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Archibald Douglas 1490–1557 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1490

Birth Location: Douglasdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death Date: 22 January 1557

Death Location: Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland

Father: George Douglas")

Mother: Lady line)

Spouse(s): Lady (14thGA), Margaret Scots, Margaret None, Margaret Terregles

Children(s): Margaret (2ndC12XR), Margaret Stuart, Catherine Stewart, Elizabeth Stewart, Alexander Stewart, Janet Stewart, Catherine Scotland, Margaret Stewart, John Stuart\Stewart, James Rothesay, Arthur Rothesay, George Pittendreich, Daughter Stewart, Mor Mackinlay, Alexander (2ndC13XR), Archibald Douglas, David Douglas, Dorothea Stewart, Janet Douglas, Elizabeth Douglas, James Douglas, James Douglas, Elizabeth Douglas

Archibald Douglas was born in 1490 in Douglasdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland, the child of George Douglas Master Of Angus Died At The Battle Of Flodden Field 13Thggf A Red Douglas And Lady Elizabeth Drummond Countess Of Angus Ellis Line. Archibald Douglas married Lady Margaret Hepburn Of Bothwell 14Thga, Margaret, Margaret Margaret Tudor Queen Consort Tudor Queen Consort Of Scots, Margaret Maxwell Of Terregles, and had children including Alexander Stewart, Alexander Stewart Duke Of Ross 2Ndc13Xr, Archibald Douglas, Arthur Stewart Duke Of Rothesay, Catherine Scotland, Catherine Stewart, Daughter Stewart, David Douglas, Dorothea Stewart, Elizabeth Douglas, Elizabeth Stewart, George Douglas Of Pittendreich, James Douglas, James Master Of Angus Douglas, James Stewart Duke Of Rothesay, Janet Douglas, Janet Stewart, John Stuart Stewart, Margaret Douglas Stewart Countess Of Lennox Lady 1515 2Ndc12Xr, Margaret Jane Stewart, Margaret Stuart, Mor Findla Mackinlay. Archibald Douglas passed away in 1557 in Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Archibald Douglas was born in 1490 in Douglasdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland, the child of George Douglas Master Of Angus Died At The Battle Of Flodden Field 13Thggf A Red Douglas And Lady Elizabeth Drummond Countess Of Angus Ellis Line.
  • Archibald Douglas married Lady Margaret Hepburn Of Bothwell 14Thga, Margaret, Margaret Margaret Tudor Queen Consort Tudor Queen Consort Of Scots, Margaret Maxwell Of Terregles, and had children including Alexander Stewart, Alexander Stewart Duke Of Ross 2Ndc13Xr, Archibald Douglas, Arthur Stewart Duke Of Rothesay, Catherine Scotland, Catherine Stewart, Daughter Stewart, David Douglas, Dorothea Stewart, Elizabeth Douglas, Elizabeth Stewart, George Douglas Of Pittendreich, James Douglas, James Master Of Angus Douglas, James Stewart Duke Of Rothesay, Janet Douglas, Janet Stewart, John Stuart Stewart, Margaret Douglas Stewart Countess Of Lennox Lady 1515 2Ndc12Xr, Margaret Jane Stewart, Margaret Stuart, Mor Findla Mackinlay.
  • Archibald Douglas passed away in 1557 in Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Archibald Douglas's Ancestors

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Archibald Douglas
1490–1557
Birth Place: Douglasdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Parents
George Douglas Master of Angus (Died at the Battle of Flodden Field) (13thGGF) (a "Red Douglas")
1469–1513
Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, , Scotland
Lady (Elizabeth Drummond Countess of Angus (Ellis) line)
1470–1514
Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Archibald (Douglas Earl of) Angus
1445–1513
Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland
Elizabeth (Boyd) 14thGGM
1448–1498
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Sir (John Lord Justicar Scotland Drummond 1st Lord) Baron
1438–1519
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, , Scotland
Elizabeth (Baroness of Drummond, Lady of Crawford) Lindsay
1445–1519
South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
George *
1425–1462
Isabel *
1418–1497
Robert Scotland
1425–1480
Mariota Maxwell
1419–1472
Malcolm Stobhall
1410–1470
Mariot Murraij
1420–1445
Sir, Lindsay
1387–1438
Majorie Dunbar
1425–1457
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William (18thGGF)
1398–1437
Margaret (18thGA)
1400–1484
John *
1397–1451
Joan (15thGGM)
1405–1439
Thomas *
1405–1439
Isabel Lyle
1397–1439
Robert *
1373–1448
Elizabeth *
1387–1415
Walter *
1380–1455
Margaret *
1396–1482
David R1b1a2a1a2b
1395–1452
Margaret Colquhoun
1410–1454
David (19thGGF)
1360–1407
Princess *
1373–1411
Sir children)
1379–1443
Lady children)
1380–1421

