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Lord Willem Ruthven 1500–1552 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 3 December 1552

Death Location: Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: William Ruthven

Mother: Jean Hepburne

Spouse(s): Lady Dirleton

Children(s): Countess Ruthven, Patrick Dirleton, Katherine Ruthven

Lord Willem Ruthven was born in 1500 in Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of William Ruthven 1St Baron Of Ruthven And Jean Hepburne. Lord Willem Ruthven married Lady Jeanette Janet Halyburton Of Dirleton, and had children including Countess Barbara Ruthven, Katherine Lillian Ruthven, Patrick Ruthven Lord Dirleton. Lord Willem Ruthven passed away in 1552 in Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Lord Willem Ruthven was born in 1500 in Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of William Ruthven 1St Baron Of Ruthven And Jean Hepburne.
  • Lord Willem Ruthven married Lady Jeanette Janet Halyburton Of Dirleton, and had children including Countess Barbara Ruthven, Katherine Lillian Ruthven, Patrick Ruthven Lord Dirleton.
  • Lord Willem Ruthven passed away in 1552 in Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Lord Ruthven's Ancestors

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Lord Ruthven
1500–1552
Birth Place: Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
William Ruthven 1st Baron of Ruthven
1478–1513
Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Jean Hepburne
1474–1501
Whitsome, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Lord Ruthven's Descendants

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Lord (Willem) Ruthven (1500–3 December 1552) m. Lady (Jeanette \ Janet Halyburton of) Dirleton (1505–1560)
  1. 1. Countess (Barbara) Ruthven 1535–1569 m. Andrew (Patrick Grey 5th Earl of) Grey 1538–1608
    1. 1. Lord (Patrick) Grey 1560–1611 m. Lady (Marie "Mary" Stewart of) Orkney 1561–1644
      1. 1. Jane (Gray,) Lady 1589–1640 m. Sir (John Wemyss Earl of) Wemyss 1586–1649
        1. 1. Lady (Beatrice 'Beatrix' Wemyss of) Brae 1622–1663 m. James (Fraser of) Brea 1612–1649
      2. 2. Lord (Andrew) Grey 1585–1663
  2. 2. Patrick (Ruthven Lord) Dirleton 1520–1556
  3. 3. Katherine (Lillian) Ruthven 1525–1579

Lord Ruthven's Timeline

2 Records

1500
1500
Birth of Lord Willem Ruthven in Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
1552
3 December 1552
Age 52
Death of Lord Willem Ruthven in Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 December 1552
    Event Place: Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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