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Archibald Douglas 1489–1556 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1489

Birth Location: Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland

Death Date: January 1556

Death Location: Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East-Lothian, Schotland

Father: George Douglas

Mother: Lady Angus)

Spouse(s): Margaret Tudor

Children(s): John Woodward, Margaret Douglas

Archibald Douglas was born in 1489 in Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland, the child of George Douglas And Lady Elizabeth Douglas Drummond Countess Angus. Archibald Douglas married Margaret Tudor, and had children including John Woodward, Margaret Douglas. Archibald Douglas passed away in 1556 in Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East-Lothian, Schotland.

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Biography

  • Archibald Douglas was born in 1489 in Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland, the child of George Douglas And Lady Elizabeth Douglas Drummond Countess Angus.
  • Archibald Douglas married Margaret Tudor, and had children including John Woodward, Margaret Douglas.
  • Archibald Douglas passed away in 1556 in Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East-Lothian, Schotland.

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Archibald Douglas's Ancestors

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Archibald Douglas
1489–1556
Birth Place: Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
Parents
George Douglas
1469–1513
Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
Lady (Elizabeth Douglas Drummond (Countess) Angus)
1467–1514
Cargill, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
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Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Archibald Douglas's Descendants

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Archibald Douglas (1489–January 1556) m. Margaret Tudor (28 November 1489–18 October 1541)
  1. 1. John Woodward 1515–1568 m. Elinor ((Eleanor)) Yarnold 1519–1640
    1. 1. Sybil Woodward 1545–1638 m. Richard (Marshall Hill ,) Sir 1541–1608
  2. 2. Margaret Douglas 1515–1578 m. Matthew (Stuart 4th Earl of) Lennox 1516–1571
    1. 1. Henry Stuart 1540–1567 m. Mary (Queen of) Scotland 1542–1587
      1. 1. James (VI and I Stuart (Lord Darnley- King consort of) Scots) 1566–1625 m. Anne (of) Denmark 1574–1619
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Stuart (Queen consort of) Bohemia) 1596–1662 m. Frederick (Wittelsbach (V)--- the) Fifth 1596–1632
        2. 2. Charles I 1600–1649
        3. 3. Henry (Frederick , Prince of) Wales 1594–1612
        4. 4. Margaret Stuart 1598–1600
        5. 5. Robert (Stuart , Duke of Kintyre and) Lorne 1602–1602
        6. 6. Mary Stuart 1605–1607
        7. 7. Sophia (of) England 1606–1606
    2. 2. Charles (Stuart 1st Earl of) Lennox 1557–1576 m. Elizabeth Cavendish 1555–1582
      1. 1. Arbella Stuart 1575–1615 m. William (Seymour 2nd Duke of) Somerset 1588–1660

Archibald Douglas's Timeline

5 Records

1489
29 Nov 1489
Birth of Archibald Douglas in Douglasdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Douglasdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1489
1489
Birth of Archibald Douglas in Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
1538
25 Feb 1538
Age 49
Archibald Douglas was married
None
1556
January 1556
Age 67
Death of Archibald Douglas in Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East-Lothian, Schotland
Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East-Lothian, Schotland
1557
22 Jan 1557
Age 68
Death of Archibald Douglas in Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East-Lothian, Schotland
Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East-Lothian, Schotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 29 Nov 1489
    Event Place: Douglasdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 121257
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1489
    Event Place: Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 25 Feb 1538

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Aberdeenshire & Kincardineshire - Protocol Book of Sir John Christisone, 1518-1551

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Jan 1557
    Event Place: Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East-Lothian, Schotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 121257
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: January 1556
    Event Place: Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East-Lothian, Schotland

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