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Margaretha Douglas 1480–1508 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1480

Birth Location: Pumpherston, Mid-Lothian, Schotland

Death Date: 1508

Death Location: Berwickshire, Scotland

Father: Robert Lochleven

Mother: Maighread Balfour

Spouse(s): Patrick Dirleton

Children(s): Lady Halyburton, Jeanette Dirleton, George(3rd Halyburton, Mariota Dirletoun, James Halliburton

The story of Margaretha Douglas began in 1480 in Pumpherston, Mid-Lothian, Schotland. Margaretha Douglas married Patrick Halyburton 6Th Lord Of Dirleton, and had children including George 3Rd Lord Dirleton Halyburton, James Halliburton, Jeanette Halyburton Lady Dirleton, Lady Janet Halyburton, Mariota Halyburton Of Dirletoun, Mariota Landells. Margaretha Douglas passed away in 1508 in Berwickshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Margaretha Douglas began in 1480 in Pumpherston, Mid-Lothian, Schotland.
  • Margaretha Douglas married Patrick Halyburton 6Th Lord Of Dirleton, and had children including George 3Rd Lord Dirleton Halyburton, James Halliburton, Jeanette Halyburton Lady Dirleton, Lady Janet Halyburton, Mariota Halyburton Of Dirletoun, Mariota Landells.
  • Margaretha Douglas passed away in 1508 in Berwickshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Lochleven
1451–1526
Birth Location: Lochleven Castle, Midlothian, Scotland
RL
Maighread Balfour
1460–1482
Birth Location: Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland
MB

Spouses(s)

Patrick Dirleton
1475–1505
Birth Location: Dirleton (Lothian) Scotland
PD

Children(s)

Lady Halyburton
1505–1543
Birth Location: –
LH
Jeanette Dirleton
1505–1563
Birth Location: –
JD
George(3rd Halyburton
1452–1490
Birth Location: Dirleton Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
GH
Mariota Dirletoun
1472–1562
Birth Location: fl 1531 AD
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James Halliburton
1504–1560
Birth Location: Dirleton Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
JH

Margaretha Douglas's Ancestors

Self
Margaretha Douglas
1480–1508
Birth Place: Pumpherston, Mid-Lothian, Schotland
Parents
Robert Douglas Laird van Lochleven
1451–1526
Lochleven Castle, Midlothian, Scotland
Maighread ((Margaret), Countess Morton,) Balfour
1460–1482
Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland
Grandparents
Henry Douglas
1400–1468
Le Comte, Ardeche, Rhone-Alpes, France
Christian Erskine
1407–1479
Glenesk, Angusshire, Scotland
George Douglas
1436–1531
Burleigh, Kinross, Scotland
Isabel Sibbald
1430–1495
Balgonie (Fifeshire) Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaretha Douglas's Descendants

1.
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Margaretha Douglas (1480–1508) m. Patrick (Halyburton, 6th Lord of) Dirleton (1475–6 December 1505)
  1. 1. Lady (Janet) Halyburton 1505–1543 m. Sir (William) Ruthven 1500–1552
    1. 1. Lilias (Ruthven Baroness) Drummond 1526–1579 m. David Drummond 1522–1571 m. David Drummond 1535–1591
      1. 1. Sir (Patrick Drummond, 3rd Lord Drummond of Cargill) Drummond 1550–1611 m. Lady (Elizabeth) Lindsay 1552–1585 m. Elizabeth Lindsay 1552–1558
        1. 1. Elizabeth Drummond 1580–1637 m. Alexander Elphinstone 1577–1648
        2. 2. Catherine Drummond 1573–1667
        3. 3. Anne DRUMMOND 1583–1640
        4. 4. James Drummond 1578–1611
        5. 5. Jean Drummond 1576–1643
        6. 6. John Drummond 1582–1662
        7. 7. Lilias Drummond 1574–1601
        8. 8. Lord (John) Drummond 1585–1685
        9. 9. Sir (John Earl of Perth) Drummond 1326–1373
        10. 10. James Drummond 1580–1611
        11. 11. James (Drummond stEarl) Perth –1611
        12. 12. NINIAN DRUMMOND 1576–
        13. 13. Johanna Drummond 1595–1643
        14. 14. Catharina Drummond 1577–
        15. 15. Lord (John) Drummond 1585–1685
        16. 16. Lilias Drummond 1580–1601
        17. 17. Lord (John Drummond 3rd Lord of) Cargill 1585–1685
      2. 2. Mary Drummond 1570–1592
      3. 3. James Drummond 1540–1623
    2. 2. Catharina Ruthven 1530–
    3. 3. Barbara Ruthven 1535–
    4. 4. Jeanette Ruthven 1540–1593
    5. 5. Patrick (Ruthven Lord) Dirleton 1520–1556
  2. 2. Jeanette (Halyburton Lady) Dirleton 1505–1563
  3. 3. George(3rd (Lord Dirleton)) Halyburton 1452–1490
  4. 4. Mariota (Halyburton of) Dirletoun 1472–1562
  5. 5. James Halliburton 1504–1560

Margaretha Douglas's Timeline

2 Records

1480
1480
Birth of Margaretha Douglas in Pumpherston, Mid-Lothian, Schotland
Pumpherston, Mid-Lothian, Schotland
1508
1508
Age 28
Death of Margaretha Douglas in Berwickshire, Scotland
Berwickshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1480
    Event Place: Pumpherston, Mid-Lothian, Schotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1508
    Event Place: Berwickshire, Scotland
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