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Dame Margaret "Lady Luss" Cunningham 1506–1573 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1506

Birth Location: Glengarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: 20 July 1573

Death Location: Glencairn, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Father: William Glencairn

Mother: Elizabeth Sinclair

Spouse(s): Sir Greenock

Children(s): John Blair)

Dame Margaret "Lady Luss" Cunningham was born in 1506 in Glengarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of William Cunningham 4Th Earl Of Glencairn And Elizabeth Sinclair. Dame Margaret "Lady Luss" Cunningham married Sir John Alexander Sauchie Schaw Shawe Knight Of Sauchie Amp Greenock, and had children including John Alexander Blair Of Blair 9Th Lord Of Blair. Dame Margaret "Lady Luss" Cunningham passed away in 1573 in Glencairn, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Dame Margaret "Lady Luss" Cunningham was born in 1506 in Glengarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of William Cunningham 4Th Earl Of Glencairn And Elizabeth Sinclair.
  • Dame Margaret "Lady Luss" Cunningham married Sir John Alexander Sauchie Schaw Shawe Knight Of Sauchie Amp Greenock, and had children including John Alexander Blair Of Blair 9Th Lord Of Blair.
  • Dame Margaret "Lady Luss" Cunningham passed away in 1573 in Glencairn, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Glencairn
1480–1547
Birth Location: Glengarncok, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Elizabeth Sinclair
1495–1562
Birth Location: Newburgh, Foveran, Aberdeenshire, England, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Sir Greenock
1510–1593
Birth Location: Saunchie, Stirlingshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

John Blair)
1547–1603
Birth Location: Windyedge, Kincardineshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Dame Cunningham's Ancestors

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Dame Cunningham
1506–1573
Birth Place: Glengarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents
William Cunningham, 4th Earl of Glencairn
1480–1547
Glengarncok, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Sinclair
1495–1562
Newburgh, Foveran, Aberdeenshire, England, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Great-Grandparents
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Dame Cunningham's Descendants

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Dame (Margaret "Lady Luss") Cunningham (1506–20 July 1573) m. Sir (John Alexander "Sauchie" Schaw \ Shawe, Knight of Sauchie &) Greenock (1510–1593)
  1. 1. John (Alexander Blair of Blair (9th Lord of) Blair) 1547–1603

Dame Cunningham's Timeline

2 Records

1506
1506
Birth of Dame Margaret "Lady Luss" Cunningham in Glengarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Glengarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
1573
20 July 1573
Age 67
Death of Dame Margaret "Lady Luss" Cunningham in Glencairn, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Glencairn, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1506
    Event Place: Glengarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 July 1573
    Event Place: Glencairn, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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