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Margaret Douglas Countess of Lennox 1515–1578 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1515

Birth Location: Morton, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1578

Death Location: Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland

Father: James Douglas

Mother: Catherine Douglas

Spouse(s): James IV

Children(s): Anna Hamilton, Claud Hamilton, Johanna Hamilton, John Hamilton

In 1515, Margaret Douglas Countess of Lennox entered the world in Morton, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to James Douglas And Catherine Douglas. Margaret Douglas Countess of Lennox married James Hamilton Iv, and had children including Anna Hamilton, Claud Hamilton, Johanna Hamilton, John Hamilton. Margaret Douglas Countess of Lennox passed away in 1578 in Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland.

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  • In 1515, Margaret Douglas Countess of Lennox entered the world in Morton, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to James Douglas And Catherine Douglas.
  • Margaret Douglas Countess of Lennox married James Hamilton Iv, and had children including Anna Hamilton, Claud Hamilton, Johanna Hamilton, John Hamilton.
  • Margaret Douglas Countess of Lennox passed away in 1578 in Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland.

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Margaret Lennox's Ancestors

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Margaret Lennox
1515–1578
Birth Place: Morton, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
James Douglas
1487–1548
Aberdour, Fife, Scotland
Catherine Douglas
1502–1554
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
Grandparents
James (IV) Stewart
1473–1513
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret Boyd
1477–1559
Bonshaw, Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Margaret Lennox's Descendants

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Margaret (Douglas Countess of) Lennox (1515–1578) m. James (Hamilton) IV (1515–22 January 1575)
  1. 1. Anna Hamilton 1542–1575 m. George Gordon 1535–1567
    1. 1. George Gordon 1563–1636 m. Lady (Margaret) Stuart 1575–1644
      1. 1. (countess (of Rothes) Henrietta Anderson Morshead) Leslie 1595–1640 m. John Leslie 1812–1872
        1. 1. John Leslie 1630–1681
      2. 2. Mary Douglas 1610–1674
      3. 3. George Gordon 1590–1649
        1. 1. George Gordon 1616–1645
      4. 4. Elisabeth Gordon 1590–1616
      5. 5. Johanna Gordon 1615–
  2. 2. Claud Hamilton 1543–1622
  3. 3. Johanna Hamilton 1535–1560
  4. 4. John Hamilton 1532–1604
    1. 1. James Hamilton 1589–1625

Margaret Lennox's Timeline

2 Records

1515
1515
Birth of Margaret Douglas Countess of Lennox in Morton, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Morton, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
1578
1578
Age 63
Death of Margaret Douglas Countess of Lennox in Morton, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Morton, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1515
    Event Place: Morton, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] National Portrait Gallery, London; Dublin, Ireland; People and Portraits
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1578
    Event Place: Morton, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] National Portrait Gallery, London; Dublin, Ireland; People and Portraits
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland

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