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Lord Robert Maxwell 1493 – 1546 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1493

Birth Location: Terregles, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

Death Date: 9 July 1546

Death Location: Logan, East Ayrshire, Scotland

Father: Lord Maxwell

Mother: Lady Stewart

Spouse(s): Lady Douglas

Children(s): Lord Maxwell

Lord Robert Maxwell , 4th Baron Maxwell was born in 1493 in Terregles, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, the child of Lord John Maxwell and Lady Agnes Stewart. Lord Robert Maxwell , 4th Baron Maxwell married Lady Janet Douglas, and had children including Lord John Maxwell. Lord Robert Maxwell , 4th Baron Maxwell passed away in 1546 in Logan, East Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Lord Robert Maxwell , 4th Baron Maxwell was born in 1493 in Terregles, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, the child of Lord John Maxwell and Lady Agnes Stewart.
  • Lord Robert Maxwell , 4th Baron Maxwell married Lady Janet Douglas, and had children including Lord John Maxwell.
  • Lord Robert Maxwell , 4th Baron Maxwell passed away in 1546 in Logan, East Ayrshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lord Maxwell
1420 – 1484
Birth Location: –
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Lady Stewart
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Lady Douglas
1502 – 1551
Birth Location: Nithsdale, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Lord Maxwell
1555 – 1604
Birth Location: Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
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Lord Maxwell's Ancestors

Self
Lord Maxwell
1493 – 1546
Birth Place: Terregles, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Parents
Lord John Maxwell
1420 – 1484
Lady (Agnes) Stewart
Grandparents
Lord (Sir John) Maxwell
1403 – 1476
Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Jeanette Crichton
1400 –
Crichton, Midlothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lord Maxwell's Descendants

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Lord (Robert) Maxwell (1493 – 9 July 1546) m. Lady (Janet) Douglas (1502 – 1551)
  1. 1. Lord (John) Maxwell (1555 – 10 October 1604) m. Lady (Agnes) Herries (1530 – 14 Mar 1594)
    1. 1. Countess (Margaret Fergusson) Maxwell (1548 – 8 January 1617) m. Mark Kerr (20 February 1558 – 8 April 1609)
      1. 1. Lady (Jean Johanna) Kerr (1577 – 17 Aug 1632) m. Lord (Thomas) Hamilton (January 1563 – 29 May 1637)
        1. 1. Lady (Margaret) Hamilton (1590 – 9 May 1688) m. Lord (Alexander) Kirkpatrick (1585 – 9 June 1686) m. Lord (William) Kirkpatrick (1593 – 2 March 1622) m. Lord (James) Johnstone m. Thomas (A.) Kirkpatrick (1584 – 30 Mar 1686)
    2. 2. Edward Maxwell (abt 1561 – 29 Sep 1598) m. Alice (Margaret) Baillie (ABT 1560 – ABT 1607) m. Margret Blacklock (1570/1560/ – 1592/1607)
      1. 1. William (B) Baillie (1550 – abt 1606) m. Catherine Munro (1561 – Aft 1585)
        1. 1. James (Sir Bailyea) Baillie (1585 – ABT 1697) m. Catherine Ingles (1599 – ABT 1697)

Lord Maxwell's Timeline

3 Records

1493
1493
Birth of Lord Robert Maxwell , 4th Baron Maxwell in Carlaverock Castle, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Carlaverock Castle, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
1493
1493
Birth of Lord Robert Maxwell , 4th Baron Maxwell in Terregles, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Terregles, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
1546
9 July 1546
Age 53
Death of Lord Robert Maxwell , 4th Baron Maxwell in Logan, East Ayrshire, Scotland
Logan, East Ayrshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1493
    Event Place: Carlaverock Castle, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1493
    Event Place: Terregles, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 July 1546
    Event Place: Logan, East Ayrshire, Scotland
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