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Cecilia Ruthven 1526–1579 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Jan 27, 1526

Birth Location: Kynnard, Perthshire, Scotland

Death Date: 7 July 1579

Death Location: Drummond Castle, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland

Father: Sir II

Mother: Lady Ruthven

Spouse(s): Sir Drummond

Children(s): Lady Montrose, Johanna Drummond, James Drummond, Joan Drummond, Sibylla Drummond, Anne Erskine, Sir Drummond, Mary Drummond, Mary Drummond, Catherine Drummond

In 1526, Cecilia Ruthven entered the world in Kynnard, Perthshire, Scotland, born to Sir William Ruthven Ii And Lady Janet Halyburton Baroness Ruthven. Cecilia Ruthven married Sir Lord David 2Nd Baron Earl Of Perth Drummond, and had children including Anne Agnes Countess Marisch Drummond Erskine, Catherine Drummond, David Earl Crawford Lindsay, James Drummond, Joan Drummond, Johanna Drummond, Lady Jean Drummond Graham Of Montrose, Mary Anne Drummond, Mary Drummond, Sibylla Drummond, Sir Patrick Drummond. Cecilia Ruthven passed away in 1579 in Drummond Castle, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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  • In 1526, Cecilia Ruthven entered the world in Kynnard, Perthshire, Scotland, born to Sir William Ruthven Ii And Lady Janet Halyburton Baroness Ruthven.
  • Cecilia Ruthven married Sir Lord David 2Nd Baron Earl Of Perth Drummond, and had children including Anne Agnes Countess Marisch Drummond Erskine, Catherine Drummond, David Earl Crawford Lindsay, James Drummond, Joan Drummond, Johanna Drummond, Lady Jean Drummond Graham Of Montrose, Mary Anne Drummond, Mary Drummond, Sibylla Drummond, Sir Patrick Drummond.
  • Cecilia Ruthven passed away in 1579 in Drummond Castle, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Cecilia Ruthven's Ancestors

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Cecilia Ruthven
1526–1579
Birth Place: Kynnard, Perthshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir William Ruthven II
1500–1552
Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
Lady (Janet Halyburton, Baroness) Ruthven
1503–1543
Castle Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland.
Grandparents
Patrick (Halyburton Lord) Dirleton
1475–1515
Dirleton Castle, Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland
Lady (Margaret Douglas Countess) Dirleton
1482–1542
Direlton Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
George Halliburton
1500–
Lady (Dirleton)*
1500–
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Cecilia Ruthven's Descendants

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Cecilia Ruthven (Jan 27, 1526–7 July 1579) m. Sir (Lord David 2nd Baron Earl of Perth) Drummond (12 Feb 1522–25 Mar 1580)
  1. 1. Lady (Jean Drummond Graham of) Montrose 1548–1598 m. John (*3rd Earl Graham of) Montrose 1547–1608
    1. 1. George Graham 1574–
    2. 2. Catherine Graham 1580–1607 m. Archibald (7th Earl of Argyll) Campbell 1575–1640
      1. 1. Duncan (Campbell) Lagvinshock 1603–1647
    3. 3. John (Graham Earl van Montrose) II 1573–1626
    4. 4. Robert (Graham of) Scottistown 1572–1635
    5. 5. Robert Graham 1574–1617
    6. 6. Lilias Graham 1593–
    7. 7. Catherine Graham 1568–1605
    8. 8. Lady (Lillias Katherine Countess of Wigtown) Graham 1570–1605
    9. 9. Ursula Fleming 1590–1680
    10. 10. William (Braco) Graham 1572–1635
    11. 11. William (Braco) Graham 1573–1617
    12. 12. John (Fleming) Graham 1564–1626
  2. 2. Johanna Drummond 1545–1568
  3. 3. James Drummond 1552–1623
  4. 4. Joan Drummond 1550–1612
  5. 5. Sibylla Drummond 1556–1600
  6. 6. Anne (Agnes, Countess Marisch, Drummond) Erskine 1560–1590
  7. 7. Sir (Patrick) Drummond 1550–1611
  8. 8. Mary Drummond 1570–1589
  9. 9. Mary (Anne) Drummond 1539–1589
  10. 10. Catherine Drummond 1552–1576

Cecilia Ruthven's Timeline

2 Records

1526
Jan 27, 1526
Birth of Cecilia Ruthven in Kynnard, Perthshire, Scotland
Kynnard, Perthshire, Scotland
1579
7 July 1579
Age 53
Death of Cecilia Ruthven in Drummond Castle, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Drummond Castle, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Jan 27, 1526
    Event Place: Kynnard, Perthshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 July 1579
    Event Place: Drummond Castle, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Perth: - Protocol Book of Sir Robert Rollock, 1534-1552

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