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Lady Katherine 'Kate' Ruthven 1526 – 1584 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 Jan 1526

Birth Location: Kynnard, Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 3 Sep 1584

Death Location: Drummond Castle, Perthshire, Scotland

Father: Lord II

Mother: Lady Halyburton

Spouse(s): Laird Campbell

Children(s): Sir Campbell

The story of Lady Katherine 'Kate' Ruthven , Baroness Campbell; Countess of Craufurd began in 1526 in Kynnard, Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom. Lady Katherine 'Kate' Ruthven , Baroness Campbell; Countess of Craufurd married Laird Sir Colin 'The Grey' Campbell, and had children including Sir Knight Duncan 'Black Duncan' Campbell. Lady Katherine 'Kate' Ruthven , Baroness Campbell; Countess of Craufurd passed away in 1584 in Drummond Castle, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Lady Katherine 'Kate' Ruthven , Baroness Campbell; Countess of Craufurd began in 1526 in Kynnard, Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • Lady Katherine 'Kate' Ruthven , Baroness Campbell; Countess of Craufurd married Laird Sir Colin 'The Grey' Campbell, and had children including Sir Knight Duncan 'Black Duncan' Campbell.
  • Lady Katherine 'Kate' Ruthven , Baroness Campbell; Countess of Craufurd passed away in 1584 in Drummond Castle, Perthshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lord II
1500 – 1552
Birth Location: Huntingtower, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
LI
Lady Halyburton
1503 – 1560
Birth Location: Castle Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland.
LH

Spouses(s)

Laird Campbell
1523 – 1583
Birth Location: Glenorchy and Inishall, Argyll, Scotland
LC

Children(s)

Sir Campbell
1550 – 1631
Birth Location: Glenorchy, Argyllshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
SC

Lady Ruthven's Ancestors

Self
Lady Ruthven
1526 – 1584
Birth Place: Kynnard, Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Lord William Ruthven II
1500 – 1552
Huntingtower, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Janet) Halyburton
1503 – 1560
Castle Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland.
Grandparents
Lord (William) Ruthven
1478 – 1513
Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
Lady (Jean) Hepburn
1480 –
Scotland
Lord (Patrick Canmore) Halyburton
1475 – 1505
Dirleton Castle, Dirleton, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Margaret) Douglas
1482 – 1508
Pumpherston, Mid-Lothian, Schotland, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Lord Ruthven
1460 – 1528
Lady Livingstone
1440 – 1510
Lord Hepburn
1444 – 1517
Lady Napier
1450 – 1512
Lord Halyburton
– 1502
Lady Seton
– 1493
Lord Douglas
1487 – 1548
Lady Balfour
1460 – 1520
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Ruthven
1431 – 1480
Lady Cranstoun
1435 –
Lord Hepburn
1412 – 1483
Lady Wallace
1410 – 1482
Lord Halyburton
1438 – 1492
Lady Mariot
1455 –
Sir Seton
Janet DUNBAR
– 1434
Lord Douglas
1426 – 1498
Lady Stewart
1428 – 1493

Lady Ruthven's Descendants

1.
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Lady (Katherine 'Kate') Ruthven (27 Jan 1526 – 3 Sep 1584) m. Laird (Sir Colin 'The Grey') Campbell (7 Jul 1523 – 11 April 1583)
  1. 1. Sir (Knight Duncan 'Black Duncan') Campbell (7 Aug 1550 – 23 Jun 1631) m. Lady (Jean 'Janet') Stewart (29 Dec 1557 – 15 Sep 1593) m. Lady (Elizabeth) Sinclair (1575 – 1 Oct 1654)
    1. 1. Sir (Patrick 'Para Dubh Beag' (Little Black Pat)) Campbell (December 1598 – 25 March 1678) m. Annabella (Margaret) Campbell (1601 – 2 June 1634)
      1. 1. Sir (John Ian Macphara Vic) Campbel (12 September 1621 – 16 May 1671) m. Margaret (Isabel) Cameron (1628 – 1674)
        1. 1. Col. (Alexander) Campbell (3 Feb 1648 – 18 Aug 1725) m. Lady (Mary) Campbell (1650 – 1720)
    2. 2. LadyJean Campbell (25 Aug 1577 – 9 Aug 1622) m. Sir (James) CAMPBELL (1569 – Jan 1645)
      1. 1. John (Campbell, 1st Earl of) Loudon (1598 – 15 Mar 1663) m. Margaret (Catherine) Fleming (1610 – 17 Sep 1662)
        1. 1. James Campbell (1630 – 15 Dec 1684) m. Duchess (Margaret "Lady of Eglinton") Montgomery (1640 – 1685)

