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Lady Margaretha Elizabeth Douglas 1555 – 1637 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 May 1555

Birth Location: Glamis, Angus, Scotland

Death Date: Feb 1637

Death Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Father: David Angus

Mother: Margaretha Hamilton

Spouse(s): John Maxwell, Frans Enzie

Children(s): Janet Maxwell, Margaret Wallace, Alexander Maxwell, Walter Buccleuch

Lady Margaretha Elizabeth Douglas Baroness Maxwell of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton was born in 1555 in Glamis, Angus, Scotland, the child of David Douglas Earl van Angus and Margaretha Hamilton. Lady Margaretha Elizabeth Douglas Baroness Maxwell of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton married John (7th Lord Maxwell)(Earl of Morton) Maxwell, Frans Stuart Earl van Bothwell Lord Badenoch van Enzie, and had children including Janet Maxwell, Margaret Wallace, Alexander Maxwell, Walter Lord Scott van Buccleuch. Lady Margaretha Elizabeth Douglas Baroness Maxwell of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton passed away in 1637 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Lady Margaretha Elizabeth Douglas Baroness Maxwell of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton was born in 1555 in Glamis, Angus, Scotland, the child of David Douglas Earl van Angus and Margaretha Hamilton.
  • Lady Margaretha Elizabeth Douglas Baroness Maxwell of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton married John (7th Lord Maxwell)(Earl of Morton) Maxwell, Frans Stuart Earl van Bothwell Lord Badenoch van Enzie, and had children including Janet Maxwell, Margaret Wallace, Alexander Maxwell, Walter Lord Scott van Buccleuch.
  • Lady Margaretha Elizabeth Douglas Baroness Maxwell of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton passed away in 1637 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

David Angus
1515 – 1557
Birth Location: Pittendreich, Mid-Lothian, Schotland
DA
Margaretha Hamilton
1535 – 1596
Birth Location: Broomhill, Lanarkshire, Schotland
MH

Spouses(s)

John Maxwell
1553 – 1593
Birth Location: Carlaverock, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
JM
Frans Enzie
1562 – 1613
Birth Location: –
FE

Children(s)

Janet Maxwell
1568 – 1625
Birth Location: Carlaverock, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
JM
Margaret Wallace
1580 – 1630
Birth Location: Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
MW
Alexander Maxwell
1587 –
Birth Location: Kirkcudbright, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom
AM
Walter Buccleuch
1570 – 1611
Birth Location: Buccleuch, Teviotdale, Schotland
WB

Lady Douglas's Ancestors

Self
Lady Douglas
1555 – 1637
Birth Place: Glamis, Angus, Scotland
Parents
David Douglas Earl van Angus
1515 – 1557
Pittendreich, Mid-Lothian, Schotland
Margaretha Hamilton
1535 – 1596
Broomhill, Lanarkshire, Schotland
Grandparents
George Douglas
1490 – 1552
North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
Lady (Elizabeth Morton) Douglas
1500 – 1571
Pittendreich, Mid-Lothian, Schotland
John Hamilton
1496 – 1558
Samuelston, Firth Clyde, Isle Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Janet ((Home)) Hamilton
1502 – 1573
Haddington, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
David Douglas
1480 – 1528
Lady Stewart
1491 – 1554
Alexander Home
1485 – 1516
Agnes Stewart
1480 – 1557
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Scotland)
1473 – 1513
Lady Boyd
1477 – 1559
James Buchan)
1442 – 1499
Margaret Murray
1446 – 1512

Lady Douglas's Descendants

1.
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Lady (Margaretha Elizabeth) Douglas (5 May 1555 – Feb 1637) m. John ((7th Lord Maxwell)(Earl of Morton)) Maxwell (24 Apr 1553 – 7 December 1593) m. Frans (Stuart Earl van Bothwell Lord Badenoch van) Enzie (1 December 1562 – 4 November 1613)
  1. 1. Janet Maxwell (1568 – 1625) m. John (Corsane, 13th Provost of) Dumfries (1553 – 1629)
    1. 1. Marion Corsane (1585 – 23 October 1638) m. Stephen Laurie (1580 – 14 December 1637)
      1. 1. Janet Lawrie (1601 – 24 January 1685) m. John Irving (1595 – 1648)
        1. 1. Francis Irvin (1624 – 1685) m. Isabel Steward (13 November 1625 – 20 May 1726)
  2. 2. Margaret Wallace (1 August 1580 – 1 March 1630)
  3. 3. Alexander Maxwell (1587 – )
  4. 4. Walter (Lord Scott van) Buccleuch (1570 – 15 December 1611)

Lady Douglas's Timeline

6 Records

1555
5 May 1555
Birth of Lady Margaretha Elizabeth Douglas Baroness Maxwell of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton in Douglas, Lanarkshire or Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland
Douglas, Lanarkshire or Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland
1555
5 May 1555
Birth of Lady Margaretha Elizabeth Douglas Baroness Maxwell of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton in Glamis, Angus, Scotland
Glamis, Angus, Scotland
1569
15 Feb 1569
Age 14
Lady Margaretha Elizabeth Douglas Baroness Maxwell of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton was married in Carlaverock, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Carlaverock, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
1572
17 FEB 1572
Age 17
Lady Margaretha Elizabeth Douglas Baroness Maxwell of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton was married in Kirkcudbright, Sutherland or Carlaverock, Dumfries-shire, , Scotland
Kirkcudbright, Sutherland or Carlaverock, Dumfries-shire, , Scotland
1637
Feb 1637
Age 82
Death of Lady Margaretha Elizabeth Douglas Baroness Maxwell of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
1637
Feb 1637
Age 82
Death of Lady Margaretha Elizabeth Douglas Baroness Maxwell of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 May 1555
    Event Place: Douglas, Lanarkshire or Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 May 1555
    Event Place: Glamis, Angus, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 15 Feb 1569
    Event Place: Carlaverock, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 17 FEB 1572
    Event Place: Kirkcudbright, Sutherland or Carlaverock, Dumfries-shire, , Scotland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Midlothan: Edinburgh - Register of Marriages, 1595-1700

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Midlothia, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Feb 1637
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Feb 1637
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
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