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David Laird Of Culzean Kennedy 1520–1585 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1520

Birth Location: Dunure, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1585

Death Location: Barr, South Ayrshire, Scotland

Father: Gilbert Kennedy

Mother: Lady Argyll

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In 1520, David Laird Of Culzean Kennedy entered the world in Dunure, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to Gilbert 2Nd Earl Of Cassilis Kennedy And Lady Isabel Isobel Countess Of Cassillis Campbell Of Argyll. David Laird Of Culzean Kennedy passed away in 1585 in Barr, South Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1520, David Laird Of Culzean Kennedy entered the world in Dunure, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to Gilbert 2Nd Earl Of Cassilis Kennedy And Lady Isabel Isobel Countess Of Cassillis Campbell Of Argyll.
  • David Laird Of Culzean Kennedy passed away in 1585 in Barr, South Ayrshire, Scotland.

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David Kennedy's Ancestors

Self
David Kennedy
1520–1585
Birth Place: Dunure, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Gilbert 2nd Earl Of Cassilis Kennedy
1485–1527
Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
Lady (Isabel Isobel Countess Of Cassillis Campbell Of) Argyll
1489–1529
Glenorchy, Lorn, Scotland
Grandparents
David (1st Earl of Cassillis 3rd Lord) Kennedy
1463–1513
Culzean Castle, Maybole, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Agnes Borthwick
1465–1509
Borthwick Castle, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Archibald (2nd Earl Of Argyll) Campbell
1465–1513
castle, Lochow, Argyll, Scotland
Lady (Elizabeth Countess Of Argyle) Stewart
1465–1514
Traquair, Peeblesshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John Kennedy
1436–1509
Elizabeth Montgomerie
1447–1470
William Borthwick
1435–1513
Colin Campbell
1433–1493
Lady Stewart
1430–1510
John Stewart
1428–1495
Margaret Montgomerie
1425–1493
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Gilbert Dunure
1405–1489
Lady Maxwell
1408–1484
Alexander Auchterhouse
1382–1470
Margaret Boyd
1397–1453
Archibald Kilbride
1410–1440
Lady Somerville
1413–1447
John Stewart
1397–1463
Lady MacDonald
1415–1442
Sir Stewart
1406–1439
Alexander Auchterhouse
1382–1470
Margaret Boyd
1397–1453

David Kennedy's Timeline

2 Records

1520
1520
Birth of David Laird Of Culzean Kennedy in Dunure, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dunure, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1585
1585
Age 65
Death of David Laird Of Culzean Kennedy in Culzean, Kirkoswald, Scotland, United Kingdom
Culzean, Kirkoswald, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1520
    Event Place: Dunure, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1585
    Event Place: Culzean, Kirkoswald, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Barr, South Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

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