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Margaret Baroness Argyll (Campbell) Erskine 1490–1555 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1490

Birth Location: Lorn, Argyll, Scotland

Death Date: 11 Jul 1555

Death Location: Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Father: Archibald Argyll

Mother: Elizabeth mother

Spouse(s): John Erskine

Children(s): Elizabeth Campbell, Lady Douglas, Katherine roskildehistorie.dk, Janet Erskine, Alexander Erskine, Robert, Erskine, Arthur ERSKINE, Elizabeth (18thGA), Thomas ERSKINE, Robert ERSKINE, John Mar, Thomas Mar, John Erskine, John (18thGU), Thomas Erskine, Alexander Erskine

In 1490, Margaret Baroness Argyll (Campbell) Erskine entered the world in Lorn, Argyll, Scotland, born to Archibald Campbell Second Earl Of Argyll And Elizabeth Stewart 20Thggm Roskildehistorie Dk Has Margaret Montgomery As Her Mother. Margaret Baroness Argyll (Campbell) Erskine married John Erskine, and had children including Alexander Erskine, Alexander Of Gogar Erskine, Arthur Erskine, Elizabeth Campbell, Elizabeth Erskine 1531 1578 18Thga, Janet Erskine, John 6Th Lord Erskine 1St Earl Of Mar In 7Th Creation Of Title 18Th Earl Of Mar In 1St Creation Mary Queen Of Scots Appointed Him Guardian Of Her Newborn Son Prince James He Then Worked Against Her 18Thgu, John Erskine 17Th Earl Of Mar, John Ii Erskine, Katherine Catherine Erskine 18Thggm Roskildehistorie Dk, Lady Margaret Mar Erskine Douglas, Robert Master Erskine, Robert Erskine, Sir James Tillibody Erskine, Thomas 1St Earl Of Kellie Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Thomas Erskine Master Of Mar. Margaret Baroness Argyll (Campbell) Erskine passed away in 1555 in Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1490, Margaret Baroness Argyll (Campbell) Erskine entered the world in Lorn, Argyll, Scotland, born to Archibald Campbell Second Earl Of Argyll And Elizabeth Stewart 20Thggm Roskildehistorie Dk Has Margaret Montgomery As Her Mother.
  • Margaret Baroness Argyll (Campbell) Erskine married John Erskine, and had children including Alexander Erskine, Alexander Of Gogar Erskine, Arthur Erskine, Elizabeth Campbell, Elizabeth Erskine 1531 1578 18Thga, Janet Erskine, John 6Th Lord Erskine 1St Earl Of Mar In 7Th Creation Of Title 18Th Earl Of Mar In 1St Creation Mary Queen Of Scots Appointed Him Guardian Of Her Newborn Son Prince James He Then Worked Against Her 18Thgu, John Erskine 17Th Earl Of Mar, John Ii Erskine, Katherine Catherine Erskine 18Thggm Roskildehistorie Dk, Lady Margaret Mar Erskine Douglas, Robert Master Erskine, Robert Erskine, Sir James Tillibody Erskine, Thomas 1St Earl Of Kellie Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Thomas Erskine Master Of Mar.
  • Margaret Baroness Argyll (Campbell) Erskine passed away in 1555 in Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Archibald Argyll
1459–1513
Birth Location: North Ayrshire, Scotland
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Elizabeth mother
1464–1529
Birth Location: Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

