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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 Auchmar

Mother: Lady Buchanan

Spouse(s): Matthew Mains

Children(s): Laird Mains

Lady Margaret Buchanan was born in 1530 in Blairlusk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, the child of George Buchanan 15Th Laird Of Auchmar And Lady Janet Cunningham Buchanan. Lady Margaret Buchanan married Matthew Douglas Steward 7Th Laird Of Mains, and had children including Laird Malcolm Douglas 8Th Laird Of Mains. Lady Margaret Buchanan passed away in 1578 in Scotland.

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Biography

  • Lady Margaret Buchanan was born in 1530 in Blairlusk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, the child of George Buchanan 15Th Laird Of Auchmar And Lady Janet Cunningham Buchanan.
  • Lady Margaret Buchanan married Matthew Douglas Steward 7Th Laird Of Mains, and had children including Laird Malcolm Douglas 8Th Laird Of Mains.
  • Lady Margaret Buchanan passed away in 1578 in Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

George Auchmar
1495–1560
Birth Location: Buchanan Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland
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Lady Buchanan
1510–1583
Birth Location: Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Matthew Mains
1519–1584
Birth Location: Mains, New Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Laird Mains
1548–1584
Birth Location: Mains, New Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
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Lady Buchanan's Ancestors

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Lady Buchanan
1530–1578
Birth Place: Blairlusk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Parents
George Buchanan, 15th Laird of Auchmar
1495–1560
Buchanan Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Lady (Janet Cunningham -) Buchanan
1510–1583
Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Buchanan's Descendants

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Lady (Margaret) Buchanan (1530–09 Mar 1578) m. Matthew (Douglas Steward, 7th Laird of) Mains (1519–1584)
  1. 1. Laird (Malcolm Douglas, 8th Laird of) Mains 1548–1584 m. Janet Cunningham 1548–1611
    1. 1. Knight (Robert Douglas Viscount of Belhaven) Douglas 1574–1639 m. Marion Kirk 1588–1618
      1. 1. Euphemia Douglas 1610–1673 m. Rev. (George) Hamilton 1602–1677
        1. 1. Christian (Brown\Hamilton) * 1650–1712 m. Johne Brown 1650–1678

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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