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Lord James Douglas V Of Morton 1500–1548 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Aberdour, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: December 1548

Death Location: Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Father: Sir Morton

Mother: Janet Crichton

Spouse(s): *Lady Douglas

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

Lord James Douglas V Of Morton was born in 1500 in Aberdour, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Sir John Douglas 2Nd Earl Of Morton And Janet Crichton. Lord James Douglas V Of Morton married Lady Catherine Kate Stewart Lady Of Edinburgh Castle Princess Of Scotland 3Rd Countess Of Morton Douglas, and had children including Elaine, Elizabeth Douglas, James F Early, Lady Beatrice Douglas Of Morton, Margaret De Laqueuille Countess Of Lennox. Lord James Douglas V Of Morton passed away in 1548 in Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Lord James Douglas V Of Morton was born in 1500 in Aberdour, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Sir John Douglas 2Nd Earl Of Morton And Janet Crichton.
  • Lord James Douglas V Of Morton married Lady Catherine Kate Stewart Lady Of Edinburgh Castle Princess Of Scotland 3Rd Countess Of Morton Douglas, and had children including Elaine, Elizabeth Douglas, James F Early, Lady Beatrice Douglas Of Morton, Margaret De Laqueuille Countess Of Lennox.
  • Lord James Douglas V Of Morton passed away in 1548 in Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Morton
1454–1515
Birth Location: Morton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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Janet Crichton
1461–1514
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, , Scotland
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Spouses(s)

*Lady Douglas
1502–1554
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
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Children(s)

Lady Morton
1514–1583
Birth Location: Morton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland *
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Margaret Lennox
1511–1579
Birth Location: Morton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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Elizabeth Douglas
1517–1581
Birth Location: Morton, Dumfrieshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Lord Morton's Ancestors

Self
Lord Morton
1500–1548
Birth Place: Aberdour, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir John Douglas, 2nd Earl of Morton
1454–1515
Morton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Janet Crichton
1461–1514
Edinburgh, Midlothian, , Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lord Morton's Descendants

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Lord (James Douglas V Of) Morton (1500–December 1548) m. *Lady (Catherine (Kate) STEWART, Lady of Edinburgh Castle, Princess of Scotland, 3rd Countess of Morton) Douglas (17 Jul 1502–5 Jul 1554)
  1. 1. Lady (Beatrice DOUGLAS of) Morton 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 (Margaret Elizabeth Douglas , of) Angus 1555–1640
      1. 1. Margaret (Elizabeth) Maxwell 1580–1630 m. james Wallis\Wallace 1574–1645
        1. 1. WIlliam Wallace 1594–1637 m. Agnes Haswell 1571–1645
  2. 2. Margaret (De LaQueuille, Countess of) Lennox 1511–1579
  3. 3. Elizabeth Douglas 1517–1581

Lord Morton's Timeline

2 Records

1500
1500
Birth of Lord James Douglas V Of Morton in Aberdour, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Aberdour, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1548
December 1548
Age 48
Death of Lord James Douglas V Of Morton in Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Aberdour, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: December 1548
    Event Place: Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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