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Margaret Erskine 1515–1572 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 October 1515

Birth Location: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 5 May 1572

Death Location: Scotland

Father: John Erskine

Mother: Margaret Campbell

Spouse(s): King V, Robert Douglas

Children(s): Janet Douglas, James Stewart, Catherine Douglas, George Douglas, Jean Stewart, Sir Morton, Margaret Stewart, Euphemia Douglas, Euphemia Douglas, Janet Douglas, Arthur Scotland, Robert Lochleven

Margaret Erskine was born in 1515 in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of John Erskine And Margaret Campbell. Margaret Erskine married King James Stewart V, Robert Douglas, and had children including Arthur Of Scotland, Catherine Douglas, Euphemia Douglas, George Douglas, James Stewart, Janet Douglas, Jean Stewart, Margaret Stewart, Robert Iv Douglas Laird Van Lochleven, Sir William Douglas 6Th Earl Of Morton. Margaret Erskine passed away in 1572 in Scotland.

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Biography

  • Margaret Erskine was born in 1515 in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of John Erskine And Margaret Campbell.
  • Margaret Erskine married King James Stewart V, Robert Douglas, and had children including Arthur Of Scotland, Catherine Douglas, Euphemia Douglas, George Douglas, James Stewart, Janet Douglas, Jean Stewart, Margaret Stewart, Robert Iv Douglas Laird Van Lochleven, Sir William Douglas 6Th Earl Of Morton.
  • Margaret Erskine passed away in 1572 in Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Margaret Erskine's Ancestors

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Margaret Erskine
1515–1572
Birth Place: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
John Erskine
1487–1552
Falkland, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret Campbell
1485–1555
Glenorchy, Lorn, Argyll, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Gillespie (Archibald Campbell 2nd Earl Of) Argyll
1460–1513
Lochow, Argyllshire, Schotland
Elizabeth Stewart
1465–1529
Darnley, Renfrewshire, Schotland
Great-Grandparents
Colin Argyll
1433–1493
Isabel Stewart
1425–1509
John Stewart
1442–1499
Countess Sinclair
1457–1590
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Joan Beaufort
–1445

Margaret Erskine's Descendants

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Margaret Erskine (8 October 1515–5 May 1572) m. King (James Stewart) V (10 Apr 1512–1542) m. Robert Douglas (1515–10 September 1547)
  1. 1. Janet Douglas 1536–1582 m. James (Colville Of Easter) Wemyss 1532–1562
    1. 1. Margaret (Colville of) Ochiltree 1563–1623 m. John (Solomon) Livingston 1553–1620
      1. 1. Lady (Margaret) Livingston 1578–1623 m. James (ARBUTHNOTT van) ARRAT 1559–1606 m. David Carnegie 1556–1590
        1. 1. Robert (Arbuthnot of Arrat) Arbuthnott 1595–1633 m. Margaret (Haldane) Fraser 1597–1651
        2. 2. Alexander Carnegie 1590–1682
        3. 3. Marjorie Carnegie –1651
        4. 4. James Carnegie 1590–
        5. 5. James Arbuthnott 1600–
    2. 2. James Colville –1629
  2. 2. James Stewart 1532–1568 m. Lady (Agnes) Keith 1530–1588
    1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth (Effie) STEWART Houston, Countess of) Moray 1565–1591 m. Lord (James Stewart 2nd Earl of Moray Earl of) Moray 1568–1592 m. John (Lindsay 9th Lord of) Dowhill 1565–1629
      1. 1. Lord (James Stewart 3rd Earl of) Moray 1581–1638 m. Anne Gordon 1590–1674
        1. 1. John ((Dr )) Stewart 1625–1701 m. Margaret ((of Coll)) Maclean 1630–1685
      2. 2. Margaretha Stuart 1585–1639
      3. 3. Lord (James Lyndsay, 10th Lord of) Dowhill 1585–1638 m. Alisone Browne 1583–1638
        1. 1. Johne Lindsay 1623–1692
  3. 3. Catherine Douglas 1530–
  4. 4. George Douglas 1544–1625
  5. 5. Jean Stewart 1528–1586
  6. 6. Sir (William Douglas, 6th Earl of) Morton 1540–1606 m. Lady (Agnes Leslie) Rothes 1537–1606
    1. 1. Lord (Robert Douglas of Lochleven, 8th Earl of) Morton 1562–1584 m. Maria (Le) Fleming 1569–1637
      1. 1. William (7th Earl of Morton) Douglas 1582–1648 m. Anne (Agnes) Keith 1586–1648
        1. 1. Robert (Douglas Earl Van) Morton 1605–1649 m. Lady (Elizabeth Ann Villiers Countess of) Morton 1624–1654
  7. 7. Margaret Stewart 1539–
  8. 8. Euphemia Douglas 1547–
  9. 9. Euphemia Douglas 1533–1580
  10. 10. Janet Douglas 1535–
  11. 11. Arthur (of) Scotland 1541–1541
  12. 12. Robert (IV Douglas Laird van) Lochleven 1535–1580 m. Christiana (- 4th Countess of Buchan) Stewart 1544–1580
    1. 1. Marion Douglas 1567–1630 m. Alexander Irvine 1570–1629
      1. 1. Katherine Irvine 1582–1662 m. Robert Gordon 1580–1661
        1. 1. Margaret Learmount 1625–1687 m. Sir (William Caesar Gordon, 4th Bt.of) Lesmore 1615–1692
        2. 2. Robert Gordon 1609–1681
      2. 2. Margaretha Irvine 1595–
    2. 2. Margaret (Marjorie) Douglas 1573–1630
    3. 3. James Douglas 1580–1601

Margaret Erskine's Timeline

5 Records

1513
13 August 1513
Birth of Margaret Erskine in Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1515
8 October 1515
Birth of Margaret Erskine in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1572
5 May 1572
Age 57
Death of Margaret Erskine in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1572
5 May 1572
Age 57
Death of Margaret Erskine in North Middleton, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
North Middleton, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1572
5 May 1572
Age 57
Death of Margaret Erskine in Scotland
Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 August 1513
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Place: Edinburgh (Schotland) Gb
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 October 1515
    Event Place: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 May 1572
    Event Place: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 May 1572
    Event Place: North Middleton, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 May 1572
    Event Place: Scotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

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