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Lord James of Pomforstoun DOUGLAS of Morton 3rd Earl of Morton, 5th Lord of Dalkeith 1500–1548 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Morton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Death Date: 22 December 1548

Death Location: Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Father: John Douglas

Mother: Janet Crichton

Spouse(s): Lady Stewart

Children(s): Lady Douglas, Elizabeth Douglas, Margaret Douglas

Lord James of Pomforstoun DOUGLAS of Morton 3rd Earl of Morton, 5th Lord of Dalkeith was born in 1500 in Morton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, the child of John Douglas And Janet Crichton. Lord James of Pomforstoun DOUGLAS of Morton 3rd Earl of Morton, 5th Lord of Dalkeith married Lady Catherine Countess Morton Stewart, and had children including Elizabeth Douglas, Lady Beatrice Douglas, Margaret Douglas. Lord James of Pomforstoun DOUGLAS of Morton 3rd Earl of Morton, 5th Lord of Dalkeith passed away in 1548 in Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Lord James of Pomforstoun DOUGLAS of Morton 3rd Earl of Morton, 5th Lord of Dalkeith was born in 1500 in Morton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, the child of John Douglas And Janet Crichton.
  • Lord James of Pomforstoun DOUGLAS of Morton 3rd Earl of Morton, 5th Lord of Dalkeith married Lady Catherine Countess Morton Stewart, and had children including Elizabeth Douglas, Lady Beatrice Douglas, Margaret Douglas.
  • Lord James of Pomforstoun DOUGLAS of Morton 3rd Earl of Morton, 5th Lord of Dalkeith passed away in 1548 in Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Douglas
1459–1513
Birth Location: Morton, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Janet Crichton
1457–1493
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Lady Stewart
1502–1554
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
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Children(s)

Lady Douglas
1514–1583
Birth Location: Morton, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Elizabeth Douglas
1528–
Birth Location: –
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Margaret Douglas
1511–1579
Birth Location: East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Lord Dalkeith's Ancestors

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Lord Dalkeith
1500–1548
Birth Place: Morton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Parents
John Douglas
1459–1513
Morton, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Janet Crichton
1457–1493
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lord Dalkeith's Descendants

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Lord (James of Pomforstoun DOUGLAS of Morton 3rd Earl of Morton, 5th Lord of) Dalkeith (1500–22 December 1548) m. Lady (Catherine Countess Morton) Stewart (17 Jul 1502–5 July 1554)
  1. 1. Lady (Beatrice) Douglas 1514–1583 m. Sir (Lord Robert Maxwell of) Carlaverock 1525–1573
    1. 1. John ((7th Lord Maxwell)(Earl of Morton)) Maxwell 1553–1593 m. Lady (Margaretha Elizabeth Douglas Baroness Maxwell of Carlaverock, Countess of) Morton 1555–1637
      1. 1. Janet (\ Jane Anne) Maxwell 1568–1649 m. John (Corsane, 13th Provost of) Dumfries 1553–1629
        1. 1. Marion Corsane 1585–1638 m. Stephen (Laurie Laird Of) Maxwelton 1575–1637
      2. 2. Lady (Susan) Maxwell 1580–1630
  2. 2. Elizabeth Douglas 1528–
  3. 3. Margaret Douglas 1511–1579

Lord Dalkeith's Timeline

2 Records

1500
1500
Birth of Lord James of Pomforstoun DOUGLAS of Morton 3rd Earl of Morton, 5th Lord of Dalkeith in Morton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Morton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
1548
22 December 1548
Age 48
Death of Lord James of Pomforstoun DOUGLAS of Morton 3rd Earl of Morton, 5th Lord of Dalkeith in Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Morton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 December 1548
    Event Place: Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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