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Lady Margaret Douglas, Countess Dirleton 1482–1542 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 February 1482

Birth Location: Direlton Castle, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 6 September 1542

Death Location: Dirleton, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Robert Lochleven

Mother: Margaret Hay

Spouse(s): Patrick Halyburton*

Children(s): Jeanette Ruthven, George Haliburton, James Haliburton, Margaret Haliburton

In 1482, Lady Margaret Douglas, Countess Dirleton entered the world in Direlton Castle, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to Robert Douglas Laird Van Lochleven And Margaret Hay. Lady Margaret Douglas, Countess Dirleton married Patrick Lord Dirleton Halyburton, and had children including George Sir Of Dirleton Haliburton, James Lord Haliburton, Jeanette Halyburton Lady Dirleton Baroness Ruthven, Margaret Lady Of Dirleton Haliburton. Lady Margaret Douglas, Countess Dirleton passed away in 1542 in Dirleton, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1482, Lady Margaret Douglas, Countess Dirleton entered the world in Direlton Castle, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to Robert Douglas Laird Van Lochleven And Margaret Hay.
  • Lady Margaret Douglas, Countess Dirleton married Patrick Lord Dirleton Halyburton, and had children including George Sir Of Dirleton Haliburton, James Lord Haliburton, Jeanette Halyburton Lady Dirleton Baroness Ruthven, Margaret Lady Of Dirleton Haliburton.
  • Lady Margaret Douglas, Countess Dirleton passed away in 1542 in Dirleton, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Lochleven
1451–1526
Birth Location: Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Margaret Hay
1453–1500
Birth Location: Erroll, Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Patrick Halyburton*
1475–1505
Birth Location: Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland
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Children(s)

Jeanette Ruthven
1503–1543
Birth Location: Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland
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George Haliburton
1500–1572
Birth Location: Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland
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James Haliburton
1504–1560
Birth Location: Dirleton Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
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Margaret Haliburton
1505–1560
Birth Location: Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland
MH

Lady Dirleton's Ancestors

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Lady Dirleton
1482–1542
Birth Place: Direlton Castle, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Robert Douglas Laird Van Lochleven
1451–1526
Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret Hay
1453–1500
Erroll, Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Dirleton's Descendants

