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Lady Elizabeth Kennedy, Countess Rattray 1470–1573 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1470

Birth Location: Blairquhan, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1573

Death Location: Rattray, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Father: John Cassilis

Mother: Lady Erroll

Spouse(s): Lord Garlies

Children(s): Alexander English, Christian Stewart, Euphemia Stewart, Nicola Stewart, Agnes Stewart, Henry Methven, Lord 1559

Lady Elizabeth Kennedy, Countess Rattray was born in 1470 in Blairquhan, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of John Kennedy 2Nd Lord Of Cassilis And Lady Elizabeth Gordon Countess Of Erroll. Lady Elizabeth Kennedy, Countess Rattray married Lord Alexander Stewart 4Th Laird Of Garlies, and had children including Agnes Stewart, Alexander Stewart Plantagenet 4Th Lord Of Garlies Battle Of Solway Moss 1542 Captured By English, Christian Stewart, Euphemia Stewart, Henry Stewart Baron 1St Lord Methven, Lord Andrew The Good Stewart 2Nd Lord Of Ochiltree Came To Relief Of Protestants At Perth May 1559, Nicola Stewart. Lady Elizabeth Kennedy, Countess Rattray passed away in 1573 in Rattray, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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  • Lady Elizabeth Kennedy, Countess Rattray was born in 1470 in Blairquhan, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of John Kennedy 2Nd Lord Of Cassilis And Lady Elizabeth Gordon Countess Of Erroll.
  • Lady Elizabeth Kennedy, Countess Rattray married Lord Alexander Stewart 4Th Laird Of Garlies, and had children including Agnes Stewart, Alexander Stewart Plantagenet 4Th Lord Of Garlies Battle Of Solway Moss 1542 Captured By English, Christian Stewart, Euphemia Stewart, Henry Stewart Baron 1St Lord Methven, Lord Andrew The Good Stewart 2Nd Lord Of Ochiltree Came To Relief Of Protestants At Perth May 1559, Nicola Stewart.
  • Lady Elizabeth Kennedy, Countess Rattray passed away in 1573 in Rattray, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Lady Rattray's Ancestors

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Lady Rattray
1470–1573
Birth Place: Blairquhan, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents
John Kennedy, 2nd Lord of Cassilis
1436–1500
Denure
Lady (Elizabeth Gordon, Countess of) Erroll
1444–1500
Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (Gilbert Kennedy, 1st Lord Kennedy, Keeper of the Castle of Lochdoun, Constable of Stirling Castle, 1st Lord of) Cassillis
1406–1479
Dunure Castle, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
Lady (Catherine Maxwell, Countess Argyll, Baroness) Kennedy
1409–1484
Caerlaverrock Castle, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Sir (Alexander Seton Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly, knighted 1439, a powerful 15th-century Scottish magnate, Lord of Badenoch, Gordon, Strathbogie and) Cluny
1410–1470
Huntly Castle, Strathbogie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Lady (Elizabeth Crichton, Countess of) Huntly
1410–1479
Crichton, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Dunure
1378–1408
Lady Edmonstone
1380–1458
Herbert Maxwell
1388–1454
Janet Herries
1400–1439
Sir Dunfermline
1382–1441
Lady Huntly)
1384–1438
Sir Admiral
1382–1454
Janet Borthwick
1388–1464
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Dunure
1350–1408
Marion Sandilands
1348–1379
1337–1421
Annabella Scotland
1350–1401
William Otterburn
1343–1424
Janet Seton
1351–1430
Adam Gordon
1361–1402
Elizabeth Keith
1360–1438
Sir knight
1332–1427
Catherine Cairnes
1354–

Lady Rattray's Descendants

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Lady (Elizabeth Kennedy, Countess) Rattray (1470–1573) m. Lord (Alexander Stewart, 4th Laird of) Garlies (1481–9 Sep 1513)
  1. 1. Alexander (Stewart Plantagenet, 4th Lord of Garlies, Battle of Solway Moss 1542 & captured by) English 1507–1581 m. Margaret Dunbar 1507–1552
    1. 1. Sir (Alexander Stewart, 5th Lord) Garlies 1527–1571 m. Catherine Herries 1533–1593
      1. 1. Alexander (Stewart 6th Lord van) Garlies 1551–1598 m. Christine Douglas 1550–1598
        1. 1. Sir (Alexander Stewart 1st Earl of) Galloway 1580–1649 m. Lady (Grizel) Gordon 1582–1625
        2. 2. Janet (Stewart) * 1575–
    2. 2. Margaret Stewart 1535–1598
    3. 3. John Stewart 1540–1637
  2. 2. Christian Stewart 1508–
  3. 3. Euphemia Stewart 1506–1599
  4. 4. Nicola Stewart 1511–
  5. 5. Agnes Stewart 1513–1575
  6. 6. Henry (Stewart, Baron 1st Lord) Methven 1495–1551
  7. 7. Lord (Andrew 'The Good' Stewart, 2nd Lord of Ochiltree, came to relief of Protestants at Perth May) 1559 1521–1591 m. Margaret Hamilton 1505–1544
    1. 1. Andrew (Stewart, Master of Ochiltree, Lord) Ochiltree 1535–1578 m. Margaretha (Margaret Bellenden de) Methven 1545–1627
      1. 1. Margaret Stewart 1575–1669 m. John (Stewart Liard of) Traquair 1570–1607 m. Peter Rollock 1585–
        1. 1. John (Stewart, Earl of Traquair, Lord High Treasurer of) Scotland 1600–1659 m. Lady (Catherine) Carnegie 1600–1655
        2. 2. Margaret Stuart 1598–1655 m. John ("Gentleman John") Gunter 1590–1679
      2. 2. Janet Stewart 1566–1627 m. Gilbert (Kennedy, the Laird of the Kennedy House of) Bargany 1569–1601
        1. 1. Gilbert (Kennedy Jr, 5th Earl of) Cassila 1593–1627 m. Isabel (Kennedy) Campbell 1603–1663
        2. 2. Thomas Kennedy 1618–
        3. 3. John (Kennedy,) Covenanter 1610–1668
        4. 4. Margaret Kennedy 1595–
      3. 3. James Stewart 1564–1595
      4. 4. Sir (Hugh Craufurd) Stewart 1565–1632
      5. 5. William Stewart 1565–1618
      6. 6. Lord (Andrew of Ochiltree, 4th Stewart) of 1560–1628
    2. 2. James (Stewart, Earl of) Arran 1540–1595
    3. 3. Andrew Stewart 1521–1601

Lady Rattray's Timeline

2 Records

1470
1470
Birth of Lady Elizabeth Kennedy, Countess Rattray in Blairquhan, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
Blairquhan, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
1573
1573
Age 103
Death of Lady Elizabeth Kennedy, Countess Rattray in Rattray, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Rattray, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1470
    Event Place: Blairquhan, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1573
    Event Place: Rattray, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

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