Archibald Douglas's Descendants

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Archibald Douglas (1490–22 January 1557) m. Lady (Margaret Hepburn of Bothwell) (14thGA) (Bef. 1489–1513) m. Margaret (Margaret Tudor Queen Consort Tudor Queen consort of) Scots (28 Nov 1489–15 Oct 1541) m. Margaret (1489–1541) m. Margaret (Maxwell of) Terregles (1538–1593)
  1. 1. Margaret (Douglas Stewart , Countess of Lennox (Lady) (1515)) (2ndC12XR) 1515–1578 m. Matthew (Stuart IV Earl of) Lennox 1516–1571 m. Thomas (Howard " Hamilton " (born Douglas) (Margaret was mistress) ) 1496–1508
    1. 1. Sir (Henry Stuart; Lord Darnley - King Consort of Scotland; Duke of Albany; Lord) Darnley 1545–1567 m. HRH (Mary I Stuart - Princess of Scotland; Dauphine & Queen Consort of France; Queen of) Scots 1542–1587
      1. 1. HRM (James Stuart - King of Scotland, James VI; England & Ireland King James) I 1566–1625 m. Anne (Murray (also the mistress of King James) VI) 1575–1618 m. Anne (Princess Anne of Denmark og Norway, von Oldenburg Oldenburg Queen consort of Scotland, England and Ireland af Danmark og Norge von Oldenburg) O 1574–1619
        1. 1. James (I) Stuart 1566–1625 m. Anne Oldenburg 1574–1619
        2. 2. Hendrik (Frederik) Stuart 1595–1595
        3. 3. Elizabeth (Bohemia) Stuart 1596–1662
        4. 4. Elizabeth Darnley 1596–1663
        5. 5. Henry (Frederick Stuart , Prince of Wales (1593-1612)) (5thC9XR) 1593–1612
        6. 6. Child Stuart 1595–1595
        7. 7. Elizabeth (QE8' Electress Palatine and Queen of Bohemia' Stuart 'Princess of Scotland' 'The Winter) Queen' 1596–1662 m. King (Frederick V of Bohemia Elector of Palatine Wittelsbach 'The Winter King' ( de SIMMERN ) (1596-1632) (6thC10XR) In Darmstadt , died of "pestilential fever" possibly plague) * 1596–1632
        8. 8. Alexander STUART 1597–
        9. 9. Margaret Stuart 1598–1600
        10. 10. Robert Stuart 1602–1602
        11. 11. Son (of) Scotland 1603–1603
        12. 12. Mary (Anne of) England 1599–1649
        13. 13. Sophia (of) England 1605–1607
        14. 14. Margaret Stuart 1598–1600
        15. 15. Charles (I Charles Ier King of England (1625\ The Martyr Károly King of England Knight of the Garter Duke of York King Charles the 1st of England) Scotl 1600–1648 m. Henrietta-Maria (de Bourbon) (1609) 1609–1669
        16. 16. Henry (of) England 1595–1610
        17. 17. Mary Stuart 1603–1603
        18. 18. Sophia Stuart 1606–1606
        19. 19. Margaret (Stuart) Scotland 1598–1600
        20. 20. Henrietta Stuart 1596–1650
      2. 2. Elizabeth Stewart 1520–1606 m. James (King of Scots) V 1512–1542
        1. 1. Alexander (Maclain) Stewart 1580–
        2. 2. Adam STEWART 1536–1606
        3. 3. Adam Stewart 1530–1606
        4. 4. Adam Stewart 1530–1606
      3. 3. John Stuart 1519–1567
    2. 2. Charles, (5th Earl of Lennox) Stuart 1555–1576
    3. 3. Henry Stuart 1544–1545
    4. 4. Arabella (Stuart) (Stewart) 1575–1615 m. William (Seymour Marquis of) Hertford 1587–1660
      1. 1. Mary (Seymour) Barrett 1607–1660
      2. 2. Jane Seymour 1637–1679
      3. 3. Arabella Seymour 1618–
      4. 4. Mary (Barrett) STEWART 1607–1660
      5. 5. Elizabeth Dudley 1600–1643
      6. 6. Edward Seymour 1620–
      7. 7. William (Lord Beauchamp) Seymour 1621–1645
      8. 8. Frances Seymour 1625–1680
      9. 9. John (Somerset Seymour) (4thC10XR) 1628–1675
      10. 10. John Somerset 1628–1675
      11. 11. Mary Finch 1628–1672
      12. 12. Jane Boyle 1637–1679
      13. 13. Frances Darcy –1681
    5. 5. Margaret Stewart 1497–1528
    6. 6. Margaret (Stewart) McDowell 1552–1627
    7. 7. Robert (Howard) Stewart 1537–1623
    8. 8. ALICE (LADY CLIFFORD) HOWARD 1551–1619
    9. 9. Mungo STEWART 1499–
    10. 10. Elizabeth STEWART 1501–
    11. 11. Agnes STEWART 1501–
    12. 12. Charles (Stuart) Lennox 1531–1576
    13. 13. Charles Stuart 1533–1578
    14. 14. Esme Stuart 1542–1583 m. Katherine (de Balsac ( Balzac )) (1547-1631) 1547–1631
      1. 1. Marie (Stewart (Lady)) (4thC10XR) 1576–1644 m. John (Erskine, 19th Earl of Mar) (Sir) 1556–1634
        1. 1. Catharina Erskine 1603–1634 m. Thomas (Hamilton Earl van) Haddington 1600–1640
        2. 2. Margaret (Anna Erskine) Leslie 1599–1618 m. John (Leslie 6th Earl of) Rothes 1600–1641
      2. 2. Lady (Henrietta Gabrielle Stewart ( Stuart )) (4thC10XR) 1573–1642 m. George Gordon 1560–1636
        1. 1. Jane ((Jean) Lady) Gordon 1601–1668 m. Claude (Lord Hamilton van) Strabane 1605–1638
        2. 2. Mary (Gordon (1610-1674)) (2ndC10XR) 1610–1674 m. William (Marquess of Douglas) Douglas 1589–1658
      3. 3. Esme (3rd Duke of Lennox) Stewart* 1579–1624 m. Catherine (2nd Baroness of Clifton Dowager Duchess of Lennox (Katherine)) * 1592–1637
    15. 15. Henry Stuart 1531–
    16. 16. Alice Warriner 1561–1649
    17. 17. Charles (Stewart) Lennox 1555–1576
    18. 18. Henry Stewart 1546–1566
  2. 2. Margaret Stuart 1450–1512
  3. 3. Catherine Stewart 1491–1554
  4. 4. Elizabeth Stewart 1492–1515
  5. 5. Alexander Stewart 1492–1513
  6. 6. Janet Stewart 1493–1550
  7. 7. Catherine Scotland 1496–1555
  8. 8. Margaret (Jane) Stewart 1497–1528
  9. 9. John Stuart\Stewart 1505–1536
  10. 10. James (Stewart Duke of) Rothesay 1507–1508
  11. 11. Arthur (Stewart Duke of) Rothesay 1509–1510
  12. 12. George (Douglas of) Pittendreich 1510–1552
  13. 13. Daughter Stewart 1512–1512
  14. 14. Mor (Findla) Mackinlay 1512–1547
  15. 15. Alexander (Stewart Duke of Ross) (2ndC13XR) 1514–1515
  16. 16. Archibald Douglas 1517–
  17. 17. David Douglas 1518–
  18. 18. Dorothea Stewart 1528–
  19. 19. Janet Douglas 1530–1552
  20. 20. Elizabeth Douglas 1535–
  21. 21. James Douglas 1522–
  22. 22. James (Master of Angus) Douglas 1554–
  23. 23. Elizabeth Douglas 1543–

