Matthew (Stewart), 4th Earl of Lennox

1516 - 1571  (54 years)

• Name	Matthew (Stewart)  [1, 2]
  Suffix	4th Earl of Lennox
  Born	21 Sept. 1516  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Office	Regent of Scotland  [1]
  Died	4 Sept. 1571  [1]
  Person ID	I251	British Peerage & Gentry
  Last Modified	19 June 2018

  
  

  Father	John (Stewart), 3rd Earl of Lennox
  Mother	Lady Elizabeth Stewart
  Papal dispensation	29 Jan. 1511/12  [1]
  Family ID	F147	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lady Margaret Douglas,   b. 7 Oct. 1515, Harbottle, Alwinton, Northumberland, England ,   d. 9 March 1577/78  (Age 62 years)
  Married	29 June 1544  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Henry (Stuart), Lord Darnley, 1st Duke of Albany, King Consort of Scots,   b. 7 Dec. 1545,   d. 10 Feb. 1566/67, Kirk o' Field, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  (Age 21 years)
  Last Modified	19 June 2018
  Family ID	F146	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  He campaigned in Provence for Francois I against Charles V, 1536; was given King Henry VIII's niece for his wife and lived in exile in England, invading Scotland with 18 ships as English Lord Lieutenant of northern England and southern Scotland 1544; was forfeited for treason after invading Scotland again 1545; burnt the town of Annan 1547; raided Scotland again 1548; was restored 1564; became Regent for his grandson the King from 1570; defeated Huntly and the Hamiltons and besieged Edinburgh Castle 1571; was mortally wounded while a prisoner during the attack by Huntly and Lord Claud Hamilton on his Parliament at Stirling; and died after rescue 4 Sept. 1571.

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] BLGS 2001, Peter de Vere Beauclerk Dewar (ed.), page 1282. [S7] BLGS 2001, Peter de Vere Beauclerk Dewar (ed.), page lxvi.