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LORD WILLIAM RUTHVEN 1500–1552 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Kynnard, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 3 December 1552

Death Location: Kynnard, Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Lord Ruthven

Mother: Lady Forbes

Spouse(s): Janet Ruthven, Janet Ruthven

Children(s): Katherine Ruthven, William Ruthven, Lady Ruthven

LORD WILLIAM RUTHVEN was born in 1500 in Kynnard, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Lord William 1St Of Ruthven And Lady Christian Forbes. LORD WILLIAM RUTHVEN married Janet Baroness Dirleton Halyburton Baroness Ruthven, and had children including Katherine Of Glenorchy Baroness Campbell Ruthven, Lady Katherine Dame Of Glenorchy Baroness Campbell Countess Of Craufurd Ruthven, William Ruthven. LORD WILLIAM RUTHVEN passed away in 1552 in Kynnard, Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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  • LORD WILLIAM RUTHVEN was born in 1500 in Kynnard, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Lord William 1St Of Ruthven And Lady Christian Forbes.
  • LORD WILLIAM RUTHVEN married Janet Baroness Dirleton Halyburton Baroness Ruthven, and had children including Katherine Of Glenorchy Baroness Campbell Ruthven, Lady Katherine Dame Of Glenorchy Baroness Campbell Countess Of Craufurd Ruthven, William Ruthven.
  • LORD WILLIAM RUTHVEN passed away in 1552 in Kynnard, Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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LORD RUTHVEN's Ancestors

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LORD RUTHVEN
1500–1552
Birth Place: Kynnard, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Lord William 1st of Ruthven
1440–1528
Scotland
Lady (Christian) Forbes
1473–1553
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LORD RUTHVEN's Descendants

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LORD (WILLIAM) RUTHVEN (1500–3 December 1552) m. Janet ((Baroness Dirleton) Halyburton Baroness) Ruthven (1510–13 June 1560) m. Janet ((Baroness Dirleton) Halyburton Baroness) Ruthven (1510–13 June 1560)
  1. 1. Katherine (of Glenorchy Baroness Campbell) Ruthven 1525–1584 m. Colin (Campbell of Glenorchy Campbell) Ruthven 1512–1583
    1. 1. Baroness (of Duart Margaret Campbell Mother of memoirist Lady Margaret Cunningham; descended from a family early committed to) Presbyterianism. 1550–1610 m. James (Cunningham 7th Earl Of) Glencairn 1555–1630
      1. 1. Margaretha Cunningham 1565–1598 m. Lachlan (More Maclean of Dowart 14th Clan) Chief 1558–1598 m. Malcolm Crawford 1551–1595
        1. 1. Sir (Hector Og) Maclean 1583–1623 m. Isabella (Acheson, of) Gosford 1576–1660
      2. 2. Anne Cunningham 1586–1647 m. James Hamilton 1570–1625 m. James (Hamilton 1st Earl Of) Abercorn 1575–1617
        1. 1. Margaret (Dame) Hamilton 1612–1686 m. John (Lord) Lindsay 1611–1679
    2. 2. Marion Campbell 1574–1606 m. Lachlan (Og 1st Torloisk) McLEAN 1574–1642
      1. 1. Mary McDONALD* 1603–1665 m. John ((Garbh)) McLEAN* 1600–1662
        1. 1. Janet (Kinlochlain) Maclean 1626–1700 m. John (Archibald Cameron 1st Glendessary) Dungallon 1630–1697
  2. 2. William Ruthven 1530–1603
  3. 3. Lady (Katherine Dame of Glenorchy, Baroness Campbell, Countess of Craufurd) Ruthven 1525–1580 m. Colin (Campbell of Glenorchy Campbell) Ruthven 1512–1583

LORD RUTHVEN's Timeline

2 Records

1500
1500
Birth of LORD WILLIAM RUTHVEN in Kynnard, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Kynnard, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
1552
3 December 1552
Age 52
Death of LORD WILLIAM RUTHVEN in Kynnard, Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom
Kynnard, Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Kynnard, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Cunninghamhead, Perth, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 December 1552
    Event Place: Kynnard, Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom

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