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Gilbert (Lord) Kennedy 1515 – 1576 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 May 1515

Birth Location: Cassilis, Maybole (Ayrshire) Scotland

Death Date: 14 Dec 1576

Death Location: Dieppe, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France

Father: Gilbert Kennedy

Mother: Isabel Campbell

Spouse(s): Lady Campbell

Children(s): Catherine Hamilton

Gilbert (Lord) Kennedy (3rd Earl of Cassillis) was born in 1515 in Cassilis, Maybole (Ayrshire) Scotland, the child of Gilbert Kennedy and Isabel Campbell. Gilbert (Lord) Kennedy (3rd Earl of Cassillis) married Lady Isabel of Riccarton, Countess of Cassillis, Campbell, and had children including Catherine Hamilton. Gilbert (Lord) Kennedy (3rd Earl of Cassillis) passed away in 1576 in Dieppe, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.

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Biography

  • Gilbert (Lord) Kennedy (3rd Earl of Cassillis) was born in 1515 in Cassilis, Maybole (Ayrshire) Scotland, the child of Gilbert Kennedy and Isabel Campbell.
  • Gilbert (Lord) Kennedy (3rd Earl of Cassillis) married Lady Isabel of Riccarton, Countess of Cassillis, Campbell, and had children including Catherine Hamilton.
  • Gilbert (Lord) Kennedy (3rd Earl of Cassillis) passed away in 1576 in Dieppe, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.

Immediate Family

Parents

Gilbert Kennedy
1485 – 1527
Birth Location: Cassillis House, Maybole, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Isabel Campbell
1489 – 1529
Birth Location: Glenorchy, Argyll, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Lady Campbell
1489 – 1529
Birth Location: Glenorchy, Lorn, SCOTLAND
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Children(s)

Catherine Hamilton
1510 – 1593
Birth Location: Maybole, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Gilbert Kennedy's Ancestors

Self
Gilbert Kennedy
1515 – 1576
Birth Place: Cassilis, Maybole (Ayrshire) Scotland
Parents
Gilbert Kennedy
1485 – 1527
Cassillis House, Maybole, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Isabel Campbell
1489 – 1529
Glenorchy, Argyll, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Lord (Colin Cailen Malloch Campbell, 3rd Earl of Argylll, 3rd Laird of) Argyll
1486 – 1529
Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Gilbert Kennedy's Descendants

