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Margaret merge Douglas 1511–1579 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 Jan 1511

Birth Location: Morton, Dumfrieshire, Schotland

Death Date: 24 May 1579

Death Location: Westminster, Greater London, England

Father: Archibald Angus

Mother: Catharine Stuart

Spouse(s): James Châtelherault

Children(s): Claude Chatelherault, John Hamilton, Anne Countess, Henry Stewart, Johanna Hamilton

Margaret merge Douglas was born in 1511 in Morton, Dumfrieshire, Schotland, the child of Archibald Douglas 6Th Earl Of Angus And Catharine Illegitimate Daughter Stuart. Margaret merge Douglas married James The Bastard Of Arran Hamilton Of Finnart Lord High Admiral Regent Of Scotland Protestant Party Leader Earl Of Arran Duke Of Chatelherault, and had children including Anne Hamilton Countess, Claude Hamilton 1St Baron Paisley Duke Of Chatelherault, Henry Lord Darnley Stewart, Johanna Hamilton, John Hamilton Marquis Of Hamilton. Margaret merge Douglas passed away in 1579 in Westminster, Greater London, England.

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Biography

  • Margaret merge Douglas was born in 1511 in Morton, Dumfrieshire, Schotland, the child of Archibald Douglas 6Th Earl Of Angus And Catharine Illegitimate Daughter Stuart.
  • Margaret merge Douglas married James The Bastard Of Arran Hamilton Of Finnart Lord High Admiral Regent Of Scotland Protestant Party Leader Earl Of Arran Duke Of Chatelherault, and had children including Anne Hamilton Countess, Claude Hamilton 1St Baron Paisley Duke Of Chatelherault, Henry Lord Darnley Stewart, Johanna Hamilton, John Hamilton Marquis Of Hamilton.
  • Margaret merge Douglas passed away in 1579 in Westminster, Greater London, England.

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Spouses(s)

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Margaret Douglas's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Douglas
1511–1579
Birth Place: Morton, Dumfrieshire, Schotland
Parents
Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus
1489–1557
Douglasdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Catharine ('illegitimate daughter') Stuart
1491–1554
Edinburgh
Grandparents
George (Douglas, Master of) Angus
1469–1513
Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
Elizabeth Drummond
1472–1514
Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
James (IV Iron stewart) king
1473–1513
Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
Margaret (Marion Boyd) (mistress)
1477–1559
Bonshaw, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Angus
1445–1513
Elizabeth Angus
1450–1498
John knight
1438–1519
Elizabeth Crawford
1435–1519
James Scots
1451–1488
Margaret Scotland
1456–1486
2nd-Great-Grandparents
George Castle
1417–1463
Isabella Sibbald
1430–1495
Sir knight
1425–1482
Mariota Maxwell
1430–1473
Sir Perthshire
1445–1470
Mariot Tullibardine
1411–1445
James Scots
1430–1460
Mary Scotland
1433–1463
Christian Union
1426–1481
Dorothea Sweden
1430–1495

Margaret Douglas's Descendants

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Margaret (merge) Douglas (1 Jan 1511–24 May 1579) m. James ('the Bastard of Arran' Hamilton of Finnart, Lord High Admiral, Regent of Scotland, Protestant party leader, Earl of Arran, Duke of) Châtelherault (1 Jan 1515–7 Apr 1571)
  1. 1. Claude (Hamilton 1st Baron Paisley - Duke of) Chatelherault 1543–1621 m. Margaret Seton 1550–1616
    1. 1. James (Hamilton, 1st Earl van) Abercorn 1575–1618 m. Marion Boyd 1579–1632
      1. 1. Sir (George Hamilton, 1st Baronet of) Donalong 1606–1679 m. Mary Butler 1605–1680
        1. 1. Jacobite (Lt Gen Richard Hamilton, served with distinction in French army, rejoined deposed King James in France, Roman) Catholic 1650–1717
        2. 2. Capt (Thomas) Hamilton 1634–1691
        3. 3. Lucia (Hamilton (O'Brien) of) Donalong 1643–1676
        4. 4. Lord (Colonel James Hamilton, Baron) Mountcastle 1620–1679 m. Elizabeth Culpeper 1637–1709
        5. 5. Maj (Gen Anthony) Hamilton 1645–1719
        6. 6. Sir (George) Hamilton 1621–1675
        7. 7. Lord (Alexander) Hamilton 1650–1732 m. Jane Caven 1660–1718
      2. 2. James (Hamilton Earl van) Abercorn 1605–1670
      3. 3. Claude (Hamilton 2nd Lord of) Strabane 1610–1638
      4. 4. Sir (Alexander Hamilton of) Holborn 1613–1665
    2. 2. Margaret Hamilton 1577–1577
    3. 3. Marion Hamilton 1576–
    4. 4. Grizel Hamilton 1562–1615
    5. 5. Sir (John) Hamilton 1576–1604
  2. 2. John (Hamilton, Marquis of) Hamilton 1532–1604 m. Margaret (Lyon) (concubine) 1547–1625
    1. 1. Robert Hamilton 1570–1662
    2. 2. James (Hamilton of) Broomhill 1570–1625
    3. 3. Jean Hamilton 1553–1590
    4. 4. Edward Hamilton 1576–1604
    5. 5. Gilbert Hamilton 1569–
    6. 6. Hew Hamilton 1567–1607
  3. 3. Anne (Hamilton,) Countess 1540–1574
  4. 4. Henry (Lord Darnley) Stewart 1540–1567
  5. 5. Johanna Hamilton 1535–1560

Margaret Douglas's Timeline

2 Records

1511
1 Jan 1511
Birth of Margaret merge Douglas in Morton, Dumfrieshire, Schotland
Morton, Dumfrieshire, Schotland
1579
24 May 1579
Age 68
Death of Margaret merge Douglas in Dunbar, West Lothian, Scotland
Dunbar, West Lothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Jan 1511
    Event Place: Morton, Dumfrieshire, Schotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 May 1579
    Event Place: Dunbar, West Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Westminster, Greater London, England
    Record Source: International, Find a Grave Index

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