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James Douglas 5th Earl of Van Buchan 1580–1601 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1580

Birth Location: Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 26 August 1601

Death Location: Auchterhouse, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Lord Buchan

Mother: Christian Stewart

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James Douglas 5th Earl of Van Buchan was born in 1580 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Lord Robert Douglas 4Th Earl Of Laird Van Lochleven 4Th Earl Of Buchan And Christian Thomas Stewart. James Douglas 5th Earl of Van Buchan passed away in 1601 in Auchterhouse, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • James Douglas 5th Earl of Van Buchan was born in 1580 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Lord Robert Douglas 4Th Earl Of Laird Van Lochleven 4Th Earl Of Buchan And Christian Thomas Stewart.
  • James Douglas 5th Earl of Van Buchan passed away in 1601 in Auchterhouse, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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James Buchan's Ancestors

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James Buchan
1580–1601
Birth Place: Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Lord Robert Douglas 4th Earl of Laird Van Lochleven, 4th Earl of Buchan
1543–1580
Castle, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Christian (Thomas) Stewart
1548–1580
Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Sir (Robert Douglas, Laird of) Lochleven
1515–1547
Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Marie (De Guise de Lorraine\ Queen of Scotland Mother of Mary Queen of) Scots
1515–1560
Bar Le Duc, , Lorraine, France
Great-Grandparents
Sir Mar
1487–1555
Margaret Argyll
1485–1555
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Erskine
1458–1513
Isabella Mar
1462–1518

James Buchan's Timeline

2 Records

1580
1580
Birth of James Douglas 5th Earl of Van Buchan in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1601
26 August 1601
Age 21
Death of James Douglas 5th Earl of Van Buchan in Auchterhouse, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Auchterhouse, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1580
    Event Place: Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 August 1601
    Event Place: Auchterhouse, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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