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Lady Margaret Murray, Baroness Achterhouse Countess Buchan 1446–1486 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1446

Birth Location: Falahill, Eddleston, Peebles-Shire, Scotland

Death Date: 14 Jul 1486

Death Location: Traquhair, Peeblesshire, Scotland

Father: Patrick Murray

Mother: Katherine Balfour

Spouse(s): Sir Chamberlain, James Stewart

Children(s): Lady Stewart, Janet Stewart

The story of Lady Margaret Murray, Baroness Achterhouse Countess Buchan began in 1446 in Falahill, Eddleston, Peebles-Shire, Scotland. Lady Margaret Murray, Baroness Achterhouse Countess Buchan married James Iii Stewart, Sir James Hearty James Stewart Baron Auchterhouse 1St Earl Of Buchan Lord Chamberlain, and had children including Janet Jean Atholl Countess Stewart, Lady Agnes Aka Isobel Countess Of Bothwell Mistress King James Iv Scotland Stewart. Lady Margaret Murray, Baroness Achterhouse Countess Buchan passed away in 1486 in Traquhair, Peeblesshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Lady Margaret Murray, Baroness Achterhouse Countess Buchan began in 1446 in Falahill, Eddleston, Peebles-Shire, Scotland.
  • Lady Margaret Murray, Baroness Achterhouse Countess Buchan married James Iii Stewart, Sir James Hearty James Stewart Baron Auchterhouse 1St Earl Of Buchan Lord Chamberlain, and had children including Janet Jean Atholl Countess Stewart, Lady Agnes Aka Isobel Countess Of Bothwell Mistress King James Iv Scotland Stewart.
  • Lady Margaret Murray, Baroness Achterhouse Countess Buchan passed away in 1486 in Traquhair, Peeblesshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Patrick Murray
1412–1493
Birth Location: Falahill, Edleston, Peebleshire, Scotland
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Katherine Balfour
1425–1446
Birth Location: Feu Charter, Argyllshire, Schotland
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Spouses(s)

Sir Chamberlain
1439–1497
Birth Location: Lorn, Argyllshire, Scotland
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James Stewart
1451–1488
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Lady Stewart
1472–1557
Birth Location: Traquhair, Peeblesshire, Scotland
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Janet Stewart
1461–1510
Birth Location: Traquair, Perthshire, Scotland
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Lady Buchan's Ancestors

Self
Lady Buchan
1446–1486
Birth Place: Falahill, Eddleston, Peebles-Shire, Scotland
Parents
Patrick Murray
1412–1493
Falahill, Edleston, Peebleshire, Scotland
Katherine Balfour
1425–1446
Feu Charter, Argyllshire, Schotland
Grandparents
John (of Falahill) Murry
1380–1461
Falahill, Midlothian, Scotland
Michael Balfour
1400–1425
Castle Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland
Marjory Durie
1404–1425
Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
ANDREW BALFOUR
1375–1400
Andrew Balfour
1379–1400
Sir Durie
1380–1404
Lady Dunbar
1387–1429
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Buchan's Descendants

