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Margaret Douglas 1515 – 1578 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 Oct 1515

Birth Location: Morton, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Morton Dumfries-shire Scotland

Death Date: 7 March 1578

Death Location: Dunbar, West Lothian, Scotland

Father: James Douglas

Mother: Catherine Stewart

Spouse(s): James Hamilton

Children(s): John Hamilton, Barbara Hamilton, Margaret Hamilton, Anne Hamilton, Gavin Hamilton, Claud Hamilton,, Jean Hamilton, Barbara Hamilton, Christian Hamilton, James Hamilton

Margaret Douglas Countess of Arran was born in 1515 in Morton, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Morton Dumfries-shire Scotland, the child of James Douglas and Catherine Stewart. Margaret Douglas Countess of Arran married James IV, 2nd Earl Arran, Duke Chatelherault Hamilton, and had children including John Hamilton**, 1st Marquess of Hamilton, Barbara Hamilton, Margaret Hamilton, Anne Hamilton, Gavin Hamilton, Claud Hamilton,, Jean Hamilton, Barbara Hamilton, Christian Hamilton, James Hamilton. Margaret Douglas Countess of Arran passed away in 1578 in Dunbar, West Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Margaret Douglas Countess of Arran was born in 1515 in Morton, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Morton Dumfries-shire Scotland, the child of James Douglas and Catherine Stewart.
  • Margaret Douglas Countess of Arran married James IV, 2nd Earl Arran, Duke Chatelherault Hamilton, and had children including John Hamilton**, 1st Marquess of Hamilton, Barbara Hamilton, Margaret Hamilton, Anne Hamilton, Gavin Hamilton, Claud Hamilton,, Jean Hamilton, Barbara Hamilton, Christian Hamilton, James Hamilton.
  • Margaret Douglas Countess of Arran passed away in 1578 in Dunbar, West Lothian, Scotland.

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Margaret Douglas's Ancestors

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Margaret Douglas
1515 – 1578
Birth Place: Morton, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Morton Dumfries-shire Scotland
Parents
James Douglas
1487 – 1548
Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Catherine Stewart
1495 – 1554
Edinburgh, Scotland
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Douglas's Descendants

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Margaret Douglas (8 Oct 1515 – 7 March 1578) m. James (IV, 2nd Earl Arran, Duke Chatelherault) Hamilton (1 Jan 1515 – 22 January 1575)
  1. 1. John (Hamilton**, 1st Marquess of) Hamilton (1535 – 06 Apr 1604) m. Margaret Lyon (30 Dec 1547 – 23 Nov 1626)
    1. 1. James Hamilton (19 Jun 1589 – 02 Mar 1625) m. Lady (Anne Cunningham, Countess of Campbell, Marchioness of) Hamilton (1585 – 16 April 1647)
      1. 1. James (Hamilton**, 1st Duke of) Hamilton (19 Jun 1606 – 09 Mar 1649)
      2. 2. Jean ((CUNNINGHAM)) HAMILTON (1616 – unk) m. John Lindsay (1611 – 1678) m. Johne Porterfeild (1613 – 1690)
        1. 1. William Porterfield (1645 – 1681) m. Annabel Stewart (1649 – )
      3. 3. James Hamilton
      4. 4. William Hamilton
  2. 2. Barbara Hamilton (1535 – 26 Nov 1577)
  3. 3. Margaret Hamilton (1540 – )
  4. 4. Anne Hamilton (1542 – 1574)
  5. 5. Gavin Hamilton (22 Oct 1542 – Aug 1547)
  6. 6. Claud Hamilton, (9 Jun 1543 – 3 May 1622)
  7. 7. Jean Hamilton (1545 – Dec 1596)
  8. 8. Barbara Hamilton (1547 – 15 Dec 1558)
  9. 9. Christian Hamilton (1549 – )
  10. 10. James Hamilton

Margaret Douglas's Timeline

2 Records

1515
8 Oct 1515
Birth of Margaret Douglas Countess of Arran in Morton, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Morton Dumfries-shire Scotland
Morton, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Morton Dumfries-shire Scotland
1578
7 March 1578
Age 63
Death of Margaret Douglas Countess of Arran in Dunbar, West Lothian, Scotland
Dunbar, West Lothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 Oct 1515
    Event Place: Morton, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Morton Dumfries-shire Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Midlothan: Edinburgh - Register of Marriages, 1595-1700

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Midlothia, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Perth: - Protocol Book of Sir Robert Rollock, 1534-1552

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 March 1578
    Event Place: Dunbar, West Lothian, Scotland

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