John Erskine
1487–1555
Birth Location: 1687427, Nisbit Roxburghshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Elizabeth Campbell
1465–1529
Birth Location: Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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Lady Douglas
1513–1572
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Mid, Lothian, Scotland
LD
Katherine roskildehistorie.dk
1506–1552
Birth Location: Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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Janet Erskine
1510–1550
Birth Location: Erskine, Renfrewshire, , Scotland
JE
Alexander Erskine
1521–1591
Birth Location: Gogar, Argyll, , Scotland
AE
Robert, Erskine
1522–1547
Birth Location: Erskine, Midlothian, , Scotland
RE
Arthur ERSKINE
1523–1570
Birth Location: Black Grange, Midlothian, Scotland
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Elizabeth (18thGA)
1531–1578
Birth Location: Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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Thomas ERSKINE
1544–1551
Birth Location: Erskine, Renfrewshire, , Scotland
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Robert ERSKINE
1542–1547
Birth Location: Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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John Mar
1522–1572
Birth Location: Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland
JM
Thomas Mar
1512–1551
Birth Location: Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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John Erskine
1518–1555
Birth Location: Nisbet, Scotland
JE
John (18thGU)
1525–1572
Birth Location: Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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Thomas Erskine
1506–1566
Birth Location: Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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Alexander Erskine
1549–1573
Birth Location: 1686442, Midlothian, Scotland
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Margaret Erskine's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Erskine
1490–1555
Birth Place: Lorn, Argyll, Scotland
Parents
Archibald Campbell Second Earl of Argyll
1459–1513
North Ayrshire, Scotland
Elizabeth (Stewart (20thGGM) roskildehistorie.dk has Margaret Montgomery as her) mother
1464–1529
Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Colin (, 2nd Lord Campbell , 1st Earl of ARGYLL) (16thGGF)
1431–1493
Lochawe, Argyllshire, Scotland
Elizabeth (Isabel STEWART of Lorn (16thGGM)) *
1437–1510
Lorn, Scotland
John (I Lord Stewart van Balveny Earl van) Atholl
1440–1512
Earlshill, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Eleanor (of Nithsdale Countess Lady) Sinclair
1457–1518
Castle Ravenscraig, Fife, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Archibald *
1393–1440
Elizabeth note
1423–1447
John 2)
1397–1463
Agnes *
1410–1463
James Lorn
1400–1449
Joan mute)
1424–1437
William Sinclair
1395–1480
Marjory (16thGGM)
1436–1480
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Duncan (17thGGF)
1370–1453
Margaret (17thGGM)
1375–1459
John Somerville
1418–1491
Lady )
1415–1456
Robert text)
1379–1449
Joan (17thGGM)
1379–
Donald (18thGGF)
1364–1423
Mariota *
1363–1429
Sir Stewart
1350–1421
Isabel Stewart
1355–1439
*Sir GG
1371–1410
Lady 15thGGM
1385–1439
Sir Sinclair
1389–1420
Egidia (18thGGM)
1387–1438
Alexander (17thGGF)
1395–1456
Mariota (18thGGM)
1404–1448

