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Margaretha Campbell 1490–1555 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1490

Birth Location: Bridgend (Lochgilphead), Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Death Date: 11 July 1555

Death Location: Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Father: Archibald Argyll

Mother: Lady Argyll

Spouse(s): Lord Mar

Children(s): Lady Erskine

Margaretha Campbell was born in 1490 in Bridgend (Lochgilphead), Argyll and Bute, Scotland, the child of Archibald Gillespie Campbell 2Nd Earl Of Argyll And Lady Elizabeth Stewart Countess Of Argyll. Margaretha Campbell married Lord John Erskine I Earl Van Mar, and had children including Lady Margaret Erskine. Margaretha Campbell passed away in 1555 in Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Margaretha Campbell was born in 1490 in Bridgend (Lochgilphead), Argyll and Bute, Scotland, the child of Archibald Gillespie Campbell 2Nd Earl Of Argyll And Lady Elizabeth Stewart Countess Of Argyll.
  • Margaretha Campbell married Lord John Erskine I Earl Van Mar, and had children including Lady Margaret Erskine.
  • Margaretha Campbell passed away in 1555 in Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Spouses(s)

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Margaretha Campbell's Ancestors

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Margaretha Campbell
1490–1555
Birth Place: Bridgend (Lochgilphead), Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Parents
Archibald (Gillespie) Campbell 2nd Earl of Argyll
1465–1513
Kindom, of, Scotland
Lady (Elizabeth Stewart Countess of) Argyll
1460–1529
Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Coileáin Campbell
1433–1493
Lochawe, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Isabel (Elizabeth) Campbell
1437–1510
Argyll and Bute, Scotland
John (Stewart Lord Darnley, 1st Earl of) Lennox
1430–1495
Renfrewshire, Scotland
Margaret Montgomerie
1425–1493
Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Concressault
1406–1439
Catherine Seton
1410–
Margaret Boyd
1397–1453
Alexander Montgomery
1381–1470
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir d'Aubigny
1380–1429
Elizabeth Lennox
1385–

Margaretha Campbell's Descendants

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Margaretha Campbell (1490–11 July 1555) m. Lord (John Erskine I, Earl van) Mar (–1552)
  1. 1. Lady (Margaret) Erskine 1513–1572 m. James (King Of Scotland) I 1512–1542 m. Sir (Robert Douglas) III 1515–1547
    1. 1. James (Renfrew Stewart 1st Earlof) Moray 1540–1541 m. Agnes Campbell 1530–1588
      1. 1. William Stewart 1564–
      2. 2. Annabel Stewart 1567–1571
      3. 3. Margaret Stewart 1569–1587
      4. 4. Elizabeth Moray 1570–1591 m. James Stewart 1565–1615
        1. 1. James Stewart 1581–1638 m. Lady (Anne Gordon , Countess of) Huntly 1590–1674
    2. 2. Willem (Douglas Earl van) Morton 1540–1606 m. Lady (Agnes Leslie Countess of) Morton 1539–1594
      1. 1. Lady (Mary) Douglas 1561–1600 m. Sir (Walter Dunkeld Lord Ogilvy , van) Deskford 1560–1624
        1. 1. Lady (Marion \ Mary Ogilvy , of) Deskford 1597–1646 m. Lord (John Grant V, 6th Earl of) Freuchie 1596–1637
        2. 2. James Ogilvie 1588–1652
    3. 3. Robert (Douglas Laird van Lochleven) IV 1535–1580
    4. 4. Adam Stewart 1535–1575 m. Jeanette Ruthven 1528–1606
      1. 1. Ann (Margaret Mary) Stewart 1560–1650
      2. 2. Elisabeth ((Elspeth) Bessie) Stewart 1561–1661
      3. 3. David Stewart 1566–1627
      4. 4. Jane (Stewart, Princess of) Scotland 1570–
    5. 5. Catherine Douglas 1530–
    6. 6. Sir (George Douglas of Helenhill and) Rumgawye 1544–1625
    7. 7. Janet Douglas 1536–
    8. 8. Eupheme Douglas 1533–1580
    9. 9. Jean Douglas 1528–1586

Margaretha Campbell's Timeline

3 Records

1485
1485
Birth of Margaretha Campbell in Bridgend (Lochgilphead), Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Bridgend (Lochgilphead), Argyll and Bute, Scotland
1490
1490
Birth of Margaretha Campbell
None
1555
11 July 1555
Age 65
Death of Margaretha Campbell in Elgin, Moray, Scotland
Elgin, Moray, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1485
    Event Place: Bridgend (Lochgilphead), Argyll and Bute, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1490
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 July 1555
    Event Place: Elgin, Moray, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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