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Lady Isabel Kerr, Lady of Lothian, Baroness of Drumlanrig, 1st Countess of Queensbury 1585–1628 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1585

Birth Location: Ferniehurst Castle, Ferniehurst, East Lothian, Scotland

Death Date: 1628

Death Location: Holyrood, Midlothian, Scotland

Father: Mark Lothian

Mother: Lady Maxwell

Spouse(s): Sir Queensbury

Children(s): George Douglas, Lady Hartfell, Sir Douglas, Sir Drumlanrig, Lady Drumlanrig, Lady Ochiltree, Willem Douglas

The story of Lady Isabel Kerr, Lady of Lothian, Baroness of Drumlanrig, 1st Countess of Queensbury began in 1585 in Ferniehurst Castle, Ferniehurst, East Lothian, Scotland. Lady Isabel Kerr, Lady of Lothian, Baroness of Drumlanrig, 1st Countess of Queensbury married Sir Lord William I Douglas Knight Of Durisdeer 9Th Baron Of Drumlanrig 1St Earl Of Queensbury, and had children including George Douglas, Lady Henrietta Stuart Of Ochiltree, Lady Janet Douglas Lady Of Drumlanrig, Lady Margaret Douglas Lady Of Lochwood Moffatdale And Evandale Countess Of Hartfell, Sir Archibald Douglas, Sir William Ii Douglas Knight Of Drumlanrig, Willem Sir Douglas. Lady Isabel Kerr, Lady of Lothian, Baroness of Drumlanrig, 1st Countess of Queensbury passed away in 1628 in Holyrood, Midlothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Lady Isabel Kerr, Lady of Lothian, Baroness of Drumlanrig, 1st Countess of Queensbury began in 1585 in Ferniehurst Castle, Ferniehurst, East Lothian, Scotland.
  • Lady Isabel Kerr, Lady of Lothian, Baroness of Drumlanrig, 1st Countess of Queensbury married Sir Lord William I Douglas Knight Of Durisdeer 9Th Baron Of Drumlanrig 1St Earl Of Queensbury, and had children including George Douglas, Lady Henrietta Stuart Of Ochiltree, Lady Janet Douglas Lady Of Drumlanrig, Lady Margaret Douglas Lady Of Lochwood Moffatdale And Evandale Countess Of Hartfell, Sir Archibald Douglas, Sir William Ii Douglas Knight Of Drumlanrig, Willem Sir Douglas.
  • Lady Isabel Kerr, Lady of Lothian, Baroness of Drumlanrig, 1st Countess of Queensbury passed away in 1628 in Holyrood, Midlothian, Scotland.

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Lady Queensbury's Ancestors

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Lady Queensbury
1585–1628
Birth Place: Ferniehurst Castle, Ferniehurst, East Lothian, Scotland
Parents
Mark Kerr Earl van Lothian
1558–1609
Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Scotland
Lady (Margaret) Maxwell
1560–1617
Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Grandparents
Mark (Kerr of Cessford, Abbott of) Newbattle
1520–1584
Ferniehirst, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Helen) Leslie
1526–1594
Rothes, Morayshire, Schotland, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Sir (John Maxwell 4th Baron) Herries
1512–1583
Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Agnes Herries Baroness) Herries
1530–1594
Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Ferniehurst
1482–1526
Agnes Sinclair
1488–1543
Lord Fife
1500–1558
Lord Maxwell
1493–1546
Lady Glamis
1498–1537
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Queensbury's Descendants

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Lady (Isabel Kerr, Lady of Lothian, Baroness of Drumlanrig, 1st Countess of) Queensbury (abt 1585–1628) m. Sir (Lord William I Douglas, Knight of Durisdeer, 9th Baron of Drumlanrig, 1st Earl of) Queensbury (1585–8 Mar 1640)
  1. 1. George Douglas 1612–1728
  2. 2. Lady (Margaret Douglas, Lady of Lochwood Moffatdale and Evandale Countess of) Hartfell 1606–1640
  3. 3. Sir (Archibald) Douglas 1605–1655
  4. 4. Sir (William II Douglas, Knight of) Drumlanrig 1618–1673
  5. 5. Lady (Janet Douglas, Lady of) Drumlanrig 1615–1651
  6. 6. Lady (Henrietta Stuart of) Ochiltree 1606–1640
  7. 7. Willem (Sir) Douglas 1605–1673

Lady Queensbury's Timeline

2 Records

1585
abt 1585
Birth of Lady Isabel Kerr, Lady of Lothian, Baroness of Drumlanrig, 1st Countess of Queensbury in Ferniehurst Castle, Ferniehurst, East Lothian, Scotland
Ferniehurst Castle, Ferniehurst, East Lothian, Scotland
1628
1628
Age 43
Death of Lady Isabel Kerr, Lady of Lothian, Baroness of Drumlanrig, 1st Countess of Queensbury in Holyrood, Midlothian, Scotland
Holyrood, Midlothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1585
    Event Place: Ferniehurst Castle, Ferniehurst, East Lothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1628
    Event Place: Holyrood, Midlothian, Scotland

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