Marriage and Children
In 1544, he married Lady Margaret Douglas, who had a claim to the English throne. Their children were Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, born 1545 at Temple Newsam, who eventually married Mary, Queen of Scots; and Charles Stewart, future Earl of Lennox, born in 1556 and died in 1576, who married Elizabeth Cavendish in 1574. Elizabeth was the daughter of William Cavendish and Bess of Hardwick. Matthew's grandchildren were; by Henry, James VI of Scotland and I of England; and by Charles, Lady Arbella Stuart.
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