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Dame Katherine "Countess of Cawdor" Campbell Crawford 1520 – 1578 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1520

Birth Location: Cawdor Castle, Nairn, Morayshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1 Oct 1578

Death Location: Brechin Castle, Angusshire, Schotland

Father: Sir Cawdor

Mother: Morella Cawdor

Spouse(s): Sir Lindsay

Children(s): Elizabeth Lindsay

The story of Dame Katherine "Countess of Cawdor" Campbell Crawford began in 1520 in Cawdor Castle, Nairn, Morayshire, Scotland. Dame Katherine "Countess of Cawdor" Campbell Crawford married Sir Alexander (9th Earl of Crawford and Lord van Edzell) Lindsay, and had children including Elizabeth Lady Edzell Angus Scotland Lindsay. Dame Katherine "Countess of Cawdor" Campbell Crawford passed away in 1578 in Brechin Castle, Angusshire, Schotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Dame Katherine "Countess of Cawdor" Campbell Crawford began in 1520 in Cawdor Castle, Nairn, Morayshire, Scotland.
  • Dame Katherine "Countess of Cawdor" Campbell Crawford married Sir Alexander (9th Earl of Crawford and Lord van Edzell) Lindsay, and had children including Elizabeth Lady Edzell Angus Scotland Lindsay.
  • Dame Katherine "Countess of Cawdor" Campbell Crawford passed away in 1578 in Brechin Castle, Angusshire, Schotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Cawdor
1490 – 1546
Birth Location: Cawder Castle, Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland
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Morella Cawdor
1498 – 1561
Birth Location: Cawdor Castle, Nairnshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Sir Lindsay
1503 – 1558
Birth Location: Edzell, Angus, Scotland
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Children(s)

Elizabeth Lindsay
1552 – 1585
Birth Location: Edzell, Angus, Scotland
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Dame Crawford's Ancestors

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Dame Crawford
1520 – 1578
Birth Place: Cawdor Castle, Nairn, Morayshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir John Campbell Earl of Cawdor
1490 – 1546
Cawder Castle, Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland
Morella (Muriëlle Calder van Cawdor (Campbell of Cawdor), Heiress of The Old Thanes) Cawdor
1498 – 1561
Cawdor Castle, Nairnshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (Archibald Gillispe) Campbell
1466 – 1513
, , Argyllshire, Scotland
Margaret (Elizabeth) Stewart
1440 – 1510
Darnley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
John (Calder of Cawdor, 8th Thane van) Cawdor
1466 – 1521
Muriel Castle, Cawdor, Calder, Nairnshire, Scotland
Isabella (Rose of Kilvarock (Calder of) Cawdor)
1481 – 1521
Kilravock Castle, Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Dame Crawford's Descendants

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Dame (Katherine "Countess of Cawdor" Campbell) Crawford (1520 – 1 Oct 1578) m. Sir (Alexander (9th Earl of Crawford and Lord van Edzell)) Lindsay (1503 – 10 Sep 1558)
  1. 1. Elizabeth (Lady Edzell Angus Scotland) Lindsay (1552 – May 1585) m. Patrick (Laird Sir 3rd Lord Drummond Perth) Drummond (1550 – 18 Dec 1611)
    1. 1. Lilias DRUMMOND (1580 – 8 May 1601) m. Alexander (Lord of Seton, 1st Earl of) Dunfirmline (1555 – 16 Jun 1622)
      1. 1. Sophia (Seton) Lindsay (1590 – Mar 1640) m. Sir (Knight David, 1st Lord Lindsay, of) Balcarres (17 Mar 1587 – 31 Jan 1642)
        1. 1. Baron (Alexander "1st Earl of Balcarres") Lindsay (6 Jul 1618 – 30 Aug 1659) m. Lady (Anne, Countess of Balcarres,) Mackenzie (1627 – 2 May 1707)

Dame Crawford's Timeline

2 Records

1520
1520
Birth of Dame Katherine "Countess of Cawdor" Campbell Crawford in Cawdor Castle, Nairn, Morayshire, Scotland
Cawdor Castle, Nairn, Morayshire, Scotland
1578
1 Oct 1578
Age 58
Death of Dame Katherine "Countess of Cawdor" Campbell Crawford in Brechin Castle, Angusshire, Schotland
Brechin Castle, Angusshire, Schotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1520
    Event Place: Cawdor Castle, Nairn, Morayshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 Oct 1578
    Event Place: Brechin Castle, Angusshire, Schotland
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