Archibald Douglas's Timeline

11 Records

1489
29 Nov 1489
Birth of Archibald Douglas in Douglasdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Douglasdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1489
1489
Birth of Archibald Douglas in Douglasdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Douglasdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1489
1489
Birth of Archibald Douglas in Douglasdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Douglasdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1490
1490
Birth of Archibald Douglas in Douglasdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Douglasdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1550
1550
Age 60
Death of Archibald Douglas in Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
1555
1555
Age 65
Birth of Archibald Douglas in Angusshire, Scotland
Angusshire, Scotland
1557
22 Jun 1557
Age 67
Death of Archibald Douglas in Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland. Of skin condition Erysipelas
Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland. Of skin condition Erysipelas
1557
22 January 1557
Age 67
Death of Archibald Douglas in Abernethy, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Abernethy, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
1557
1557
Age 67
Death of Archibald Douglas in Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
1557
Jan 1557
Age 67
Death of Archibald Douglas in Tantallon
Tantallon
1557
22 January 1557
Age 67
Death of Archibald Douglas in Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 29 Nov 1489
    Event Place: Douglasdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [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: 1555
    Event Place: Angusshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1489
    Event Place: Douglasdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1489
    Event Place: Douglasdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1490
    Event Place: Douglasdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: North America, Family Histories, Book Title: The blood royal of Britain : being a roll of the living descendants of Edward IV and Henry VIII , k

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1525
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Jun 1557
    Event Place: Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland. Of skin condition Erysipelas

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 January 1557
    Event Place: Abernethy, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1557
    Event Place: Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Jan 1557
    Event Place: Tantallon
    Record Source: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1550
    Event Place: Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: North America, Family Histories, Book Title: The blood royal of Britain : being a roll of the living descendants of Edward IV and Henry VIII , k

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 January 1557
    Event Place: Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current

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