Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox (Bef. 5 May 1488 – 9 September 1513, Flodden) was a prominent Scottish nobleman. Stewart was the son of John Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox, and Margaret Montgomerie, daughter of Alexander, Master of Montgomerie.
He married firstly, on 13 June 1490, Margaret Lyle, daughter of Robert Lyle, Lord Lyle. On 9 April 1494, he married Elizabeth Hamilton, daughter of James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton, and Mary Stewart, Princess of Scotland, daughter of King James II of Scotland.
Stewart and Elizabeth Hamilton had six children: Mungo Stewart, Agnes Stewart, John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox, Margaret Stewart, Elizabeth Stewart, and Catherine Stewart.
He was Lord Provost of Glasgow in 1497, and from 1509–1513.
Ancestors
| Ancestors of Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sir Alexander Stewart | | | | | | | | | Sir John Stewart, 1st Seigneur d'Aubigny | | | | | | | | | | | | | unknown member of clan Turnbull | | | | | | | | | Sir Alan Stewart, 2nd Seigneur d'Aubigny | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Donnchadh, Earl of Lennox | | | | | | | | | Elizabeth of Lennox | | | | | | | | | | | | | Eilidh Caimbeul | | | | | | | | | John Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sir John Seton of Seton | | | | | | | | | Sir William Seton of Seton | | | | | | | | | | | | | Katherine Sinclair | | | | | | | | | Catherine Seton | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | George Dunbar, 10th Earl of Dunbar | | | | | | | | | Janet Dunbar | | | | | | | | | | | | | Beatrice | | | | | | | | | Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sir John Montgomerie of Ardrossan | | | | | | | | | Alexander Montgomerie, 1st Lord Montgomerie | | | | | | | | | | | | | Aigneis of the Isles | | | | | | | | | Alexander, Master of Montgomerie | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Thomas Boyd, 5th Lord of Kilmarnock | | | | | | | | | Margaret Boyd | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Margaret Montgomerie | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sir Patrick Hepburn of Hailes the Younger | | | | | | | | | Sir Adam Hepburn of Hailes | | | | | | | | | | | | | ? Vaux | | | | | | | | | Elizabeth Hepburn | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | William Borthwick, 1st Lord Borthwick | | | | | | | | | Janet Borthwick | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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