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Margaret Maxwell - Douglas - Bailey, Dame Countess of Angus 1528 – 1593 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1528

Birth Location: Carlaverock, Dumfries-shire, Scotland or Terrregles, Kirkcudbrightshr, Scotland

Death Date: 31 Jan 1593

Death Location: Prestongrange, parish,Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland

Father: Robert Admiral

Mother: Janet Drumlanrig

Spouse(s): Archibald Scotland,

Children(s): James Master, George Douglas

The story of Margaret Maxwell - Douglas - Bailey, Dame Countess of Angus Mrd 1560Scotland began in 1528 in Carlaverock, Dumfries-shire, Scotland or Terrregles, Kirkcudbrightshr, Scotland. Margaret Maxwell - Douglas - Bailey, Dame Countess of Angus Mrd 1560Scotland married Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus (1490-1557)Lord Chancellor of Scotland,, and had children including James Angus Douglas, Master, George Douglas. Margaret Maxwell - Douglas - Bailey, Dame Countess of Angus Mrd 1560Scotland passed away in 1593 in Prestongrange, parish,Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Margaret Maxwell - Douglas - Bailey, Dame Countess of Angus Mrd 1560Scotland began in 1528 in Carlaverock, Dumfries-shire, Scotland or Terrregles, Kirkcudbrightshr, Scotland.
  • Margaret Maxwell - Douglas - Bailey, Dame Countess of Angus Mrd 1560Scotland married Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus (1490-1557)Lord Chancellor of Scotland,, and had children including James Angus Douglas, Master, George Douglas.
  • Margaret Maxwell - Douglas - Bailey, Dame Countess of Angus Mrd 1560Scotland passed away in 1593 in Prestongrange, parish,Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Admiral
1493 – 1546
Birth Location: Caerlaverock Castle, Kirkcudbright, Dumfrieshire, Scotland
RA
Janet Drumlanrig
1496 – 1537
Birth Location: Drumlaurig, Nithsdale, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
JD

Spouses(s)

Archibald Scotland,
1489 – 1557
Birth Location: Douglasdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
AS

Children(s)

James Master
1544 – 1547
Birth Location: Scotland
JM
George Douglas
1546 – 1552
Birth Location: Pittendriech, Scotland
GD

Margaret Angus's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Angus
1528 – 1593
Birth Place: Carlaverock, Dumfries-shire, Scotland or Terrregles, Kirkcudbrightshr, Scotland
Parents
Robert Maxwell, Sir, 5th Lord Maxwell Lord High Admiral
1493 – 1546
Caerlaverock Castle, Kirkcudbright, Dumfrieshire, Scotland
Janet (Jeanette Douglas - Maxwell, Baroness of Glamis, Lady of) Drumlanrig
1496 – 1537
Drumlaurig, Nithsdale, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Angus's Descendants

1.
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Margaret (Maxwell - Douglas - Bailey, Dame Countess of) Angus (1528 – 31 Jan 1593) m. Archibald (Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus (1490-1557)Lord Chancellor of) Scotland, (1489 – 22 Jan 1557)
  1. 1. James (Angus Douglas,) Master (1544 – Feb 1547)
  2. 2. George Douglas (1546 – 1552)

Margaret Angus's Timeline

2 Records

1528
1528
Birth of Margaret Maxwell - Douglas - Bailey, Dame Countess of Angus Mrd 1560Scotland in Carlaverock, Dumfries-shire, Scotland or Terrregles, Kirkcudbrightshr, Scotland
Carlaverock, Dumfries-shire, Scotland or Terrregles, Kirkcudbrightshr, Scotland
1593
31 Jan 1593
Age 65
Death of Margaret Maxwell - Douglas - Bailey, Dame Countess of Angus Mrd 1560Scotland in Prestongrange, parish,Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland
Prestongrange, parish,Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1528
    Event Place: Carlaverock, Dumfries-shire, Scotland or Terrregles, Kirkcudbrightshr, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 Jan 1593
    Event Place: Prestongrange, parish,Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975
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