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Margaret Douglas 1510–1556 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1510

Birth Location: Inverugie, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 18 July 1556

Death Location: Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland

Father: Sir Keith

Mother: Lady Campbell

Spouse(s): Patrick Dirleton, William Marischal, Lord Howard

Children(s): William Keith, Agnes Kieth, John Kintore, Lady Halyburton, Mariota Dirleton, Henry Halyburton, Margaret Howard

In 1510, Margaret Douglas entered the world in Inverugie, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to Sir William Alexander Of Inverugie Keith And Lady Margaret Montcrief Hay Campbell. Margaret Douglas married Lord Thomas Howard, Matthew Stuart Earl Of Lennox, Patrick Halyburton Lord Dirleton, Wanchope, William Keith Master Of Marischal, and had children including Agnes Anne Kieth, Elizabeth Marischal, Henry Halyburton, John Keith Earl Of Kintore, Lady Jane Baroness Ruthven Halyburton, Margaret Howard, Mariota Lady Baroness Dirleton, William Keith. Margaret Douglas passed away in 1556 in Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1510, Margaret Douglas entered the world in Inverugie, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to Sir William Alexander Of Inverugie Keith And Lady Margaret Montcrief Hay Campbell.
  • Margaret Douglas married Lord Thomas Howard, Matthew Stuart Earl Of Lennox, Patrick Halyburton Lord Dirleton, Wanchope, William Keith Master Of Marischal, and had children including Agnes Anne Kieth, Elizabeth Marischal, Henry Halyburton, John Keith Earl Of Kintore, Lady Jane Baroness Ruthven Halyburton, Margaret Howard, Mariota Lady Baroness Dirleton, William Keith.
  • Margaret Douglas passed away in 1556 in Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Keith
1500–1522
Birth Location: Inverugie, Morayshire, Scotland
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Lady Campbell
1500–1555
Birth Location: Bridgend (Lochgilphead), Argyll and Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
LC

Spouses(s)

Patrick Dirleton
1475–1505
Birth Location: Dirleton, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
PD
William Marischal
1506–1580
Birth Location: Kincardineshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
WM
Lord Howard
1474–1510
Birth Location: Norfolk, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
LH

Children(s)

William Keith
1527–1580
Birth Location: Kincardineshire, Scotland
WK
Agnes Kieth
1540–1588
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
AK
John Kintore
–1714
Birth Location: –
JK
Lady Halyburton
1503–
Birth Location: Dirleton Castle, East-Lothian, Schotland, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
LH
Mariota Dirleton
1455–1513
Birth Location: Dirleton, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Henry Halyburton
–1476
Birth Location: Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
HH
Margaret Howard
1506–1554
Birth Location: Norfolk, England
MH

Margaret Douglas's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Douglas
1510–1556
Birth Place: Inverugie, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir William Alexander of Inverugie Keith
1500–1522
Inverugie, Morayshire, Scotland
Lady (Margaret Montcrief Hay) Campbell
1500–1555
Bridgend (Lochgilphead), Argyll and Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Archibald Campbell
–1513
Elizabeth (Stewart of) Lennox
1438–
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Douglas's Descendants

