Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox
Matthew Stewart, also Stuart, 4th Earl of Lennox ( born September 21, 1516 Dumbarton Castle, † September 4, 1571 at Stirling Castle), was a Scottish nobleman from the Stewart family and 4th Earl of Lennox.
Matthew was a son of John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox, and his wife Elizabeth Stewart of Atholl. He succeeded his father as 4th Earl of Lennox in 1526.
The Earl was the leader of the Catholic nobility in Scotland. He was third died in the Scottish line of succession after Mary Stuart and James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran as James V on December 14, 1542. Stewart came back from France to Scotland and tried to prevent Hamilton took over the regency.
In 1544 he married, in consultation with the English king Henry VIII Margaret Douglas ( 1515-1578 ), the niece of the king. Stewart lived in England and served as a military leader Heinrich multiple invasions in Scotland.
Until the accession of Elizabeth I in 1558, the couple Stewart in England was highly regarded, but Elizabeth did not trust them. 1565 married the son Stewart, Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, the Scottish Queen Mary I. After Darnley's murder ( 1567) and Maria's incarceration was Stewart 1570 by intervention of Elizabeth Regent of Scotland. There was a brief war with the followers of Mary, was stabbed during which Stewart.
He had the following to Margaret Children:
- Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley
- Charles (1555-1576), 5th Earl of Lennox
- Two daughters and four sons died early