Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
NameMatthew Stewart Earl of Lennox 
[54, His own co-article], [60, Lennox article, Vol VII, p. 596], [27, 19th Edn, Vol 1 (Scotland), pub 2001, Carmichael article, p. 188], [73, Stewart dukes of Lennox article, Vol V, p. 351]
[54, His own co-article], [60, Lennox article, Vol VII, p. 596], [27, 19th Edn, Vol 1 (Scotland), pub 2001, Carmichael article, p. 188], [73, Stewart dukes of Lennox article, Vol V, p. 351]Death9 Sep 1513, Flodden Field
General2nd earl. (New) hereditary Sheriff of Dumbarton.
FatherJohn Stewart Earl of Lennox (-<1495)
MotherMargaret Montgomerie
Spouses
Marriage9 Apr 1494, (contract date) College of Bothwell [60, Lennox article, Vol VII, p. 596], [73, Stewart dukes of Lennox article, Vol V, p. 351]
Notes for Matthew Stewart Earl of Lennox
m. (1) Margaret, dau of Robt Lord Lyle.
DNB Main notes for Matthew Stewart Earl of Lennox
Co-subject: Stewart, Matthew, second or tenth Earl of Lennox
Dates: d. 1513
Active Date: 1493
Gender: Male
Article:
The earl's eldest son, Matthew Stewart, second or tenth Earl of Lennox d. 1513, joined his father in 1488 in the conspiracy against James IV; after the death of his father received from James IV a grant of the sheriffdom of Dumbarton which was united to the earldom of Lennox and made hereditary in the family; and, with the Earl of Argyll, commanded the right wing of the Scots army at Flodden, where he and the greater part of his followers were slain on 9 Sept. 1513. By his wife Elizabeth, daughter of James, first lord Hamilton [q.v.], and niece of James III, he was father of John Stewart, third (or eleventh) earl of Lennox.
Dates: d. 1513
Active Date: 1493
Gender: Male
Article:
The earl's eldest son, Matthew Stewart, second or tenth Earl of Lennox d. 1513, joined his father in 1488 in the conspiracy against James IV; after the death of his father received from James IV a grant of the sheriffdom of Dumbarton which was united to the earldom of Lennox and made hereditary in the family; and, with the Earl of Argyll, commanded the right wing of the Scots army at Flodden, where he and the greater part of his followers were slain on 9 Sept. 1513. By his wife Elizabeth, daughter of James, first lord Hamilton [q.v.], and niece of James III, he was father of John Stewart, third (or eleventh) earl of Lennox.