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Gilbert Kennedy, 3rd Earl of Cassillis 1515–1558 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 May 1515

Birth Location: Culzean Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: 28 November 1558

Death Location: Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France

Father: Gilbert Cassillis

Mother: Lady Cassillis

Spouse(s): Dame Cassillis

Children(s): Thomas Culzean, Gilbert Cassillis, Janet Orkney, Catherine Kennedy

Gilbert Kennedy, 3rd Earl of Cassillis was born in 1515 in Culzean Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of Gilbert Kennedy 2Nd Earl Of Cassillis And Lady Isabel Campbell Countess Of Cassillis. Gilbert Kennedy, 3rd Earl of Cassillis married Dame Margaret Kennedy Countess Of Cassillis, and had children including Catherine Kennedy, David Kennedy, Gilbert Kennedy 4Th Earl Of Cassillis, Janet Kennedy Countess Of Orkney, Thomas Kennedy Master Of Cassillis 1St Lord Of Culzean. Gilbert Kennedy, 3rd Earl of Cassillis passed away in 1558 in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.

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Biography

  • Gilbert Kennedy, 3rd Earl of Cassillis was born in 1515 in Culzean Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of Gilbert Kennedy 2Nd Earl Of Cassillis And Lady Isabel Campbell Countess Of Cassillis.
  • Gilbert Kennedy, 3rd Earl of Cassillis married Dame Margaret Kennedy Countess Of Cassillis, and had children including Catherine Kennedy, David Kennedy, Gilbert Kennedy 4Th Earl Of Cassillis, Janet Kennedy Countess Of Orkney, Thomas Kennedy Master Of Cassillis 1St Lord Of Culzean.
  • Gilbert Kennedy, 3rd Earl of Cassillis passed away in 1558 in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.

Immediate Family

Parents

Gilbert Cassillis
1485–1527
Birth Location: Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Lady Cassillis
1489–1529
Birth Location: Lorn, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Dame Cassillis
1517–1580
Birth Location: Bargany, Dailly (Ayrshire) Scotland
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Children(s)

Thomas Culzean
1545–1602
Birth Location: Culzean Castle, Maybole (Ayrshire) Scotland
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Gilbert Cassillis
1541–1576
Birth Location: Dunure, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Janet Orkney
1542–1598
Birth Location: Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Catherine Kennedy
1542–1578
Birth Location: Terregles, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
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Gilbert Cassillis's Ancestors

Self
Gilbert Cassillis
1515–1558
Birth Place: Culzean Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents
Gilbert Kennedy, 2nd Earl of Cassillis
1485–1527
Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
Lady (Isabel Campbell, Countess of) Cassillis
1489–1529
Lorn, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Grandparents
David (Kennedy, 1st Earl of) Cassillis
1463–1513
Culzean Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland
Agnes Borthwick
1465–1505
Borthwick Castle, Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland
Archibald (Campbell, 2nd Earl of) Argyll
1449–1513
Skipness, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Elizabeth (Stewart, Countess of) Argyll
1465–1514
Traquair, Peeblesshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Kennedy
1436–1508
Elizabeth Montgomerie
–1467
Colin Argyll
1433–1493
Isabel Argyll
1437–1510
John Lennox
1400–1495
Margaret Lennox
1425–1493
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lord Kennedy
1405–1489
Margaret Boyd
1397–1453
Lord Auchterhouse
1383–1470
Margaret Boyd
1399–1453

Gilbert Cassillis's Descendants

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Gilbert (Kennedy, 3rd Earl of) Cassillis (12 May 1515–28 November 1558) m. Dame (Margaret Kennedy, Countess of) Cassillis (1517–c. December 1580)
  1. 1. Thomas (Kennedy Master of Cassillis, 1st Lord of) Culzean 1545–1602 m. Elizabeth Makgill 1555–1622
    1. 1. Alexander (Kennedy of Craigoch, 1st Baron of Kilhensie) Castle 1588–1653 m. Agnes (Kennedy of Maybole, 1st Baroness of Kilhenzie) Castle 1596–1653
      1. 1. John (Kennedy of) Culzean 1621–1665 m. Margaret Hamilton 1637–1671
        1. 1. Sir (Archibald Kennedy of Culzean, 1st) Bt 1660–1711 m. Elizabeth Leslie 1653–1693
      2. 2. Marion Kennedy 1626–
      3. 3. Margaret Kennedy 1630–1671
      4. 4. Agnes Kennedy 1634–1635
      5. 5. Lord (Alexander Kennedy of Kilhenzie Castle, 2nd) Baron 1638–1697
      6. 6. Thomas Kennedy 1640–1692
      7. 7. James Kennedy 1642–1697
    2. 2. Thomas (Kennedy of) Culzean 1586–1601
    3. 3. Helen Kennedy 1587–1622
    4. 4. James Kennedy 1578–1637
    5. 5. Margaret Kennedy 1578–1665
    6. 6. Susanna Kennedy 1575–1641
    7. 7. David Kennedy 1590–1629
    8. 8. John Kennedy 1580–
    9. 9. Isabel Kennedy 1573–1653
    10. 10. Agnes Kennedy 1600–1653
  2. 2. Gilbert (Kennedy, 4th Earl of) Cassillis 1541–1576
  3. 3. Janet (Kennedy, Countess of) Orkney 1542–1598 m. Robert (Stewart, 1st Earl of) Orkney 1533–1593 m. Robert (Stewart, 1st Earl of) Orkney 1533–1593
    1. 1. Jean Stewart 1564–1642 m. Patrick (Leslie, 1st Baron of) Lindores 1557–1608
      1. 1. Lieutenant-General (Sir David Leslie 1st Baron of) Newark 1601–1682 m. Anna Yorke 1638–1713
        1. 1. Elizabeth Leslie 1653–1693 m. Sir (Archibald Kennedy of Culzean, 1st) Bt 1660–1711
  4. 4. Catherine Kennedy 1542–1578

Gilbert Cassillis's Timeline

2 Records

1515
12 May 1515
Birth of Gilbert Kennedy, 3rd Earl of Cassillis in Culzean Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland
Culzean Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland
1558
28 November 1558
Age 43
Death of Gilbert Kennedy, 3rd Earl of Cassillis in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 May 1515
    Event Place: Culzean Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Alabama, Surname Files Expanded, Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, AL; Alabama Surname Files; Box or Film Number: M85.0632

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Ayr, Lanark, & Stirling: - The commissariot record of Glasgow Register of testamenis, 1547-1800

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Gloucestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 November 1558
    Event Place: Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
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