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Margaretha Elizabeth Douglas 1555–1637 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 May 1555

Birth Location: Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland)

Death Date: February 1637

Death Location: Midlothian, Scotland

Father: #Sir *Story

Mother: # book

Spouse(s): # Dates

Children(s): Robert ^1586, James Castle, Lady date, Herbert date, Stewart ^1575, Elizabeth ^1579, Alexander ^1587, John beheaded, # ^1580

Margaretha Elizabeth Douglas was born in 1555 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland), the child of Sir David Douglas Knight Of Angus 7Th Earl Of Angus 1515 Story And Lady Margaretha Hamilton Of Roploche Lady Of Broomhill Countess Of Angus 1539 Reference To Book. Margaretha Elizabeth Douglas married Lord John I Maxwell 1553 7Th Lord Maxwell Of Carlaverock 8Th Earl Of Morton Dates, and had children including Agnes Margaret Wallis Maxwell 1580, Alexander Maxwell 1587, Elizabeth Douglas Maxwell 1579, Herbert Maxwell 1571 Birth Date, James Patrick Maxwell 1576 Or 1583 Maxwell Castle, John Ii Maxwell 1574 8Th Lord Of Maxwell Beheaded, Lady Jane Ann Maxwell 1568 Birth Date, Robert Maxwell 1586, Stewart Maxwell 1575. Margaretha Elizabeth Douglas passed away in 1637 in Midlothian, Scotland.

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  • Margaretha Elizabeth Douglas was born in 1555 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland), the child of Sir David Douglas Knight Of Angus 7Th Earl Of Angus 1515 Story And Lady Margaretha Hamilton Of Roploche Lady Of Broomhill Countess Of Angus 1539 Reference To Book.
  • Margaretha Elizabeth Douglas married Lord John I Maxwell 1553 7Th Lord Maxwell Of Carlaverock 8Th Earl Of Morton Dates, and had children including Agnes Margaret Wallis Maxwell 1580, Alexander Maxwell 1587, Elizabeth Douglas Maxwell 1579, Herbert Maxwell 1571 Birth Date, James Patrick Maxwell 1576 Or 1583 Maxwell Castle, John Ii Maxwell 1574 8Th Lord Of Maxwell Beheaded, Lady Jane Ann Maxwell 1568 Birth Date, Robert Maxwell 1586, Stewart Maxwell 1575.
  • Margaretha Elizabeth Douglas passed away in 1637 in Midlothian, Scotland.

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Margaretha Douglas
1555–1637
Birth Place: Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland)
Parents
#Sir David DOUGLAS, Knight of Angus, 7th Earl of Angus ^1515 *Story
1515–1557
Pittendriech, Lasswade, Midlothian, Scotland
# (Lady Margaretha HAMILTON of Roploche, Lady of Broomhill, Countess of Angus ^1539 Reference to) book
1539–1596
Sorn, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Margaretha Douglas's Descendants

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Margaretha (Elizabeth) Douglas (5 May 1555–February 1637) m. # (Lord John I MAXWELL ^1553 * 7th Lord Maxwell of Carlaverock, 8th Earl of Morton ??) Dates (24 April 1553–7 December 1593)
  1. 1. Robert (Maxwell) ^1586 1586–1646
  2. 2. James (Patrick Maxwell ^1576 or 1583 * Maxwell) Castle 1576–1623
  3. 3. Lady (Jane Ann Maxwell ^1568 ?? Birth) date 1568–1649
  4. 4. Herbert (Maxwell ^1571 ?? Birth) date 1571–1637
  5. 5. Stewart (Maxwell) ^1575 1575–1660
  6. 6. Elizabeth (Douglas Maxwell) ^1579 1579–1639
  7. 7. Alexander (Maxwell) ^1587 1587–
  8. 8. John (II Maxwell ^1574 * 8th Lord of Maxwell *) beheaded 1574–1613
  9. 9. # (Agnes ‘Margaret’ Wallis MAXWELL) ^1580 1580–1630

Margaretha Douglas's Timeline

2 Records

1555
5 May 1555
Birth of Margaretha Elizabeth Douglas in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland)
Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland)
1637
February 1637
Age 82
Death of Margaretha Elizabeth Douglas in Midlothian, Scotland
Midlothian, Scotland

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 May 1555
    Event Place: Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland)

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: February 1637
    Event Place: Midlothian, Scotland

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