Lady Ruthven's Timeline

13 Records

1525
27 January 1525
Birth of Lady Katherine 'Kate' Ruthven , Baroness Campbell; Countess of Craufurd in Kynnard, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Kynnard, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
1525
1525
Birth of Lady Katherine 'Kate' Ruthven , Baroness Campbell; Countess of Craufurd in Kynnard, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Kynnard, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
1526
27 Jan 1526
Birth of Lady Katherine 'Kate' Ruthven , Baroness Campbell; Countess of Craufurd in Kynnard, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Kynnard, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
1526
27 Jan 1526
Birth of Lady Katherine 'Kate' Ruthven , Baroness Campbell; Countess of Craufurd in Kynnard, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Kynnard, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
1526
27 Jan 1526
Birth of Lady Katherine 'Kate' Ruthven , Baroness Campbell; Countess of Craufurd in Kynnard, Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Kynnard, Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
1551
15 June 1551
Age 25
Lady Katherine 'Kate' Ruthven , Baroness Campbell; Countess of Craufurd was married in Contr, Foulis, Ross Cromarty, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom
Contr, Foulis, Ross Cromarty, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom
1584
3 Sep 1584
Age 58
Death of Lady Katherine 'Kate' Ruthven , Baroness Campbell; Countess of Craufurd in Drummond Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
Drummond Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
1584
3 Sep 1584
Age 58
Death of Lady Katherine 'Kate' Ruthven , Baroness Campbell; Countess of Craufurd in Castle Glenorchy, Lorn, Argyllshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Castle Glenorchy, Lorn, Argyllshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1584
3 Sep 1584
Age 58
Death of Lady Katherine 'Kate' Ruthven , Baroness Campbell; Countess of Craufurd in Drummond Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
Drummond Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
1584
3 Sep 1584
Age 58
Death of Lady Katherine 'Kate' Ruthven , Baroness Campbell; Countess of Craufurd in Drummond Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
Drummond Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
1594
21 July 1594
Age 68
Death of Lady Katherine 'Kate' Ruthven , Baroness Campbell; Countess of Craufurd in Drummond Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
Drummond Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
1818
1 Nov 1818
Age 292
Lady Katherine 'Kate' Ruthven , Baroness Campbell; Countess of Craufurd was baptized in , Lochwinnoch, Renfrew, Scotland
, Lochwinnoch, Renfrew, Scotland
1820
19 Nov 1820
Age 294
Lady Katherine 'Kate' Ruthven , Baroness Campbell; Countess of Craufurd was baptized in Cape, South Africa
Cape, South Africa

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 Jan 1526
    Event Place: Kynnard, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 January 1525
    Event Place: Kynnard, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1525
    Event Place: Kynnard, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 Jan 1526
    Event Place: Kynnard, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 Jan 1526
    Event Place: Kynnard, Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 1 Nov 1818
    Event Place: , Lochwinnoch, Renfrew, Scotland
    Record Source: Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 19 Nov 1820
    Event Place: Cape, South Africa
    Record Source: South Africa, Birth and Baptism Records, 1700s-1900s, Archives and Records of the Cape by Graham Botha

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 15 June 1551
    Event Place: Contr, Foulis, Ross Cromarty, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Antrim, Ulster, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Glenurquhay Argyle, Gloucestershire, England
    Record Source: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 Sep 1584
    Event Place: Drummond Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
    Record Source: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 Sep 1584
    Event Place: Castle Glenorchy, Lorn, Argyllshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 July 1594
    Event Place: Drummond Castle, Perthshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 Sep 1584
    Event Place: Drummond Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 Sep 1584
    Event Place: Drummond Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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