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Archibald Douglas 1490–1556 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Jan 1490

Birth Location: Douglasdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death Date: 22 Jan 1556

Death Location: Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland

Father: George Douglas

Mother: Elizabeth Drummond

Spouse(s): Margaret Tudor, Isabel Stewart, Margaret Hepburn, Lady Traquair, Margaret Maxwell, Margaret MAXWELL

Children(s): Janet Douglas, Henry Stewart, Arthur Stewart, George Douglas, Alexander Stewart, Archibald Douglas, David Douglas, Dorothea Stewart, Elizabeth Douglas, James Douglas, Lady Douglas

In 1490, Archibald Douglas entered the world in Douglasdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland, born to George Douglas And Elizabeth Drummond. Archibald Douglas married Isabel Stewart, Lady Stewart Traquair, Margaret Countess Lennox Maxwell, Margaret Hepburn, Margaret Maxwell, Margaret Scotland Tudor, and had children including Alexander Duke Of Ross Stewart, Archibald Douglas, Arthur Stewart, David Douglas, Dorothea Stewart, Elizabeth Douglas, George Douglas, Henry Viii Lord Methven Stewart, James Douglas, Janet Douglas, Lady Margaret Countess Lennox Douglas. Archibald Douglas passed away in 1556 in Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1490, Archibald Douglas entered the world in Douglasdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland, born to George Douglas And Elizabeth Drummond.
  • Archibald Douglas married Isabel Stewart, Lady Stewart Traquair, Margaret Countess Lennox Maxwell, Margaret Hepburn, Margaret Maxwell, Margaret Scotland Tudor, and had children including Alexander Duke Of Ross Stewart, Archibald Douglas, Arthur Stewart, David Douglas, Dorothea Stewart, Elizabeth Douglas, George Douglas, Henry Viii Lord Methven Stewart, James Douglas, Janet Douglas, Lady Margaret Countess Lennox Douglas.
  • Archibald Douglas passed away in 1556 in Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

George Douglas
1469–1495
Birth Location: Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Elizabeth Drummond
1472–1514
Birth Location: Cargill, Perthshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Tudor
1489–1541
Birth Location: Westminster, Middlesex, England
MT
Isabel Stewart
1480–1557
Birth Location: Traquhair, Peeblesshire, Scotland
IS
Margaret Hepburn
1494–1513
Birth Location: –
MH
Lady Traquair
1502–
Birth Location: –
LT
Margaret Maxwell
1517–1571
Birth Location: Terregles, Kincardineshire, Scotland
MM
Margaret MAXWELL
1538–1617
Birth Location: Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
MM

Children(s)

Janet Douglas
1520–1552
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
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Henry Stewart
1498–1551
Birth Location: Avondale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Arthur Stewart
1509–1510
Birth Location: Holyrood House, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
AS
George Douglas
1510–1590
Birth Location: –
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Alexander Stewart
1514–1516
Birth Location: Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
AS
Archibald Douglas
1517–
Birth Location: North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
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David Douglas
1518–
Birth Location: North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
DD
Dorothea Stewart
1528–1541
Birth Location: Scotland
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Elizabeth Douglas
1535–
Birth Location: –
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James Douglas
1522–1547
Birth Location: Scotland
JD
Lady Douglas
1515–1578
Birth Location: Harbottle, Northumberland, England
LD

Archibald Douglas's Ancestors

Self
Archibald Douglas
1490–1556
Birth Place: Douglasdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Parents
George Douglas
1469–1495
Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland
Elizabeth Drummond
1472–1514
Cargill, Perthshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Archibald Douglas
1445–1513
Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland
Elizabeth Boyd
1458–1498
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
John Drummond
1438–1519
Stobhill, Midlothian, Scotland
Elizabeth Lindsay
1445–1519
Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
George Douglas
1415–1463
Isabel Sibbald
1418–1497
Robert Boyd
1425–1470
Mariota Maxwell
1430–1472
Malcolm Drummond
1445–1470
Mariot Murray
1411–1445
Alexander Lindsay
1387–1446
Margaret Dunbar
1425–1457
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Archibald Douglas's Descendants

