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Margaret Erskine 1515–1572 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1515

Birth Location: Edinburgh

Death Date: 5 May 1572

Death Location: Cambridge, City of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

Father: John Mar

Mother: Margaretha Campbell

Spouse(s): James V

Children(s): Willem Lochleven, Robert Lochleven, James Moray, Mary Scotland

Margaret Erskine was born in 1515 in Edinburgh, the child of John I Lord Erskine Earl Van Mar And Margaretha Campbell. Margaret Erskine married James V Stuart Koning Van Schotland V, Robert Douglas, and had children including James Ii Stuart Earl Van Moray, Mary Queen Of Scotland, Robert Iv Douglas Laird Van Lochleven, Willem Douglas Earl Van Morton Of Lochleven. Margaret Erskine passed away in 1572 in Cambridge, City of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.

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Biography

  • Margaret Erskine was born in 1515 in Edinburgh, the child of John I Lord Erskine Earl Van Mar And Margaretha Campbell.
  • Margaret Erskine married James V Stuart Koning Van Schotland V, Robert Douglas, and had children including James Ii Stuart Earl Van Moray, Mary Queen Of Scotland, Robert Iv Douglas Laird Van Lochleven, Willem Douglas Earl Van Morton Of Lochleven.
  • Margaret Erskine passed away in 1572 in Cambridge, City of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Margaret Erskine's Ancestors

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Margaret Erskine
1515–1572
Birth Place: Edinburgh
Parents
John I Lord Erskine Earl van Mar
1487–1552
Falkland, Fife, Scotland
Margaretha Campbell
1490–1555
Bridgend (Lochgilphead), Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Grandparents
Robert (Third Lord Erskine Fourth Erskine of Mar Lord Erskine) Flodden
1458–1513
Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, Scotland
Elizabeth Campbell
1464–1518
Nisbet,, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Alexander Erskine
1436–1508
Christian Crichton
1439–1478
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Mar
1410–1490
Janet Erskine
1415–1490
Robert III
1410–1445

Margaret Erskine's Descendants

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Margaret Erskine (1515–5 May 1572) m. James (V Stuart Koning van Schotland) V (15 April 1512–14 December 1542)
  1. 1. Willem (Douglas Earl van Morton of) Lochleven 1540–1606 m. Agnes Leslie 1540–1599
    1. 1. Robert Douglas 1562–1584 m. Johanna Lyon 1565–1610
      1. 1. William Douglas 1582–1648 m. Anne Douglas 1586–1648
        1. 1. Robert 1616–1649 m. Anna (van) Villiers 1615–1654 m. Mary Douglas 1615–1654
        2. 2. Robt Morton 1605–
  2. 2. Robert (IV Douglas Laird van) Lochleven 1535–1580
  3. 3. James (II Stuart Earl van) Moray 1531–1569
  4. 4. Mary (Queen of) Scotland 1542–

Margaret Erskine's Timeline

6 Records

1515
1515
Birth of Margaret Erskine in Edinburgh
Edinburgh
1523
1523
Age 8
Margaret Erskine was married in Beath, Fife, Scotland
Beath, Fife, Scotland
1527
11 Jul 1527
Age 12
Margaret Erskine was married in Renfrewshire, Scotland
Renfrewshire, Scotland
1531
1 Jan 1531
Age 16
Margaret Erskine was married in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
1537
01 Jan 1537
Age 22
Margaret Erskine was married in Notre Dame, Paris, Île-de-France, France
Notre Dame, Paris, Île-de-France, France
1572
5 May 1572
Age 57
Death of Margaret Erskine in North Middleton, Midlothian, Scotland
North Middleton, Midlothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1515
    Event Place: Edinburgh
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [4] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1523
    Event Place: Beath, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 11 Jul 1527
    Event Place: Renfrewshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1 Jan 1531
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 01 Jan 1537
    Event Place: Notre Dame, Paris, Île-de-France, France

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 May 1572
    Event Place: North Middleton, Midlothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [3] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Cambridge, City of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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