1.
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Margaret Douglas (1510–18 July 1556) m. Patrick (Halyburton Lord) Dirleton (1475–6 December 1505) m. William (Keith Master of) Marischal (24 July 1506–10 August 1580) m. Lord (Thomas) Howard (1474–1510)
  1. 1. William Keith 1527–1580 m. Margaret Keith 1520–1556 m. Lady (Elizabeth Hay of Erroll\15th) GGM 1500–1573
    1. 1. Margaret Keith 1549–1624 m. John (Kennedy of) Blairquhan 1535– m. Andrew Stewart 1541–1578 m. John (Earl of Cassillis) Kennedy 1602–1668
      1. 1. Andrew Stewart 1560–1628 m. Margaret Kennedy 1565–1627
        1. 1. Sir (Andrew Stewart 2nd Baron Of) Castle 1590–1639
        2. 2. Marjory Stewart 1573–1606 m. Sir (Roger) Aston 1550–1603
      2. 2. John Campbell –1642
      3. 3. Duncan Campbell –1633
      4. 4. Donald Campbell –1651
    2. 2. Sir (Lord George Keith) Marischall 1553–1623 m. Margaret Home 1565–1598
      1. 1. Lady (Anne Keith) Douglas 1585–1648 m. William (Douglas, 7th Earl of) Morton 1582–1650
        1. 1. Margaret Douglas 1606–1678
        2. 2. Anne Douglas 1604–1667
        3. 3. George Douglas 1620–
        4. 4. Isabel Douglas 1630–1673
        5. 5. James Douglas 1612–1686
        6. 6. John Douglas 1611–1650
        7. 7. Mary Douglas 1607–1659
        8. 8. Robert Douglas 1605–1649
      2. 2. William Keith 1585–1635 m. Mary Erskine 1599–1648
        1. 1. John, (1st Earl of Kintore) Keith 1630–1715
        2. 2. George Keith 1614–1694 m. Margaret Erskine 1485–1555
        3. 3. Jean Keith 1610–
        4. 4. Mary Keith –1683
        5. 5. William Keith 1614–1670
    3. 3. Lady (Rebecca de) KEITH 1550–1610
    4. 4. Christian Keith 1548–
    5. 5. Lady (Isobel) Keith 1560–1595
    6. 6. William Keith 1555–1577
    7. 7. Lady (Jean) Keith 1560–
    8. 8. Lady (Barbara) Keith 1544–
    9. 9. John Keith 1559–
    10. 10. Johanna Keith 1558–
    11. 11. Robert (Lord Altire) Keith 1557–
    12. 12. Barbara Keith 1563–
    13. 13. Elizabeth Keith 1560–
  2. 2. Agnes ("Anne") Kieth 1540–1588 m. Archibald Douglas 1503–1570 m. Colin (Campbell Earl van Argyll) III 1542–1584 m. James (II Stewart Earl van) Moray 1531–1569
    1. 1. Archibald Campbell 1575–1638 m. Lady (Jean) Douglas 1572–1607
      1. 1. Archibald (V Campbell Markgraaf van) Argyll 1597–1661
      2. 2. Anna Campbell 1594–1638
    2. 2. Margaretha Stuart 1570–1585
    3. 3. James Stewart 1556–1591
    4. 4. William Stewart 1564–
    5. 5. Annabel Stewart 1567–1571
  3. 3. John (Keith Earl of) Kintore –1714
  4. 4. Lady (Jane Baroness Ruthven) Halyburton 1503– m. George (Canmore Home, 4th Lord of Home and Warden of the East) Marches 1503–1549
    1. 1. Sir (Alexander Home, 5th Lord of Home , Warden of The) E 1532–1575 m. Margaretha Kerr 1540–1580
      1. 1. Margaret Home 1565–1598 m. Sir (Lord George Keith) Marischall 1553–1623
      2. 2. Alexander (Canmore Earl) Home 1565–1619 m. Margaretha Sutton 1586–1645
        1. 1. Countess (Lady Margaret) Home 1607–1683
        2. 2. Anne Home 1616–1671
        3. 3. James Home 1607–
        4. 4. Margaret Home 1610–1683
    2. 2. Margaret (Lady of Aberdeenshire) Home 1540–1650
    3. 3. Isobel Home 1505–1574 m. William Stewart 1513–1552
      1. 1. William (Stewart Lord) Dunduff 1524–1574
    4. 4. George Home –1611
  5. 5. Mariota (Lady Baroness) Dirleton 1455–1513
  6. 6. Henry Halyburton –1476
  7. 7. Margaret Howard 1506–1554 m. Edmund White 1508–1560
    1. 1. Anne White 1532–1592 m. Thomas Parker 1530–1613 m. Henry Doyley 1530–1597
      1. 1. Mary Doyley 1546–1573 m. Henry Bedingfeild 1528–1600
        1. 1. Henry Bedingfield 1564–1594
        2. 2. Mary Bedingham 1569–
      2. 2. Edmund Doyley 1560–1612 m. Catherine Neville 1570–1620
        1. 1. William Doyley 1590–1642
        2. 2. Henry Doyley 1586–1616
        3. 3. Charles Doyley –1634
        4. 4. Alice (Elizabeth) Doyley –1637
        5. 5. Elizabeth (Clare) Moore 1610–1670 m. Richard Moore 1627–1676 m. John ((OMoor)) Moore 1610–1662
      3. 3. Anne Doyley 1553–1615 m. Sir (Thomas) Townsend 1534–1591 m. William Ballard 1556–
    2. 2. John White 1572– m. Joan West 1577–1631

Margaret Douglas's Timeline

6 Records

1476
1476
Birth of Margaret Douglas in Little Porringland, Norf, England, United Kingdom
Little Porringland, Norf, England, United Kingdom
1500
1500
Birth of Margaret Douglas in East Lothian Scotland
East Lothian Scotland
1510
1510
Birth of Margaret Douglas in Inverugie, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Inverugie, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1531
1531
Age 21
Death of Margaret Douglas in Little, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Little, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
1542
6 September 1542
Age 32
Death of Margaret Douglas in Dirleton, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dirleton, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1556
18 July 1556
Age 46
Death of Margaret Douglas in Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1476
    Event Place: Little Porringland, Norf, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: East Lothian Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1510
    Event Place: Inverugie, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Or and Sable : a Book of the Graemes and Grahams
    [2] A short memoir of James Young, merchant burgess of Aberdeen, and Rachel Cruickshank, his spouse, and of their descendants

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1531
    Event Place: Little, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 September 1542
    Event Place: Dirleton, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 July 1556
    Event Place: Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: Global, Gravestone Photograph Index
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