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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

Lord Gilbert Kennedy , 3rd Earl of Cassilis, 2nd Lord Methven, Treasurer of Scotland was born in 1515 in Culzean Castle, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of 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 had children including Lord Col Gilbert Kennedy. Lord Gilbert Kennedy , 3rd Earl of Cassilis, 2nd Lord Methven, Treasurer of Scotland passed away in 1558 in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.

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Biography

  • Lord Gilbert Kennedy , 3rd Earl of Cassilis, 2nd Lord Methven, Treasurer of Scotland was born in 1515 in Culzean Castle, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of 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 had children including Lord Col Gilbert Kennedy.
  • Lord Gilbert Kennedy , 3rd Earl of Cassilis, 2nd Lord Methven, Treasurer of Scotland passed away in 1558 in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lord Kennedy
1509 – 1565
Birth Location: Girvan, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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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
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Children(s)

Lord Kennedy
1541 – 1576
Birth Location: Cassilis, Maybole (Ayrshire) Scotland
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Lord Kennedy's Ancestors

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Lord Kennedy
1515 – 1558
Birth Place: Culzean Castle, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents
Lord Hew Kennedy
1509 – 1565
Girvan, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Janet) Stewart
1505 – 1580
Blair Castle, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Lord (Gilbert) Kennedy
1485 – 1527
Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
Lady (Isabelle) Campbell
1489 – 1529
Loudon, Ayrshire, Scotland
Lord (John) Stewart
1494 – 1571
Montrose, Angus, Scotland
Lady (Jane) Campbell
1488 – 1547
Castle Campbell, Dollar, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lord Kennedy's Descendants

1.
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Lord (Gilbert) Kennedy (12 May 1515 – December 22, 1558) m. Lady (Margery Sophia) Bredie (01 Jan 1517 – 12 January 1597)
  1. 1. Lord (Col Gilbert) Kennedy (15 Oct 1541 – 14 December 1576) m. Lady (Margaret) Lyon (30 Dec 1547 – 23 Nov 1626)
    1. 1. Lord (Hugh) Kennedy (Bef. September 1577 – 5 Mar 1627) m. Lady (Katherine) McDowall (1570 – 1659)
      1. 1. Lady (Grace Margaret) Kennedy (1586 – 1665) m. Andrew Alexander (1560 – 23 Oct 1647)
        1. 1. Janet McAlexander (1605 – Abt 1679) m. Sir (William Mungo) Macklemore (17 Jun 1600 – 19 May 1679)

Lord Kennedy's Timeline

9 Records

1515
12 May 1515
Birth of Lord Gilbert Kennedy , 3rd Earl of Cassilis, 2nd Lord Methven, Treasurer of Scotland in Methven Castle, Methven, Perthshire, Scotland
Methven Castle, Methven, Perthshire, Scotland
1515
12 May 1515
Birth of Lord Gilbert Kennedy , 3rd Earl of Cassilis, 2nd Lord Methven, Treasurer of Scotland in Culzean Castle, Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Culzean Castle, Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1515
12 May 1515
Birth of Lord Gilbert Kennedy , 3rd Earl of Cassilis, 2nd Lord Methven, Treasurer of Scotland in Culzean Castle, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
Culzean Castle, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
1524
1524
Age 9
Birth of Lord Gilbert Kennedy , 3rd Earl of Cassilis, 2nd Lord Methven, Treasurer of Scotland in Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland
Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland
1541
Abt. 1541
Age 26
Birth of Lord Gilbert Kennedy , 3rd Earl of Cassilis, 2nd Lord Methven, Treasurer of Scotland in Methven Castle, Methven, Perthshire, Scotland
Methven Castle, Methven, Perthshire, Scotland
1547
13 Jan 1547-8
Age 32
Lord Gilbert Kennedy , 3rd Earl of Cassilis, 2nd Lord Methven, Treasurer of Scotland was married
None
1558
28 Nov 1558
Age 43
Death of Lord Gilbert Kennedy , 3rd Earl of Cassilis, 2nd Lord Methven, Treasurer of Scotland in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France - Suspected poisoning by the Court of France
Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France - Suspected poisoning by the Court of France
1558
December 22, 1558
Age 43
Death of Lord Gilbert Kennedy , 3rd Earl of Cassilis, 2nd Lord Methven, Treasurer of Scotland in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
1572
3 Mar 1572
Age 57
Death of Lord Gilbert Kennedy , 3rd Earl of Cassilis, 2nd Lord Methven, Treasurer of Scotland in Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Midlothian, Scotland
Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Midlothian, Scotland

Sources

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

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

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

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

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

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 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 Date: 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 Date: 3 Mar 1572
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Midlothian, Scotland

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