Margaret Erskine's Descendants

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Margaret (Baroness Argyll (Campbell)) Erskine (1490–11 Jul 1555) m. John Erskine (7 Jul 1487–11 Jul 1555)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Campbell 1465–1529
  2. 2. Lady (Margaret Mar (Erskine)) Douglas 1513–1572 m. James (King of Scots) V 1512–1542 m. Robert (Douglas of LOCHLEVEN . Died at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh) (1stC14XR) 1515–1547
    1. 1. Euphemia (DOUGLAS) (4thC12XR) 1533–1580 m. Patrick (LINDSAY 6th Lord of the) Byres 1521–1589
      1. 1. James (LINDSAY , 7th Lord of the Byres (5thC11XR)) * 1554–1601 m. Eupheme (LESLIE (Lady)) * 1559–1605
        1. 1. Robert (Lindsay 9th Baron of the BYRES) * 1580–1616 m. Christian (Hamilton Lady of Haddington (1590-1646) (8thC10XR)) * 1590–1645
    2. 2. Robert Stewart 1533–1592
    3. 3. Adam Stewart 1530–1575
    4. 4. Adam Stewart 1530–1575
    5. 5. James (Stewart 1st Earl of Moray (Protestant) ( Regent for son of Mary Queen of Scots, King James VI) Defeated Mary's troops at the Battle of Langside. Assassinated by James Hamilton who was loyal to Queen Mary (Catholic)) (1stC13X 1531–1570 m. Anne Campbell 1530–1588
      1. 1. Elisabeth (Stuart Gravin van) Moray 1565–1591 m. James (Stewart ( Stuart ) , 2nd Lord Doune and 2nd Earl of Moray (1568-1592)) (11thGU) 1568–1592
        1. 1. Margaret (Stuart Countess of Nottingham) (3rdC11XR) 1591–1639 m. Charles (1st Earl of Nottingham Howard (Death of Mary Queen of Scots) (Husband of) 3rdC11XR) 1536–1624 m. William (Monson 1st Viscount) Monson –1672
        2. 2. James (Stuart 3rd Earl of Moray) (3rdC11XR) 1591–1638 m. Anna Gordon 1590–1674
        3. 3. Grizel (Stuart) ? 1584–1649
        4. 4. Elizabeth Stuart 1588–1608
        5. 5. Francis (Stewart Knight of the Order of the) Bath 1591–
      2. 2. Archibald (Campbell) ? 1597–1661
      3. 3. James Stewart 1568–1591
    6. 6. Euphame Bruce 1540–
    7. 7. James (Bruce of) ROTHESAY 1540–1541
    8. 8. Arthur (Of) SCOTLAND 1541–1541
    9. 9. Margaret STEWART 1539–
    10. 10. Henry Bruce 1530–
    11. 11. James (Stewart Kelso Melrose Abbot) Kelso 1529–1558
    12. 12. John STEWART 1535–1563
    13. 13. Robert STEWART 1537–1581
    14. 14. Robert Bruce 1535–
    15. 15. William (Douglas of) Lochleven 1540–1606 m. Agnes (Rothes (Rootes), Countess Leslie (1539-1594) (Queen Mary's closest female) companion) 1539–1594
      1. 1. Agnes (Douglas , Countess of Argyll (Roman Catholic)) (2ndC12XR) 1574–1607 m. Archibald (Campbell , 7th Earl of Argyll Converted to Catholicism years after his wife's death) * 1575–1638
        1. 1. Archibald (1st Marquess ( Marquis ) of Argyll , 8th Earl of Argyll, chief of Clan Campbell . Covenanter , against King Charles I and Catholics. Failed to help James Hamilton 1st Duke) (3rdC11XR) 1607–1661 m. Margaretha Douglas 1605–1678
        2. 2. Annabelle (Campbell) ? 1594–1652
      2. 2. Robert (Douglas , Master of Morton , of Lochleven (1562-1584)) (2ndC12XR) 1562–1584 m. Jean (Lyon , Countess of Angus) (1stC13XR) 1556–1609
        1. 1. Willem (( William ) Douglas , 7th Earl of Morton (1584-1648)) (6thC12XR) 1584–1648 m. Anna Keith 1585–1648
    16. 16. Lady (Jean) Stewart 1538–1587
    17. 17. Adam Stewart 1528–1606
    18. 18. Janet (Douglas) (4thC12XR) 1536–
    19. 19. George Douglas 1544–1625
    20. 20. Margaret Douglas 1520–
    21. 21. ROBERT, (4th Earl of Buchan,) DOUGLAS 1543–1580
  3. 3. Katherine (( Catherine ) ERSKINE (18thGGM)) roskildehistorie.dk 1506–1552 m. Alexander (Elphinstone , 2nd Lord Elphinstone (Killed in the Battle of Pinkie)) (18thGGF) 1510–1547
    1. 1. Isabella (( Isabel , Isobel ) Elphinstone) (17thGGM) 1532–1600 m. James (Hamilton 3rd of Haggs . Accused of taking part in the Raid of Ruthven on the side of the Presbyterians against the Catholics (#227 in text)) (17thGGF) 1530–1602