1.
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Gilbert ((Lord)) Kennedy (12 May 1515 – 14 Dec 1576) m. Lady (Isabel of Riccarton, Countess of Cassillis,) Campbell (01 Nov 1489 – 9 Feb 1529)
  1. 1. Catherine Hamilton (1510 – 14 Mar 1593) m. William Herries (14 January 1501 – 26 September 1543) m. Sir (William Earl of Cassils High Treasurer of Scotland) Hamilton (1504 – 8 January 1569) m. George m. Hamilton
    1. 1. Robert Herries (1515 – 1560)
    2. 2. Catherine Hamilton (1517 – 1540)
    3. 3. Lady (Isabel Elizabeth Rebecca Hamilton av) Orbitson (1518 – 13 Nov 1604) m. Robert (, 3rd LORD) SEMPLE (1505 – 1569) m. Sir (George V Seton, 5th Lord Seton, Provost of Edinburgh, Master of the Royal Household, Privy Councillor, commissioner sent to France by) P (1528 – 8 January 1585) m. Sir (WALTER "William" SETON, 4th Earl of Touch,) Knight (1529 – 18 Feb 1568) m. John (De) Montgomerie
      1. 1. Emily (Mary Ann) Sempill
      2. 2. Robert ("The Great Lord", 3rd LORD of) SEMPLE (1531 – 16 Dec 1569)
      3. 3. Lady (Margaret Margaretha Seton (Hamilton) (Baroness) Paisley) (1546 – 16 Jun 1618)
      4. 4. Robert (Earl of Wintoun) Seton (1550 – 22 March 1602) m. Geeles Shaw (1560 – 1625)
        1. 1. George Seton (1 Dec 1584 – 17 Dec 1650) m. Elizabeth (Anne) Hay (1592 – 13 Feb 1625) m. Lady (Elizabeth Anne Hay, Countess of) Errol (1592 – 13 Feb 1628)
      5. 5. Sir (George) Seton (1550 – Mar 1562)
      6. 6. (Baroness) (Lady Margaret Montgomerie (Margaretha) Douglas Seton ^' , Baroness) Paisley (01 Jan 1550 – 16 Jun 1618)
      7. 7. Lady (Margaret Douglas) Seton (1 January 1550 – 10 February 1616)
      8. 8. Lady (Grizel Grace Seton of) Tranent (1551 – 8 Feb 1573)
      9. 9. Grizel (Grace Semple) (Blair) (1551 – 8 Feb 1573 (24 Feb 1575 ?) 28 Dec 1609 ?)
      10. 10. Sir (George) Seton (1551 – Abt. 1620)
      11. 11. Grissel (Sempill) (Sympill) (1551 – 28 December 1609)
      12. 12. Grizel Seton (1551 – 8 Feb 1572)
      13. 13. Sir (Robert Seton (1st Earl of Winton) (1st Earl of Dunfermline) ) (1552 – 11 Jun 1594)
      14. 14. Sir (John of Barnes) Seton (1553 – 22 March 1602/1603)
      15. 15. Sir (Robert Seton (1st Earl of) Winton) (1553 – 11 Jun 1594)
      16. 16. Alasdair Seton (1555 – 1622)
      17. 17. Alexander Seton (1555 – 16 September 1622)
      18. 18. Sir (Alexander David Seton, 2nd Earl Dunfermline, Laird Urquhart, Laird Fyvie, Prior of) Pluscarden, (1555 – 16 Jun 1622)
      19. 19. Lady (Margaret\Margaretha Seton) (Hamilton) (1558 – 16 Jun 1615)
      20. 20. Vice (Admiral James Seton, Scotland Navy Vice) Admiral (1560 – 11 Jun 1594)
      21. 21. Sir (William Seton of) Kyllismore (1562 – Jul 1635)
      22. 22. Sir (George) Seton (Bef 1562 – Mar 1562)
      23. 23. Janet (Seton) (Mure) (1570 – 15 Jun 1658)
      24. 24. Alexander Seton (1577 – 1622)
      25. 25. Sir (John Seton of) Tranent (1578 – 11 Jun 1594)
    4. 4. Agnes Hamilton (1518 – 14 Mar 1594)
    5. 5. Margaret Hamilton (1520 – 1605)
    6. 6. Robert (Herries of) Terregles (1522 – 1552)
      1. 1. Mariote (Herries of) Terregles
    7. 7. William (of Sorn and Sanquhar) Hamilton (1525 – 2 Nov 1592)
    8. 8. William Hamilton (1525 – 2 Nov 1592)
    9. 9. Isabel Hamilton (1530 – )
    10. 10. William Hamilton (1530 – 31 Mar. 1580)
    11. 11. Isabelle Hamilton (1530 – 13 November 1604)
    12. 12. Bernard Hamilton (1532 – 1552)
    13. 13. Catherine Herries-Stewart (1533 – 8 Feb 1592)
    14. 14. Elizabeth Kennedy (1533 – 8 February 1593)
    15. 15. Katherina Harries (1533 – 11 March 1593)
    16. 16. Bernard Hamilton (1533 – 1553)
    17. 17. Elizabeth Hamilton (1534 – Jun 1611)
    18. 18. Lady (Agnes Herries, Baroness of) Terregles (1534 – 14 March 1594)
    19. 19. Lady (Agnes Baroness Herries (of) Terregles) (1534 – 14 March 1594)
    20. 20. Betty Hamilton (1535 – Jun. 1611)
    21. 21. Catharina (Elizabeth Herries) (Stewart) (1536 – 8 February 1593)
    22. 22. Catherine (K) Robinson (1536 – 19 Dec 1913)
    23. 23. Nicola Herries (Abt. 1536 – )
    24. 24. Agnes Herries (c 1539 – 14 Mar 1594)
    25. 25. Gwen (c 1539 – 14 Mar 1594)
    26. 26. Agnes Hamilton (1545 – 14 Mar 1594)
    27. 27. John Hamilton (1548 – 1619)
    28. 28. Margaret Hamilton (1550 – April 1593)
    29. 29. Margaret Knight (1558 – 1551)
    30. 30. William (of Sorn and Sanquhar) Hamilton (1525 – 2 Nov 1592)
    31. 31. Margaret Hamilton (1526 – )
    32. 32. Betty Hamilton (1535 – 13 Nov 1604)
    33. 33. Janet ((Jean) Herries, co-heir of) Terregles (1538 – Dec 1612)
    34. 34. John Hamilton (1548 – 1619)
    35. 35. Margaret Hamilton (1562 – 1606)
    36. 36. Mam
    37. 37. Pete
    38. 38. Michael
    39. 39. Gwen
    40. 40. William Hamilton (1530 – 31 March 1580)
    41. 41. Bernard Hamilton (1533 – 1553)
    42. 42. Margaret Hamilton (1550 – April 1593)

Gilbert Kennedy's Timeline

2 Records

1515
12 May 1515
Birth of Gilbert (Lord) Kennedy (3rd Earl of Cassillis) in Cassilis, Maybole (Ayrshire) Scotland
Cassilis, Maybole (Ayrshire) Scotland
1576
14 Dec 1576
Age 61
Death of Gilbert (Lord) Kennedy (3rd Earl of Cassillis) in Dieppe, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Dieppe, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 May 1515
    Event Place: Cassilis, Maybole (Ayrshire) Scotland
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Dec 1576
    Event Place: Dieppe, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
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