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MATTHEW Stewart
4th Earl of Lennox
MATTHEW, FOURTH EARL, married, about 1544, Margaret, daughter of Archibald Douglas, Earl of Angus, by his second wife, Lady Margaret Tudor, widow of King James IV. of Scotland and daughter of King Henry VII. of England.
In 1570 he was elected Regent.
He was mortally wounded 1571.
Arms: on Seal, 1543.-1 and 4. Three fieurs-de-lis. 2 and 3. A fess chequy. The four quarters within an orle of buckles. En surtout, A saltire between four roses. CREST and SUPPORTERS as before (Laing).
His elder son was HENRY, Duke of Albany .