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Archibald Douglas (Jan 1490–22 Jan 1556) m. Margaret (Scotland) Tudor (29 Nov 1489–18 Oct 1541) m. Isabel Stewart (1480–1557) m. Margaret Hepburn (1494–1513) m. Lady (Stewart) Traquair (1502–) m. Margaret (Countess Lennox) Maxwell (1517–31 Jan 1571) m. Margaret MAXWELL (1538–1617)
  1. 1. Janet Douglas 1520–1552 m. Lord (Patrick) Ruthven 1520–1566
    1. 1. Alexander Ruthven 1532–1599
    2. 2. Sir (Patrick) Ruthven 1544–1561
    3. 3. George Ruthven 1546–1571
    4. 4. James Ruthven 1549–1599
    5. 5. Jean Ruthven 1550–1591
    6. 6. Isabell Ruthven 1553–1599
    7. 7. Mary Ruthven –1645
    8. 8. William ("2nd Lord Ruthven") Ruthven 1500–1552 m. Janet ("Lady Dirletoun") Halyburton 1503–1560
      1. 1. Katherine ("Lady of Glenorchy") Ruthven 1525–1580 m. Sir (Colin "6th Lord of Glenorchy") Campbell 1515–1583
        1. 1. Mary Campbell 1572–1618 m. John Graham 1574–1598
  2. 2. Henry (VIII "Lord Methven") Stewart 1498–1551
  3. 3. Arthur Stewart 1509–1510
  4. 4. George Douglas 1510–1590
  5. 5. Alexander ("Duke of Ross") Stewart 1514–1516
  6. 6. Archibald Douglas 1517–
  7. 7. David Douglas 1518–
  8. 8. Dorothea Stewart 1528–1541
  9. 9. Elizabeth Douglas 1535–
  10. 10. James Douglas 1522–1547
  11. 11. Lady (Margaret "Countess Lennox") Douglas 1515–1578 m. THOMAS HOWARD 1496–1508 m. Lord (Thomas) HOWARD 1511–1537 m. James Hamilton 1515–1575 m. Francis France –1560 m. Lord (Darnley) Henry –1567 m. Matthew ("Earl of Lennox") Stewart 1516–1571
    1. 1. Margaret Stewart 1497–1528
    2. 2. Mungo STEWART 1499–
    3. 3. Agnes STEWART 1501–
    4. 4. Elizabeth STEWART 1501–
    5. 5. Henry Stuart 1531–
    6. 6. Charles (Stuart) Lennox 1531–1576
    7. 7. John Hamilton 1535–1604
    8. 8. Esme Stuart 1542–
    9. 9. Claud Hamilton 1543–1621
    10. 10. Charles Stuart 1545–1576
    11. 11. Alice Warriner 1551–1619
    12. 12. Margaret McDowell 1552–1627
    13. 13. Alice Warriner 1561–1649
    14. 14. Lady (Arabella) Stuart 1575–1615
    15. 15. Robert HOWARD 1536–1598
    16. 16. Charles (Lennox) Stuart 1555–1576
    17. 17. Phillip Howard 1607–
    18. 18. Henry (Stewart Lord) Darnley 1545–1567 m. Mary (I of Scotland) Stuart 1542–1587
      1. 1. John Stuart 1519–1567
      2. 2. Catherine Stewart 1564–1610 m. Charles Gunter 1562–1643
        1. 1. John Gunter 1590–1679
        2. 2. Urslea Gunter 1591–1592
        3. 3. Alice Gunter 1600–1601
        4. 4. Anthony Gunter 1602–1603
        5. 5. Anne Gunter 1603–1604
        6. 6. Temperance Gunter 1608–1646
        7. 7. Charles Gunter 1610–1646
        8. 8. Jane Gunter 1612–1613
        9. 9. Robert Gunter 1614–1654
        10. 10. Pardingando GUNTER 1605–1655
      3. 3. Seigneur (dAubig) STUART 1519–1567
      4. 4. Mary (Elizabeth) Stuart 1762–
    19. 19. James (I Stewart) England 1566–1625 m. Anne Denmark 1574–1619
      1. 1. Henry (Frederick) Stuart 1593–1612
      2. 2. Elizabeth ("Queen of Bohemia") Stuart 1596–1662 m. Frederick (V "Elector Palatine") Wittelsbach 1596–1632
        1. 1. Frederick (Henry) Wittelsbach 1614–1629
        2. 2. Charles (Louis "Elector Palatine") Wittelsbach 1617–1680
        3. 3. Elizabeth ("Princess Palatine") Wittelsbach 1618–1680
        4. 4. Rupert ("Prince of the Rhine") Wittelsbach 1619–1682
        5. 5. Maurice ("Prince von Simmern") Wittelsbach 1620–1652
        6. 6. Louise (Marie Hollandine) Wittelsbach 1622–1709
        7. 7. Ludwig Wittelsbach 1624–1624
        8. 8. Edward ("Count Palatine of Simmern") Wittelsbach 1625–1663
        9. 9. Henrietta (Maria) Wittelsbach 1626–1651
        10. 10. Johann (Philip Frederick) Wittelsbach 1627–1650
        11. 11. Charlotte Wittelsbach 1628–1631
        12. 12. Sophia ("Electress consort of Brunswick-Luneburg") Wittelsbach 1630–1714 m. Ernest (Augustus "Elector of Hanover") Augustus 1629–1698
        13. 13. Gustavus (Adolfus) Wittelsbach 1631–1640
      3. 3. Margaret Stuart 1598–1600
      4. 4. Charles (I England Scotland) Stuart 1600–1649 m. Henrietta (Maria England) deBourbon 1609–1669
        1. 1. Charles (II Stuart King of England, Scotland and) Ireland 1630–1685 m. Mistress (Mary) Davis 1648–1708 m. Mistress (Elizabeth Killigrew Viscountess) Shannon 1622–1680 m. Mistress (Lucy) Walter 1630–1658 m. Catherine (Princess of) Portugal 1638–1705
        2. 2. Mary (Henrietta) Stewart 1631–1660
        3. 3. James (VII of England Scotland) Stuart 1633–1701 m. Anne (Hyde Duchess of York, Duchess of) Albany 1638–1671 m. Maria (Beatrice Anne Margaret Isabel d'Este, of) Modena 1658–1718 m. Arabella (Godfrey Churchill Mistress of James) II 1648–1730
        4. 4. Henrietta (Anne) Stuart 1644–1670
        5. 5. Henry Stuart 1640–1660
        6. 6. Catherine Stuart 1639–1639
        7. 7. Charles (James) Stuart 1629–1629
        8. 8. Elizabeth Stuart 1635–1650
        9. 9. Anne Stuart 1637–1640
      5. 5. Robert (Bruce Kintyre) Stuart 1602–1602
      6. 6. James (VI) Scotland 1603–1603
      7. 7. Mary (Anne) Stuart 1605–1607
      8. 8. Sophia Stuart 1606–1606

Archibald Douglas's Timeline

2 Records

1490
Jan 1490
Birth of Archibald Douglas in Douglasdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Douglasdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1556
22 Jan 1556
Age 66
Death of Archibald Douglas in Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Jan 1490
    Event Place: Douglasdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    [2] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Fact

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Jan 1556
    Event Place: Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    [2] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
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