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Beatrice Douglas 1514–1583 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 04 Jan 1514

Birth Location: Morton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Death Date: 03 Aug 1583

Death Location: Westminster, Greater London, England

Father: Sir Douglas

Mother: Lady Stewart

Spouse(s): Robert Maxwell, James Hamilton

Children(s): Robert Maxwell, John Maxwell, Sir Maxwell, Gawain Hamilton, Barbara Hamilton, James Hamilton, John Hamilton, Claud Hamilton, Margaret Hamilton, Jean Hamilton, James Hamilton, David Hamilton, Lady Hamilton

Beatrice Douglas was born in 1514 in Morton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, the child of Sir James 3Rd Earl Morton Douglas And Lady Catherine Countess Of Morton Stewart. Beatrice Douglas married James 2Nd Earl Of Arran Duke Of Chatellerault Hamilton, Lord Thomas Howard, Robert Maxwell, and had children including Barbara Hamilton, Claud Hamilton, David Hamilton, Gawain Hamilton, James Hamilton, Jean Hamilton, John Marguis Of Hamilton Hamilton, John Sir Pollock Maxwell, Lady Anne Countess Of Huntly Hamilton, Margaret Hamilton, Robert Maxwell, Sir James Maxwell. Beatrice Douglas passed away in 1583 in Westminster, Greater London, England.

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Biography

  • Beatrice Douglas was born in 1514 in Morton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, the child of Sir James 3Rd Earl Morton Douglas And Lady Catherine Countess Of Morton Stewart.
  • Beatrice Douglas married James 2Nd Earl Of Arran Duke Of Chatellerault Hamilton, Lord Thomas Howard, Robert Maxwell, and had children including Barbara Hamilton, Claud Hamilton, David Hamilton, Gawain Hamilton, James Hamilton, Jean Hamilton, John Marguis Of Hamilton Hamilton, John Sir Pollock Maxwell, Lady Anne Countess Of Huntly Hamilton, Margaret Hamilton, Robert Maxwell, Sir James Maxwell.
  • Beatrice Douglas passed away in 1583 in Westminster, Greater London, England.

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Beatrice Douglas's Ancestors

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Beatrice Douglas
1514–1583
Birth Place: Morton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Parents
Sir James 3rd Earl Morton Douglas
1454–1548
Morton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Lady (Catherine Countess of Morton) Stewart
1513–1554
Scotland
Grandparents
James (IV King of Scotland) Stewart
1473–1513
Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Lady (Marion (Mistress)) Boyd
1477–1559
Bonshaw, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Beatrice Douglas's Descendants

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Beatrice Douglas (04 Jan 1514–03 Aug 1583) m. Robert Maxwell (1525–13 Sep 1552) m. James (2nd Earl of Arran Duke of Châtellerault) Hamilton (1512–22 Jan 1575)
  1. 1. Robert Maxwell 1533–1553 m. Beatrix Douglas 1535–1552
  2. 2. John (Sir Pollock) Maxwell 1553–1593 m. Margaret (Agnes) Cunningham 1560–
    1. 1. Agnes Maxwell 1590–1655 m. Captain (John) Speere 1585–1645 m. John Boyle 1585–1650
      1. 1. Johne (Thomas) Speere 1605–1636 m. Jeanette Haliburton 1608–1636
        1. 1. John Speir 1625–1690 m. Jane Mendenhall 1657–1731 m. Marion Summeir 1627–
        2. 2. Blanche Speer 1625–
        3. 3. Lawrence Speer –1705
        4. 4. Christian Speers 1630–
    2. 2. John (Sir 13th of Pollock) Maxwell 1540–1647 m. Grizel Blair 1584–1642 m. Isabel (of Loudoun) Campbell –1612
      1. 1. Sir (John of Pollok) Maxwell 1598–1660
  3. 3. Sir (James) Maxwell 1552–1607
  4. 4. Gawain Hamilton 1534–1547
  5. 5. Barbara Hamilton 1535–
  6. 6. James Hamilton 1533–1608
  7. 7. John ('Marguis of Hamilton') Hamilton 1535–1604
  8. 8. Claud Hamilton 1546–1621
  9. 9. Margaret Hamilton 1530–
  10. 10. Jean Hamilton 1545–1596
  11. 11. James Hamilton 1537–1574
  12. 12. David Hamilton 1542–1611
  13. 13. Lady (Anne Countess of Huntly) Hamilton 1542–1574

Beatrice Douglas's Timeline

2 Records

1514
04 Jan 1514
Birth of Beatrice Douglas in Morton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Morton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
1583
03 Aug 1583
Age 69
Death of Beatrice Douglas in Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 04 Jan 1514
    Event Place: Morton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Public Member Trees, Database online.
    [2] Ancestry Family Trees, Database online.
    [3] Ancestry Family Trees, Database online.
    [4] Ancestry Family Trees, Database online.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 03 Aug 1583
    Event Place: Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Public Member Trees, Database online.
    [2] Ancestry Family Trees, Database online.
    [3] Ancestry Family Trees, Database online.
    [4] Ancestry Family Trees, Database online.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Westminster, Greater London, England
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Database online.

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