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Gilbert KENNEDY 3rd Earl of Cassillis 1517–1558 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1517

Birth Location: Cassillis, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: about 1558

Death Location: Dieppe, Normandy, France

Father: Gilbert Cassillis

Mother: Isabel (Kennedy)

Spouse(s): Margaret (Kennedy)

Children(s): Gilbert Cassillis

Gilbert KENNEDY 3rd Earl of Cassillis was born in 1517 in Cassillis, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of Gilbert Kennedy 2Nd Earl Of Cassillis And Isabel Campbell Wallace Kennedy. Gilbert KENNEDY 3rd Earl of Cassillis married Margaret Sophia Kennedy Kennedy, and had children including Gilbert Kennedy 4Th Earl Of Cassillis. Gilbert KENNEDY 3rd Earl of Cassillis passed away in 1558 in Dieppe, Normandy, France.

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  • Gilbert KENNEDY 3rd Earl of Cassillis was born in 1517 in Cassillis, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of Gilbert Kennedy 2Nd Earl Of Cassillis And Isabel Campbell Wallace Kennedy.
  • Gilbert KENNEDY 3rd Earl of Cassillis married Margaret Sophia Kennedy Kennedy, and had children including Gilbert Kennedy 4Th Earl Of Cassillis.
  • Gilbert KENNEDY 3rd Earl of Cassillis passed away in 1558 in Dieppe, Normandy, France.

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Gilbert Cassillis's Ancestors

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Gilbert Cassillis
1517–1558
Birth Place: Cassillis, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents
Gilbert KENNEDY 2nd Earl of Cassillis
1485–1527
Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
Isabel (CAMPBELL (Wallace)) (Kennedy)
1489–1529
Glenorchy, Lorn, Scotland
Grandparents
David (KENNEDY Earl of) Cassillis
1462–1513
Culzean Castle, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
Agnes BORTHWICK
1465–1512
Nenthorn, Lothian, Scotland
Archibald (CAMPBELL 2nd Earl of) Argyll
1460–1513
North Ayrshire, Scotland
Elizabeth (STEWART Countess of) Argyll
1465–1514
Traquair, Peeblesshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John Kennedy
1426–1509
Elizabeth (Boyd)
1426–1467
Colin Argyll
1433–1493
Isabel Argyll
1437–1510
John Lennox
1425–1495
Margaret Lennox
1425–1493
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Alexander Auchterhouse
1382–1470
Margaret (Montgomerie)
1397–1453
Archibald Campbell
1382–1440
John Creation)
1397–1463
Agnes MacDONALD
1410–1463
Alan Darnley
1395–1439
Catherine (Stewart)
1410–1478
Alexander Auchterhouse
1382–1470
Margaret (Montgomerie)
1397–1453

Gilbert Cassillis's Descendants

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Gilbert (KENNEDY 3rd Earl of) Cassillis (1517–about 1558) m. Margaret (Sophia KENNEDY) (Kennedy) (01 Jan 1517–12 Jan 1596)
  1. 1. Gilbert (KENNEDY 4th Earl of) Cassillis 1541–1576 m. Margaret (LYON Countess of) Cassillis 1547–1626
    1. 1. Margaret (Hamilton) KENNEDY 1565–1613 m. Fergus MacCUBBIN 1558–1615
      1. 1. John (Fergus) MacCUBBIN 1579–1631 m. Ceit MacGOWAN 1583–1604
        1. 1. John (Fergus) MacCUBBIN 1605–1666 m. Sarah (McGregor) BLACK 1605–1660
        2. 2. Adam MacCUBBIN 1608–1634 m. Margaret MUIR 1611–
    2. 2. Gilbert KENNEDY 1570–1605
    3. 3. John (KENNEDY 5th Earl of) Cassillis 1567–1615

Gilbert Cassillis's Timeline

2 Records

1517
1517
Birth of Gilbert KENNEDY 3rd Earl of Cassillis in Cassillis, Ayrshire, Scotland
Cassillis, Ayrshire, Scotland
1558
about 1558
Age 41
Death of Gilbert KENNEDY 3rd Earl of Cassillis in Dieppe, Normandy, France
Dieppe, Normandy, France

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1517
    Event Place: Cassillis, Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 22; Page: 716
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: about 1558
    Event Place: Dieppe, Normandy, France
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 22; Page: 716
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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