Matthew Stuart, 4th Earl Lennox^[1]

1516 - 1571  (54 years)

• Name	Matthew Stuart
  Suffix	4th Earl Lennox
  Birth	21 Sep 1516	Dunbarton Castle
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	1526
  Death	4 Sep 1571	Stirling
  	Cause: Killed in an attack on Parliament.
  Notes	Regent of Scotland. The early part of his life was passed in the service of the crown of France in the wars of Italy. He returned home on the death of James V. He took French nationality in 1537, and from this date the French (Stuart) spelling of the name derives. The Complete Peerage vol.VII,pp.597-599. http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal01432 http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/STUART2.htm#Matthew%20STUART%20(4°%20E.%20Lennox)
  Person ID	I16591	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	17 Jan 2008

  
  

  Father	John Stewart, 3rd Earl Lennox   d. 4 Sep 1526, Linlithgow, Scotland
  Mother	Lady Elizabeth Stuart, Countess Lennox   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	19 Jan 1511
  Family ID	F7902	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lady Margaret Douglas, Countess Lennox,   b. 6 Oct 1515, Harbottle d. 9 Mar 1577, Hackney (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	29 Jun 1544	St.James's Palace
  Children	1. Henry Stuart,   b. Feb 1544   d. 29 Nov 1545 (Age ~ 1 years)   2. Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley,   b. 7 Dec 1545, Temple Newsham, Yorkshire d. 10 Feb 1567, Provost's House, Kirk o'the Field, Edin (Age 21 years)   3. Charles Stuart, 5th Earl Lennox,   b. 1555   d. 1576, London, Greater London, England (Age 21 years)
  Family ID	F7901	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Mar 2009

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).