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Lady Margaret Buchanan 1530–1578 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1530

Birth Location: Blairlusk, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Death Date: 09 Mar 1578

Death Location: Scotland

Father: GEORGE BUCHANAN

Mother: Margaret Edmonstone

Spouse(s): Matthew Mains, Matthew Douglas

Children(s): Laird Mains, Henry Stuart, Mary Douglas, Henry Albany, Charles Lennox

In 1530, Lady Margaret Buchanan entered the world in Blairlusk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, born to George Buchanan 17Th Lord Buchanan And Margaret Edmonstone. Lady Margaret Buchanan married Matthew 7Th Laird Of Mains Douglas, Matthew Douglas Steward 7Th Laird Of Mains, and had children including Charles Lennox, Helen Douglas, Henry Stewart Lord Darnley Duke Of Albany, Henry Stuart, Laird Malcolm Douglas 8Th Of Laird Of Mains, Mary Douglas. Lady Margaret Buchanan passed away in 1578 in Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1530, Lady Margaret Buchanan entered the world in Blairlusk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, born to George Buchanan 17Th Lord Buchanan And Margaret Edmonstone.
  • Lady Margaret Buchanan married Matthew 7Th Laird Of Mains Douglas, Matthew Douglas Steward 7Th Laird Of Mains, and had children including Charles Lennox, Helen Douglas, Henry Stewart Lord Darnley Duke Of Albany, Henry Stuart, Laird Malcolm Douglas 8Th Of Laird Of Mains, Mary Douglas.
  • Lady Margaret Buchanan passed away in 1578 in Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

GEORGE BUCHANAN
1490–1560
Birth Location: Buchanan, Stirlingshire, Scotland
GB
Margaret Edmonstone
1490–1530
Birth Location: Duntreith, Stirlingshire, Scotland
ME

Spouses(s)

Matthew Mains
1519–1584
Birth Location: Mains, New Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Matthew Douglas
1519–1571
Birth Location: Mains, Angus, Scotland
MD

Children(s)

Laird Mains
1548–1584
Birth Location: Mains, New Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
LM
Henry Stuart
1545–1567
Birth Location: Temple Newsam, Yorkshire
HS
Mary Douglas
1548–1584
Birth Location: Mains, New Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
MD
Henry Albany
1540–1567
Birth Location: Temple Newsham, Yorkshire, England
HA
Charles Lennox
1556–1576
Birth Location: –
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Lady Buchanan's Ancestors

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Lady Buchanan
1530–1578
Birth Place: Blairlusk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Parents
GEORGE BUCHANAN, 17TH LORD BUCHANAN
1490–1560
Buchanan, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Margaret Edmonstone
1490–1530
Duntreith, Stirlingshire, Scotland
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Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Buchanan's Descendants

1.
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Lady (Margaret) Buchanan (1530–09 Mar 1578) m. Matthew (Douglas Steward, 7th Laird of) Mains (1519–1584) m. Matthew (7th Laird of Mains) Douglas (1519–1571)
  1. 1. Laird (Malcolm Douglas 8th of Laird of) Mains 1548–1584
    1. 1. Lord (Alexander Douglas, Baron of Hume, 9th Laird of) Mains 1563–1618 m. Grizel Henderson 1571–1618
      1. 1. Sir (Robert Douglas of Blackerstone) *** 1611–1669
        1. 1. Elizabeth Douglass 1661–1724 m. Captain (William Baillie) **** 1661–1724
  2. 2. Henry Stuart 1545–1567
  3. 3. Mary Douglas 1548–1584
  4. 4. Henry (Stewart, Lord Darnley, Duke of) Albany 1540–1567
  5. 5. Charles Lennox 1556–1576

Lady Buchanan's Timeline

2 Records

1530
1530
Birth of Lady Margaret Buchanan in Blairlusk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Blairlusk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
1578
09 Mar 1578
Age 48
Death of Lady Margaret Buchanan in Scotland
Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1530
    Event Place: Blairlusk, Stirlingshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 09 Mar 1578
    Event Place: Scotland
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