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Lady Catherine Stewart Countess Morton 1491 – 1555 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: May 1491

Birth Location: Edinburgh

Death Date: 1555

Death Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Father: James Scotland

Mother: Margaret Tudor\Plantagenet\Lancaster

Spouse(s): Sir Morton

Children(s): Margaret Douglas

Lady Catherine Stewart Countess Morton was born in 1491 in Edinburgh, the child of James IV 'Iron Belt' Stewart, King of Scotland and Margaret Queen of Scotland, Princess of England, Tudor\Plantagenet\Lancaster. Lady Catherine Stewart Countess Morton married Sir James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton, and had children including Margaret Countess of Dirleton Douglas. Lady Catherine Stewart Countess Morton passed away in 1555 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Lady Catherine Stewart Countess Morton was born in 1491 in Edinburgh, the child of James IV 'Iron Belt' Stewart, King of Scotland and Margaret Queen of Scotland, Princess of England, Tudor\Plantagenet\Lancaster.
  • Lady Catherine Stewart Countess Morton married Sir James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton, and had children including Margaret Countess of Dirleton Douglas.
  • Lady Catherine Stewart Countess Morton passed away in 1555 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Scotland
1473 – 1513
Birth Location: Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland
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Margaret Tudor\Plantagenet\Lancaster
1489 – 1541
Birth Location: Westminster Palace, Greater London, England
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Spouses(s)

Sir Morton
1487 – 1548
Birth Location: Drumlanrig Castle, Durisdeer, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Margaret Douglas
1482 – 1505
Birth Location: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Lady Morton's Ancestors

Self
Lady Morton
1491 – 1555
Birth Place: Edinburgh
Parents
James IV 'Iron Belt' Stewart, King of Scotland
1473 – 1513
Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Margaret (Queen of Scotland, Princess of England,) Tudor\Plantagenet\Lancaster
1489 – 1541
Westminster Palace, Greater London, England
Grandparents
Sir (John) Stewart
1481 – 1535
Campsie, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Morton's Descendants

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Lady (Catherine Stewart Countess) Morton (May 1491 – 1555) m. Sir (James Douglas, 3rd Earl of) Morton (Jan 1487 – 22 Dec 1548)
  1. 1. Margaret (Countess of Dirleton) Douglas (1482 – 24 May 1505) m. Janet (of Craggis) Ogston (1488 – 6 December 1505)
    1. 1. Jeanette (Halyburton Lady) Dirleton (1505 – 1560) m. *William (Ruthven II, 2nd Lord Ruthven, Keeper of the Privy Seal, Extraordinary Lord of) Session (1500 – 3 December 1552)
      1. 1. Jeanette Ruthven (1540 – 20 Jan 1606) m. Adam (of Charterhouse Stewart (King James V illegitimate) son) (1535 – 20 June 1575)
        1. 1. Elisabeth (Bessie Stewart) ❤️ (14 Feb 1561 – 1661) m. JOHN Tomson (6 Jun 1553 – aft 1610)

Lady Morton's Timeline

2 Records

1491
May 1491
Birth of Lady Catherine Stewart Countess Morton in Edinburgh
Edinburgh
1555
1555
Age 64
Death of Lady Catherine Stewart Countess Morton in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: May 1491
    Event Place: Edinburgh

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1555
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
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