1.
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Lady (Margaret Murray, Baroness Achterhouse Countess) Buchan (1446–14 Jul 1486) m. Sir (James "Hearty James" Stewart, Baron Auchterhouse, 1st Earl of Buchan, Lord) Chamberlain (21 Sep 1439–Jan 1497) m. James (III) Stewart (10 Jul 1451–11 Jun 1488)
  1. 1. Lady (Agnes, aka Isobel, Countess of Bothwell, (Mistress King James IV Scotland),) Stewart 1472–1557 m. Alexander HOME 1490–1516 m. James (IV Scotland) Stewart 1473–1513 m. Sir (John) Wallace* 1497–1586 m. Adam (Hepburn) Bothwell 1492–1513 m. Cuthbert RAMSAY 1478–1557 m. Malcolm Fleming 1494–1547 m. John (Lord) Maxwell 1450–1513 m. Robert Maxwell 1490–1546 m. James (1V King of) Scotland 1473–1513
    1. 1. George (15084th Lord Home, Lords of East Marches, Privy Councellor) Home 1509–1548 m. Lady (Mariotta Haliburton, Of Dirleton, Baroness of) Ruthven 1511–1564
      1. 1. Andrew Home(Hume) 1532–1589 m. Barbara Simpson 1533– m. Margaret (Cessford) Kerr 1543–1579
        1. 1. Magdalene Home 1550–1580 m. Captain (Robert) Lauder 1520–1575 m. Robert Lauder 1545–1597
        2. 2. Lady (Margaret Home) (Hume) 1565–1598
        3. 3. Sir (Alexander Home) (Hume) 1566–1619
      2. 2. Alexander Home 1535–1575
      3. 3. Margaret (Lady of Aberdeenshire) Home 1540–1650
      4. 4. Sir (George Home) (Hume) 1526–1611
      5. 5. Lady (Margaret Home) (Hume) 1540–1560
      6. 6. Lady (Margaret (Home)) Erskine 1540–1582
      7. 7. Jean 1531–1593
      8. 8. Lilian Ruthven 1525–1579
      9. 9. George (Canmore Lord) Home 1530–
      10. 10. Mary Home 1566–1591
    2. 2. Janet Home 1502–1573
    3. 3. Nicholas Home 1500–
    4. 4. Mary Maxwell 1486–
    5. 5. Janet ((Lady) -- Baroness Fleming ---) Stewart 1500–1562
    6. 6. Katherine Maxwell 1489–1515
    7. 7. Patrick Hepburn 1512–1556
    8. 8. Jeanette (Canmore Lady Home van) Samuelston 1515–
    9. 9. Robert Maxwell 1513–1546
    10. 10. Robert (Lord Maxwell) Maxwell 1484–1546
    11. 11. Sir (John Lord Herries Terregles) Maxwell 1867–1581
    12. 12. Agnes Maxwell 1500–
    13. 13. Isobel Maxwell 1493–
    14. 14. Janet Stewart 1513–1560
    15. 15. *Barbara DONALDSON 1495–1550
    16. 16. Alison Home 1507–1539
    17. 17. Alexander Stewart 1493–1513
    18. 18. Catherine Stewart 1491–1554
    19. 19. James Stewart 1499–1544
    20. 20. Princess (Margaret Jane of Scotland,) Stewart 1502–1562
    21. 21. Princess (Joan) Stewart 1500–1563
    22. 22. Alexander Stewart 1514–1515
    23. 23. Arthur Stewart 1509–1510
    24. 24. Mariot Stewart 1501–
    25. 25. Margaret Stuart 1450–1512
    26. 26. Daughter Stewart 1508–1508
    27. 27. James (Rothesay) Stewart 1506–1508
    28. 28. Jean Stewart 1500–1562
    29. 29. James (V "King of Scotland") STEWART 1512–1542
    30. 30. Catherine (of) Scotland 1496–1554
    31. 31. Elizabeth STEWART 1501–
    32. 32. James (Stewart) Scotland 1495–1544
    33. 33. Dorothea Stewart 1513–1512
    34. 34. Lady (Mary) Douglas 1498–
    35. 35. Margaret (Jane) Stewart 1497–1517
    36. 36. Archibald (Douglas th Earl Angus) Stewart 1490–1557
    37. 37. James (Of) Scotland 1506–1508
    38. 38. Catherine Stewart 1513–1554
    39. 39. Lady (Elizabeth Elspeth Stewart Countess) Methven 1510–1563
    40. 40. Archibald Douglas 1499–
    41. 41. James Wallace 1525–1600
    42. 42. Thomas Wallace 1524–
  2. 2. Janet (Jean Atholl Countess) Stewart 1461–1510

Lady Buchan's Timeline

2 Records

1446
1446
Birth of Lady Margaret Murray, Baroness Achterhouse Countess Buchan in Falahill, Eddleston, Peebles-Shire, Scotland
Falahill, Eddleston, Peebles-Shire, Scotland
1486
14 Jul 1486
Age 40
Death of Lady Margaret Murray, Baroness Achterhouse Countess Buchan in Traquhair, Peeblesshire, Scotland
Traquhair, Peeblesshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1446
    Event Place: Falahill, Eddleston, Peebles-Shire, Scotland
    Record Source: Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Jul 1486
    Event Place: Traquhair, Peeblesshire, Scotland
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