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Gilbert Kennedy, 2nd Earl Cassilis 1494–1527 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1494

Birth Location: Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1527

Death Location: Prestwick

Father: David Kennedy

Mother: David Cassilis

Spouse(s): Lady Campbel

Children(s): Gilbert Scotland

Gilbert Kennedy, 2nd Earl Cassilis was born in 1494 in Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of David Kennedy And David Kennedy 1St Earl Of Cassilis. Gilbert Kennedy, 2nd Earl Cassilis married Lady Isabel Campbel, and had children including Gilbert Cassillis Kennedy 3Rd Earl Cassilis Treasurer Of Scotland. Gilbert Kennedy, 2nd Earl Cassilis passed away in 1527 in Prestwick.

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Biography

  • Gilbert Kennedy, 2nd Earl Cassilis was born in 1494 in Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of David Kennedy And David Kennedy 1St Earl Of Cassilis.
  • Gilbert Kennedy, 2nd Earl Cassilis married Lady Isabel Campbel, and had children including Gilbert Cassillis Kennedy 3Rd Earl Cassilis Treasurer Of Scotland.
  • Gilbert Kennedy, 2nd Earl Cassilis passed away in 1527 in Prestwick.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Gilbert Cassilis's Ancestors

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Gilbert Cassilis
1494–1527
Birth Place: Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents
David Kennedy
1464–
David (Kennedy 1st Earl of) Cassilis
1463–1513
Dunure Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland
Grandparents
John (Kennedy, 2nd Lord) Kennedy
1454–1500
Scotland
Elizabeth Montgomerie
1450–1467
Great-Grandparents
Gilbert Kennedy
1405–1489
Catherine Maxwell
1408–1484
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Younger
1380–1408
Princess Stewart
1378–1437

Gilbert Cassilis's Descendants

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Gilbert (Kennedy, 2nd Earl) Cassilis (1494–1527) m. Lady (Isabel) Campbel (1502–1529)
  1. 1. Gilbert (Cassillis Kennedy, 3rd Earl Cassilis Treasurer of) Scotland 1515–1558 m. Dame (Margaret Sophia) Kennedy 1517–1596
    1. 1. Thomas (Kennedy Master Cassillis, 1st Lord of Culzean Gentlemen of the bedchamber of James) VI 1545–1603 m. Elizabeth Makgill\McGill 1555–1622
      1. 1. Sir (Alexander Kennedy of Craigoch, 1st Baron of Kilhenzie) Castle 1588–1653 m. Agnes (Kennedy of Maybole, 1st Baroness of Kilhenzie) Castle 1596–1653
        1. 1. Lord (Alexander Kennedy of Kilhenzie) Castle, 1638–1697 m. Anna Crawford 1653–1713

Gilbert Cassilis's Timeline

3 Records

1494
1494
Birth of Gilbert Kennedy, 2nd Earl Cassilis in Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
1527
1527
Age 33
Death of Gilbert Kennedy, 2nd Earl Cassilis in Prestwick
Prestwick
1898
April 1898
Age 404
Gilbert Kennedy, 2nd Earl Cassilis was married in Kensington, London
Kensington, London

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1494
    Event Place: Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: April 1898
    Event Place: Kensington, London

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1527
    Event Place: Prestwick
    Record Source: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 10; Page: 1306

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