      1. 1. Alexander (Hamilton 4th of Haggs (#228 in text) (16thGGF) and) (1stC12XR) 1550–1608 m. Agnes (Hamilton of Finnart of Haggs (16thGGM) possibly the same person as Agnes of) Dalmahoy 1550–1596
      2. 2. Lady (Margaret) Hamiltoune 1557–1577 m. Sir (William Auchenstarry) Stark 1540–1616
        1. 1. John (Elder Killermont) Stark 1565–1610
        2. 2. William (Younger) STARK 1577–
    2. 2. James (Elphinstone of Innerdovat ( Inverdovat ) (1538)) (17thGU) 1538–1599 m. Janet (Leslie) (1stC13XR) 1516–1591
  4. 4. Janet Erskine 1510–1550
  5. 5. Alexander (of Gogar) Erskine 1521–1591
  6. 6. Robert, (Master) Erskine 1522–1547
  7. 7. Arthur ERSKINE 1523–1570
  8. 8. Elizabeth (ERSKINE (1531-1578)) (18thGA) 1531–1578 m. Walter (William Seton IV of Touche ( Touch )) (1529-1552) 1529–1552
    1. 1. Janet (Seton) (1stC19XR) 1544–1616 m. John (Bellenden , Knight, Lord Justice Clerk ( of Auchnoull ) ( Bellenden Arms and Crest ) (1520-1576)) (2ndC13XR) 1520–1576
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Bellenden) (1574-1623) 1574–1623 m. John (Cockburn of Ormiston , Lord Justice-Clerk) * 1536–1623
        1. 1. Barbara (Cockburn of Ormiston (1544-1610) *) () 1544–1610 m. George (Hamilton of Preston (1538-1608) (5thC10XR) (#519 in text)) * 1538–1608
  9. 9. Thomas ERSKINE 1544–1551
  10. 10. Robert ERSKINE 1542–1547
  11. 11. John (Erskine 17th Earl of) Mar 1522–1572
  12. 12. Thomas (Erskine Master of) Mar 1512–1551
  13. 13. John (II) Erskine 1518–1555
  14. 14. John (6th Lord Erskine , 1st Earl of Mar (in 7th creation of title) ( 18th Earl of Mar in 1st creation) Mary Queen of Scots appointed him guardian of her newborn son, Prince James. He then worked against her) (18thGU) 1525–1572 m. Annabelle Murray 1535–1603
    1. 1. John (Erskine, 19th Earl of Mar) (Sir) 1556–1634 m. Marie (Stewart (Lady)) (4thC10XR) 1576–1644
      1. 1. Catharina Erskine 1603–1634 m. Thomas (Hamilton Earl van) Haddington 1600–1640
        1. 1. John (Hamilton 4th Earl of Haddington (6thC8XR) (598 in Text)) * 1626–1669 m. Christian Lindsay 1632–1704
        2. 2. Thomas (Hamilton 3rd Earl of Haddington (#597 in Text)) (6thC8XR) 1628–1643
      2. 2. Margaret (Anna Erskine) Leslie 1599–1618 m. John (Leslie 6th Earl of) Rothes 1600–1641
        1. 1. Earl (John Leslie) Rothes 1630–1681 m. Anna (Lindsay ( Lady Anne )) (1stC11XR) 1631–1689
        2. 2. James (Leslie ( Reverend) ) 1616–1662 m. Margaret (Isabella Leslie (maiden name) missing) 1616–
        3. 3. Margaret Leslie 1620–1688
        4. 4. Mary Leslie 1618–1659
        5. 5. Christian Leslie 1628–
  15. 15. Thomas (, 1st Earl of Kellie) Erskine 1506–1566
  16. 16. Alexander Erskine 1549–1573

Margaret Erskine's Timeline

4 Records

1485
1485
Birth of Margaret Baroness Argyll (Campbell) Erskine in Bridgend (Lochgilphead), Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Bridgend (Lochgilphead), Argyll and Bute, Scotland
1490
1490
Birth of Margaret Baroness Argyll (Campbell) Erskine in Lorn, Argyll, Scotland
Lorn, Argyll, Scotland
1555
11 Jul 1555
Age 65
Death of Margaret Baroness Argyll (Campbell) Erskine in Elgin, Moray, Scotland
Elgin, Moray, Scotland
1555
11 Jul 1555
Age 65
Death of Margaret Baroness Argyll (Campbell) Erskine in Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1485
    Event Place: Bridgend (Lochgilphead), Argyll and Bute, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1490
    Event Place: Lorn, Argyll, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Jul 1555
    Event Place: Elgin, Moray, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Jul 1555
    Event Place: Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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