbach of the Palatinate, Electress of Brunswick-Luneburg; per Parliament: only her Protestant descendents can be in succession for British) crown 1630–1714 m. Ernst (August I von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Elector of) Hanover 1629–1698
        2. 2. Rupert (Wittelsbach, Palatine Rhine, German Pfalgraph bel Rhien, Duke of Cumberland & Bavaria, German soldier, admiral, scientist, English Civil) War 1619–1682 m. Francesca (Frances) Bard 1646–1708 m. Margaret ("Peg") Hughes 1630–1719
        3. 3. Heinrich (Freidrich Palatine Wittelsbach von der) Pfalz 1614–1629
        4. 4. Elizabeth (Charlotte Wittelsbach, Abbess Herford Bohemia) (Palatine) 1618–1680
        5. 5. Charles (I Karl Louis Ludwig Wittelsbach, Elector Palatine, 30 Years in) exile 1617–1680 m. Charlotte (von Hessen-Kassel, consort, difficult and) ill-tempered 1627–1686
        6. 6. Johann (Philip Frederick Wittelsbach, Bohemia) Palatine 1627–1650
        7. 7. Charlotte (Bohemia Wittelsbach, Countess) Palatine 1628–1631
        8. 8. Gustavus (Adolfus Wittelsbach, Palatinate) Simmern 1632–1640
        9. 9. Edward (Wittlesbach Palatine) Simmern 1624–1663
        10. 10. Henriette (Marie Wittelsbach, Countess Palatine) Simmern 1626–1651
        11. 11. Ludwig (von Wittelsbach Wittelsbach Palatine) Simmern 1623–1625
      3. 3. Henry (Frederick Stuart, Knight of the Garter, Prince Of) Wales 1594–1612 m. Lady (Elizabeth) Raleigh 1589–1661
        1. 1. Lady (Mary Tudor) Frederick 1612–1650
  2. 2. Charles (Lennox Stuart, 5th Earl Of) Lennox 1555–1576 m. Elisabeth Cavendish 1555–1582
    1. 1. Lady (Arabella Stuart,) marquess 1575–1615 m. Sir (William Seymour, Marquis and Earl of Hertford, Duke of) Somerset 1587–1660
      1. 1. Mary (Barrett (some chance born Seymour), ( Dyer) Puritan turned Quaker one of 4 martyrs) executed 1610–1660 m. Captain (William Dyer Dyre Dier, a founding settler of both Portsmouth and Newport, and Rhode Island's first Attorney) General 1609–1672
        1. 1. Major (William) Dyer 1640–1688 m. Mary Dyer 1640–1688
        2. 2. Charles (Dyre) Sr 1650–1709 m. Martha Dyer 1643–1744
        3. 3. Samuel (Dyer, possibly born on the Atlantic Ocean while his parents were immigrating from England to) Boston 1635–1678 m. Ann (Hutchinson) (Vernon) 1643–1716
        4. 4. Henry ('Levi') Dyer 1647–1690 m. Elizabeth Dyer 1655–1718
      2. 2. Frances Seymour 1610–1673
      3. 3. Robert Seymour 1622–1642
  3. 3. Esmé (Esme Stewart of Darnley, 1st Duke of Lennox, 6th Lord of) Aubigny 1542–1583 m. Lady (Katherine De) Balsac 1547–1631
    1. 1. Henrietta (Stewart Marchioness of) Huntly 1573–1642 m. George (Gordon, 1st Marquess of) Huntly 1562–1636
      1. 1. Anna Gordon 1590–1674 m. Lord (James Stewart, 3rd Earl of) Moray 1582–1638
        1. 1. James (Stuart, 4th Earl van Moray, Lord Provosts of) Edinburgh 1608–1652 m. Anna Hope 1608–1649
        2. 2. Symon (Renfro) Stewart, 1613–1690
    2. 2. Lady (Marie (Mary) Stuart of Lennox, Countess of) Mar 1576–1644 m. John (Erskine, Knight of the Garter, Lord Treasurer, 1st Lord Cardross, 19th Earl of) Mar 1556–1634
      1. 1. Catherine (Erskine of) Mar 1603–1635 m. Thomas (Hamilton, 2nd Earl of) Haddington 1600–1640
        1. 1. Grace (Janet) Hamilton 1625–1700 m. James (Cuik) Cook 1625–1670
        2. 2. Alexander Hamilton 1630–
        3. 3. Sir (John Hamilton, 4th Earl of) Haddington 1626–1669 m. Christian (de) Lindsay 1632–1704
        4. 4. James Hamilton 1635–1693 m. Rachel Denhame 1643–
        5. 5. Sir (Thomas Hamilton, 3rd Earl of) Haddington 1624–1645
        6. 6. Sir (Robert Hamilton of) Haddington 1633–1692
      2. 2. Mary Erskine 1593–1665
      3. 3. James Erskine 1594–1638
      4. 4. Henry (Erskine, Baron of) Cardross 1605–1628 m. Margaret Bellenden 1602–1640
        1. 1. David (Erskine, Baron) Cardross 1627–1671
        2. 2. Sir (Alexander) Erskine –1650
      5. 5. James (Erskine, Earl of) Buchan 1600–1634
      6. 6. Charles Erskine 1611–1663 m. Helen Skene 1613–1691
        1. 1. John (Erskine, Baron of) Rosslyn 1635–1663 m. Mary Maule 1655–1708
    3. 3. Esme (Stewart of Darnley, 3rd Duke of Lennox, Seigneur of) Aubigny 1579–1624
    4. 4. Gabrielle Stewart 1578–
    5. 5. Ludovic (Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox, 1st Duke of) Richmond 1574–1624

Sir Lennox's Timeline

2 Records

1516
21 Sep 1516
Birth of Sir Matthew Stuart, 4th Earl of Lennox in Dunbarton Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Dunbarton Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
1571
4 Sep 1571
Age 55
Death of Sir Matthew Stuart, 4th Earl of Lennox in murdered during an attack on Parliament , Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland
murdered during an attack on Parliament , Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 Sep 1516
    Event Place: Dunbarton Castle, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 2707694
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 Sep 1571
    Event Place: murdered during an attack on Parliament , Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 2707694
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [3] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: The blood royal of Britain : being a roll of the living descendants of Edward IV and Henry VIII , k

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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