Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox
Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox (also Stuart , born September 21, 1516 at Dumbarton Castle , † September 4, 1571 at Stirling Castle ), was a Scottish nobleman from the Stewart family .
Life
Matthew was a son of John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox and his wife Elizabeth Stewart of Atholl. He followed his father in 1526 as 4th Earl of Lennox and 4th Lord Darnley .
The earl was the leader of the Catholic nobility in Scotland. He was third in the Scottish line of succession, after Mary Queen of Scots and James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran , when James V died on December 14, 1542. Stewart returned to Scotland from France and tried to prevent Hamilton from taking over the reign.
In 1544 he married in consultation with the English King Henry VIII Margaret Douglas (1515–1578), the king's niece. Stewart lived in England and served Heinrich several times as a general in invasions of Scotland.
Until Elizabeth I ascended the throne in 1558, the Stewarts were highly regarded in England, but Elizabeth mistrusted them. In 1565 Stewart's son, Henry Stewart, married Lord Darnley , Queen Mary I of Scotland . After Lord Darnley's murder (1567) and Mary's incarceration, Stewart also became regent of Scotland through Elizabeth's intervention in 1570. There was a brief war with the followers of Mary, in the course of which Stewart was stabbed.
His titles of nobility fell to his grandson, the only son of his deceased eldest son Henry, and lapsed because he had been named Jacob VI since 1567 . Was King of Scotland, by merging with the Crown. In 1572 the titles were recreated for his younger son Charles .
progeny
He had the following children with Margaret:
- Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley (February 6, 1545 - November 29, 1545)
- Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley (1545 or 1546–1567)
- Charles Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox (1557–1576)
- four other sons and two daughters died early
literature
- Simon Schama: A History of Britain 1. 3000 BC – AD 1603. At The Edge of The World? . BBC Books, London 2003, pp. 354ff., ISBN 0-563-38497-2 .
Web links
- Matthew Stuart, 13th Earl of Lennox on thepeerage.com , accessed October 6, 2015.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Stewart, Matthew, 4th Earl of Lennox |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stuart, Matthew |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish nobleman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 21, 1516 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | on Dumbarton Castle |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 4, 1571 |
| Place of death | at Stirling Castle |