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Dame Margaret Kennedy, Countess of Cassillis 1517–1580 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1517

Birth Location: Bargany, Dailly (Ayrshire) Scotland

Death Date: c. December 1580

Death Location: Collegiate Church of Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland

Father: Alexander Bargany

Mother: Mariot Mochrum

Spouse(s): Gilbert Cassillis, Sir Craigie

Children(s): Thomas Culzean, William Wallace, Sir Craigie, Margaret Wallace, Gilbert Cassillis, Janet Orkney, Catherine Kennedy

Dame Margaret Kennedy, Countess of Cassillis was born in 1517 in Bargany, Dailly (Ayrshire) Scotland, the child of Alexander Kennedy Of Bargany And Mariot Dunbar Of Mochrum. Dame Margaret Kennedy, Countess of Cassillis married Gilbert Kennedy 3Rd Earl Of Cassillis, Sir William Wallace 12Th Of Craigie, and had children including Catherine Kennedy, David Kennedy, Gilbert Kennedy 4Th Earl Of Cassillis, Janet Kennedy Countess Of Orkney, Margaret Wallace, Sir John Wallace 13Th Of Craigie, Thomas Kennedy Master Of Cassillis 1St Lord Of Culzean, William Wallace. Dame Margaret Kennedy, Countess of Cassillis passed away in 1580 in Collegiate Church of Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Dame Margaret Kennedy, Countess of Cassillis was born in 1517 in Bargany, Dailly (Ayrshire) Scotland, the child of Alexander Kennedy Of Bargany And Mariot Dunbar Of Mochrum.
  • Dame Margaret Kennedy, Countess of Cassillis married Gilbert Kennedy 3Rd Earl Of Cassillis, Sir William Wallace 12Th Of Craigie, and had children including Catherine Kennedy, David Kennedy, Gilbert Kennedy 4Th Earl Of Cassillis, Janet Kennedy Countess Of Orkney, Margaret Wallace, Sir John Wallace 13Th Of Craigie, Thomas Kennedy Master Of Cassillis 1St Lord Of Culzean, William Wallace.
  • Dame Margaret Kennedy, Countess of Cassillis passed away in 1580 in Collegiate Church of Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Alexander Bargany
1491–1551
Birth Location: Bargany, Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Mariot Mochrum
1495–1595
Birth Location: Mochrum, Wigstownshire, Scotland
MM

Spouses(s)

Gilbert Cassillis
1515–1558
Birth Location: Culzean Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Sir Craigie
1510–1538
Birth Location: Craigie, South Ayrshire, Scotland
SC

Children(s)

Thomas Culzean
1545–1602
Birth Location: Culzean Castle, Maybole (Ayrshire) Scotland
TC
William Wallace
–1599
Birth Location: –
WW
Sir Craigie
1530–1570
Birth Location: Craigie, South Ayrshire, Scotland
SC
Margaret Wallace
1535–1625
Birth Location: –
MW
Gilbert Cassillis
1541–1576
Birth Location: Dunure, Ayrshire, Scotland
GC
Janet Orkney
1542–1598
Birth Location: Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, Scotland
JO
Catherine Kennedy
1542–1578
Birth Location: Terregles, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
CK

Dame Cassillis's Ancestors

Self
Dame Cassillis
1517–1580
Birth Place: Bargany, Dailly (Ayrshire) Scotland
Parents
Alexander Kennedy of Bargany
1491–1551
Bargany, Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland
Mariot (Dunbar of) Mochrum
1495–1595
Mochrum, Wigstownshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Janet (Stewart of) Garlies
1460–1530
Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Elizabeth Cavers
1436–1486
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Knight
1424–1486

Dame Cassillis's Descendants

1.
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Dame (Margaret Kennedy, Countess of) Cassillis (1517–c. December 1580) m. Gilbert (Kennedy, 3rd Earl of) Cassillis (12 May 1515–28 November 1558) m. Sir (William Wallace, 12th of) Craigie (1510–March 8, 1538)
  1. 1. Thomas (Kennedy Master of Cassillis, 1st Lord of) Culzean 1545–1602 m. Elizabeth Makgill 1555–1622
    1. 1. Alexander (Kennedy of Craigoch, 1st Baron of Kilhensie) Castle 1588–1653 m. Agnes (Kennedy of Maybole, 1st Baroness of Kilhenzie) Castle 1596–1653
      1. 1. John (Kennedy of) Culzean 1621–1665 m. Margaret Hamilton 1637–1671
        1. 1. Sir (Archibald Kennedy of Culzean, 1st) Bt 1660–1711 m. Elizabeth Leslie 1653–1693
      2. 2. Marion Kennedy 1626–
      3. 3. Margaret Kennedy 1630–1671
      4. 4. Agnes Kennedy 1634–1635
      5. 5. Lord (Alexander Kennedy of Kilhenzie Castle, 2nd) Baron 1638–1697
      6. 6. Thomas Kennedy 1640–1692
      7. 7. James Kennedy 1642–1697
    2. 2. Thomas (Kennedy of) Culzean 1586–1601
    3. 3. Helen Kennedy 1587–1622
    4. 4. James Kennedy 1578–1637
    5. 5. Margaret Kennedy 1578–1665
    6. 6. Susanna Kennedy 1575–1641
    7. 7. David Kennedy 1590–1629
    8. 8. John Kennedy 1580–
    9. 9. Isabel Kennedy 1573–1653
    10. 10. Agnes Kennedy 1600–1653
  2. 2. William Wallace –1599
  3. 3. Sir (John Wallace, 13th of) Craigie 1530–1570
  4. 4. Margaret Wallace 1535–1625
  5. 5. Gilbert (Kennedy, 4th Earl of) Cassillis 1541–1576
  6. 6. Janet (Kennedy, Countess of) Orkney 1542–1598 m. Robert (Stewart, 1st Earl of) Orkney 1533–1593 m. Robert (Stewart, 1st Earl of) Orkney 1533–1593
    1. 1. Jean Stewart 1564–1642 m. Patrick (Leslie, 1st Baron of) Lindores 1557–1608
      1. 1. Lieutenant-General (Sir David Leslie 1st Baron of) Newark 1601–1682 m. Anna Yorke 1638–1713
        1. 1. Elizabeth Leslie 1653–1693 m. Sir (Archibald Kennedy of Culzean, 1st) Bt 1660–1711
  7. 7. Catherine Kennedy 1542–1578

Dame Cassillis's Timeline

2 Records

1517
1517
Birth of Dame Margaret Kennedy, Countess of Cassillis in Bargany, Dailly (Ayrshire) Scotland
Bargany, Dailly (Ayrshire) Scotland
1580
c. December 1580
Age 63
Death of Dame Margaret Kennedy, Countess of Cassillis in Cassilis, Maybole (Ayrshire) Scotland
Cassilis, Maybole (Ayrshire) Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1517
    Event Place: Bargany, Dailly (Ayrshire) Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: c. December 1580
    Event Place: Cassilis, Maybole (Ayrshire) Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Collegiate Church of Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
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