1.
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Lady (Margaret Douglas, Countess) Dirleton (20 February 1482–6 September 1542) m. Patrick (Lord Dirleton) Halyburton* (7 May 1475–6 Dec 1505)
  1. 1. Jeanette (Halyburton Lady Dirleton Baroness) Ruthven 1503–1543 m. Willem (Lord) Ruthven 1500–1552 m. George (Canmore Home 4th Lord of Home and Warden of the East) Marches 1503–1548 m. Sir (John) Drummond 1500–1531
    1. 1. Lilian Ruthven 1526–1579 m. Sir (Lord David Drummond 2nd Baron Earl of Perth, Knight of) Cargill 1522–1571
      1. 1. James Drummond 1552–1623
        1. 1. Lilias Drummond 1583–1636 m. Laurence (5th Lord) Oliphant 1583–1630
        2. 2. Jean Drummond 1573–1660
        3. 3. James (Drummond) II 1585–1648
        4. 4. John, (Lord Maderty) Drummond 1584–1649
      2. 2. Anna Drummond 1555–1587
      3. 3. Patrick (Lord) Drummond 1550–1611
      4. 4. Johanna Drummond 1548–1598
      5. 5. Lady (Helen Lilias) Drummond 1558–1597 m. David Lindsay 1552–1607
        1. 1. James Lindsay 1576–1620
      6. 6. Catherine Drummond 1577–1620
      7. 7. Jean (Jemima Morrison Drummond Countess of) Montrose 1550–1609 m. John (I Graham Earl Van) Montrose 1545–1608
        1. 1. John (Thomas 4th Earl of Montrose) Graham 1573–1626
        2. 2. Lady (Lillias) Graham 1570–1640
        3. 3. Catherine Graham 1580–1607
        4. 4. Sir (Robert) Graham 1573–1626
      8. 8. Anne (Agnes Drummond Lady of) Crawford 1560–1590
      9. 9. Catharina Drummond 1552–1576
      10. 10. Sir (William) Drummond 1560–1611
      11. 11. Mary Drummond 1554–1589
    2. 2. Lady (Janet Ruthven of) Ballindean 1528–1606
    3. 3. Dorothea Ruthven 1570–1617
    4. 4. James (Fortevoit) Ruthven 1575–1587
    5. 5. John (Ruthven 3rd Earl of) Ruthven 1577–1600
    6. 6. Lady (Beatrice) Ruthven 1573–1600
    7. 7. Mary ((Mary Stewart)) Ruthven 1561–1613
    8. 8. Sophia Ruthven 1565–1590
    9. 9. Katherine (Ruthven Baroness) Campbell 1525–1580 m. Colin (Campbell 6th Laird of) Glenorchy 1523–1583
      1. 1. Margaretha Campbell 1552–1618 m. James Cunningham 1550–1630
        1. 1. Anna (Cunningham Lady Marchioness of) Hamilton 1583–1647 m. James (Markgraaf Hamilton 2nd Marquis of Hamilton, Earl of Arran, Sir Lord Knight of-the Garter, Member of Scottish) Parliament 1589–1625
      2. 2. Sir (Knight Duncan "Black Knight" 7th Earl of Argyll, 1st Baronet Campbell of) Glenorchy 1550–1631 m. Janet Campbell 1557–1593
        1. 1. Patrick Campbell 1592–1678
      3. 3. Lady (Elizabeth) Campbell 1560–1589
      4. 4. Archibald (Gillespie) Campbell 1545–1630
      5. 5. Colin Campbell 1548–1610
      6. 6. Archibald (of Monzie) Campbell 1557–1630
      7. 7. Janet (Campbell) (MacEvir) 1563–1633
      8. 8. Beatrix Campbell 1557–1619
      9. 9. Anna Campbell 1565–1589
      10. 10. Lady (Mary Campbell, Baroness of) Duart 1536–1609
      11. 11. Lady (Mary Baroness of Duart* Lady Ardmaleish) Campbell 1563–1640
      12. 12. Patrick (Maiffer) Campbell 1555–1622
    10. 10. Jeanette Ruthven 1540–1593
    11. 11. Matthew (Campbell Sheriff of Ayr, Laird van) Loudoun 1531–1593
      1. 1. Isabel Campbell 1568–1620 m. Robert Wallis 1560–1610
        1. 1. Robert Wallace 1600–1681 m. Janet Hamilton 1608–1687
        2. 2. James Wallace 1602–1655
      2. 2. Margaret (Campbell Baroness of) Loudon 1550–1597
      3. 3. Marion Campbell 1552–
      4. 4. Matthew Campbell 1554–1622
      5. 5. Jean Campbell 1553–1610
      6. 6. George Campbell 1550–1622
    12. 12. Lord (Sir George Canmore de Hume 2nd Lord of Canmore, Earl of) Dunbar 1530–1611 m. Lady (Isobelle Janet) Murray 1520–1577 m. Catherine Colvill 1530–
      1. 1. Janet Cunningham 1549–1593 m. Lord (William Edward) Douglas 1545–1572
        1. 1. Robert Douglas 1571– m. Helen\Ellen Donald 1574–
    13. 13. Sir (Alexander Home, 5th Earl of) Home 1535–1575
    14. 14. Patrick (Ruthven) Lord 1520–1566 m. Janet Douglas 1530–1552
    15. 15. Alexander (Ruthven of) Freeland 1530–1599
    16. 16. James (Ruthven of) Forteviot 1521–1553
    17. 17. Christiana Ruthven 1524–1597
    18. 18. Sir (William Ruthven 1st Earl of Gowrie, 4th Lord of) Ruthven 1527–1599
    19. 19. Cecilia Ruthven 1546–1589
    20. 20. Dame (Isabelle Drummond) Campbell 1531–1591
    21. 21. Agnes (Campbell Lord of) Drummond 1523–1589
    22. 22. Sir (Lord David Drummond 2nd Baron Earl of Perth, Knight of) Cargill 1522–1571 m. Lilian Ruthven 1526–1579 m. Lady (Lilian Ruthven Countess of Perth; 2nd Baroness of) Drummond 1526–1579
    23. 23. Christiana (Ruthven) Lundin 1522–1597 m. Lundie, (Mr. William Lundie (Lundin) married Lady Christian) Ruthven 1522–1600
      1. 1. Margaret ((Dame)) Lundie 1559–1626 m. Sir (Knight Michael 1st Lord Balfour of Burleigh Balfour of) Montquhannie 1555–1634
        1. 1. Sir (Michael III Balfour of Garth Lord of) Burleigh 1555–1619
        2. 2. Margaret Balfour 1587–1624
        3. 3. William Balfour 1599–1660
        4. 4. Patrick Balfour 1595–1664
        5. 5. Euphemia (Margaret Baroness Balfour of Burleigh) Balfour 1585–1639
  2. 2. George (Sir of Dirleton) Haliburton 1500–1572
  3. 3. James (Lord) Haliburton 1504–1560
  4. 4. Margaret (Lady of Dirleton) Haliburton 1505–1560

Lady Dirleton's Timeline

5 Records

1480
Abt. 1480
Birth of Lady Margaret Douglas, Countess Dirleton in Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1482
20 February 1482
Birth of Lady Margaret Douglas, Countess Dirleton in Pumpherston, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Pumpherston, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1482
20 February 1482
Birth of Lady Margaret Douglas, Countess Dirleton in Direlton Castle, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Direlton Castle, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1502
9 Sep 1502
Age 20
Lady Margaret Douglas, Countess Dirleton was married in Dirleton, Midlothian, , Scotland
Dirleton, Midlothian, , Scotland
1542
6 September 1542
Age 60
Death of Lady Margaret Douglas, Countess Dirleton in Dirleton, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dirleton, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 February 1482
    Event Place: Pumpherston, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1480
    Event Place: Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 February 1482
    Event Place: Direlton Castle, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 9 Sep 1502
    Event Place: Dirleton, Midlothian, , Scotland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 September 1542
    Event Place: Dirleton, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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