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Lord Gilbert Kennedy 1515 – 1558 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 May 1515

Birth Location: Culzean Castle, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: December 22, 1558

Death Location: Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France

Father: Lord Kennedy

Mother: Lady Stewart

Spouse(s): Lady Bredie

Children(s): Lord Kennedy

The birth of Lord Gilbert Kennedy , 3rd Earl of Cassilis, 2nd Lord Methven, Treasurer of Scotland took place in 1515 in Culzean Castle, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland, to Lord Hew Kennedy and Lady Janet Stewart. Lord Gilbert Kennedy , 3rd Earl of Cassilis, 2nd Lord Methven, Treasurer of Scotland married Lady Margery Sophia Bredie, and together they had Lord Col Gilbert Kennedy. Lord Gilbert Kennedy , 3rd Earl of Cassilis, 2nd Lord Methven, Treasurer of Scotland's death occurred in 1558 in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.

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Parents

Lord Kennedy
1509 – 1565
Birth Location: Girvan, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
LK
Lady Stewart
1505 – 1580
Birth Location: Blair Castle, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Lady Bredie
1517 – 1597
Birth Location: Bargany, Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland
LB

Children(s)

Lord Kennedy
1541 – 1576
Birth Location: Cassilis, Maybole (Ayrshire) Scotland
LK

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 12 May 1515
    Event Place: Methven Castle, Methven, Perthshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: Abt. 1541
    Event Place: Methven Castle, Methven, Perthshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 12 May 1515
    Event Place: Culzean Castle, Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1524
    Event Place: Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 12 May 1515
    Event Place: Culzean Castle, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 13 Jan 1547-8

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Ayr, Lanark, & Stirling: - The commissariot record of Glasgow Register of testamenis, 1547-1800

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 28 Nov 1558
    Event Place: Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France - Suspected poisoning by the Court of France

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 3 Mar 1572
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Midlothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: December 22, 1558
    Event Place: Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France

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