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Dame Margaret Kennedy 1517–1597 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1517

Birth Location: Bargany, Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: 12 JAN 1597

Death Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, , Scotland

Father: Lord Bargany)

Mother: Catherine Dunbar

Spouse(s): Gilbert 12XGGF

Children(s): Gilbert Kennedy, Janet Kennedy, Catherine Kennedy, Isobel Kennedy, Thomas Kennedy, Johanna Kennedy, Helen Kennedy, Margaret Wallace, David Kennedy, William Kennedy, John Kennedy, William Wallace, John Kennedy

Dame Margaret Kennedy was born in 1517 in Bargany, Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of Lord Alexander Lord Of Bargany Kennedy 4Th Earl Of Bargany And Catherine Dunbar. Dame Margaret Kennedy married Gilbert Kennedy 3Rd Earl Of Cassillis 12Xggf, and had children including Archibald Kennedy, Catherine Kennedy, David Kennedy, Gilbert Kennedy, Helen Kennedy, Isobel Kennedy, Janet Kennedy, Johanna Kennedy, John Kennedy, John Wallace Kennedy, Margaret Wallace, Quintin Kennedy, Thomas Kennedy, William Wallace, William Wallace Kennedy. Dame Margaret Kennedy passed away in 1597 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, , Scotland.

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Biography

  • Dame Margaret Kennedy was born in 1517 in Bargany, Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of Lord Alexander Lord Of Bargany Kennedy 4Th Earl Of Bargany And Catherine Dunbar.
  • Dame Margaret Kennedy married Gilbert Kennedy 3Rd Earl Of Cassillis 12Xggf, and had children including Archibald Kennedy, Catherine Kennedy, David Kennedy, Gilbert Kennedy, Helen Kennedy, Isobel Kennedy, Janet Kennedy, Johanna Kennedy, John Kennedy, John Wallace Kennedy, Margaret Wallace, Quintin Kennedy, Thomas Kennedy, William Wallace, William Wallace Kennedy.
  • Dame Margaret Kennedy passed away in 1597 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, , Scotland.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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Dame Kennedy's Ancestors

Self
Dame Kennedy
1517–1597
Birth Place: Bargany, Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents
Lord Alexander "Lord of Bargany" Kennedy (4th Earl of Bargany)
1491–1551
Bargany, Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland
Catherine Dunbar
1494–1595
Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Thomas (Lord Kennedy van) Barqany
1461–1549
Bargany, Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland
Lady (Katherine of Barbany Montgomerie de) Kennedy
1465–1533
Culzean Castle, Maybole, Ayreshire, Scotland
John (Canmore Lord Dunbar van) Mochrum
1450–1504
Westfield, Morayshire, Schotland
Lady (Janet Johanna (Stewart )) Dunbar
1460–1530
Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John Ambassador
1431–1497
Lady Errol
1443–1500
Alexander Garlies
1435–1500
Elisabeth Douglas
1440–1475
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lord Glamis
1402–1459
Lady Glamis
1402–1484
Willem Dalswinton
1408–1480
Elizabeth Stewart
1410–1474
Sir Iv
1426–1493
Joan Morton
1428–1493

Dame Kennedy's Descendants

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Dame (Margaret) Kennedy (1517–12 JAN 1597) m. Gilbert (Kennedy 3rd Earl of Cassillis) 12XGGF (12 May 1515–28 NOV 1558)
  1. 1. Gilbert Kennedy 1541–1576 m. MARGARET (LYON BARONESS OF) HAMILTON 1547–1626
    1. 1. Hew (- Hugh) Kennedy 1567–1607
    2. 2. Margaret (Hamilton) Kennedy 1563–1613
    3. 3. Barbara Kennedy 1565–
    4. 4. Margaret ("Meg") Hay 1568–1658
    5. 5. Gilbert, (Laird Drumurchie Kennedy th Earl of) Cassilis 1569–1601
    6. 6. Jean Kennedy 1566–1598
    7. 7. Meg (Willisone) Kennedy 1568–1628
    8. 8. Thomas Kennedy 1559–1602
    9. 9. John (Kennedy (7th Lord Kennedy and 5th Earl of) Cassillis) 1575–1615
    10. 10. Charles Kennedy 1565–1625
  2. 2. Janet Kennedy 1542–1598
  3. 3. Catherine Kennedy 1542–1578
  4. 4. Isobel Kennedy 1542–1598
  5. 5. Thomas Kennedy 1545–1602
  6. 6. Johanna Kennedy 1540–1598
  7. 7. Helen Kennedy 1532–1568
  8. 8. Margaret Wallace 1535–1622
  9. 9. David Kennedy 1539–1543
  10. 10. William (Wallace) Kennedy 1545–1603
  11. 11. John Kennedy 1539–1609
  12. 12. William Wallace 1533–1616
  13. 13. John (Wallace) Kennedy 1540–1570

Dame Kennedy's Timeline

2 Records

1517
1517
Birth of Dame Margaret Kennedy in Bargany, Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland
Bargany, Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland
1597
12 JAN 1597
Age 80
Death of Dame Margaret Kennedy in Edinburgh, Midlothian, , Scotland
Edinburgh, Midlothian, , 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: 12 JAN 1597
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, , Scotland

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