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Margaretha Erskine 1513–1572 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1513

Birth Location: Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 5 May 1572

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

Father: John Erskine

Mother: Margaret Hay

Spouse(s): James Stewart

Children(s): Eupheme Douglas, James Moray, Jean Douglas, Robert Lochleven, William Douglas, Catherine Douglas, Janet Douglas, Margaret Douglas, George Douglas

Margaretha Erskine was born in 1513 in Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of John Erskine And Margaret Baroness Of Argyll Campbell Hay. Margaretha Erskine married James V King Stewart, and had children including Catherine Douglas, Eupheme Douglas, George Douglas, James Ii Stuart Earl Van Moray, Janet Douglas, Jean Douglas, Margaret Douglas, Robert Iv Douglas Laird Van Lochleven, William Douglas. Margaretha Erskine passed away in 1572 in Cambridge, City of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.

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Biography

  • Margaretha Erskine was born in 1513 in Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of John Erskine And Margaret Baroness Of Argyll Campbell Hay.
  • Margaretha Erskine married James V King Stewart, and had children including Catherine Douglas, Eupheme Douglas, George Douglas, James Ii Stuart Earl Van Moray, Janet Douglas, Jean Douglas, Margaret Douglas, Robert Iv Douglas Laird Van Lochleven, William Douglas.
  • Margaretha Erskine passed away in 1572 in Cambridge, City of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Erskine
1487–1555
Birth Location: Falkland, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
JE
Margaret Hay
1489–1555
Birth Location: Glenorchy, Lorn, Argyll, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
MH

Spouses(s)

James Stewart
1512–1542
Birth Location: Linlithgow, West-Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
JS

Children(s)

Eupheme Douglas
1533–1580
Birth Location: Lochleven, Kinross, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
ED
James Moray
1531–1569
Birth Location: Midlothian, Scotland
JM
Jean Douglas
1528–1586
Birth Location: Scotland
JD
Robert Lochleven
1535–1580
Birth Location: Lochleven Castle, Dumfries-Shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
RL
William Douglas
1539–1574
Birth Location: Loch Leven Castle, Kinross, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
WD
Catherine Douglas
1530–
Birth Location: Morton, Dumfires-shsire, Scotland, United Kingdom
CD
Janet Douglas
1536–
Birth Location: Castle, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
JD
Margaret Douglas
1540–
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
MD
George Douglas
1544–1625
Birth Location: Loch Leven Castle, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
GD

Margaretha Erskine's Ancestors

Self
Margaretha Erskine
1513–1572
Birth Place: Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
John Erskine
1487–1555
Falkland, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret ((Baroness of Argyll) Campbell) Hay
1489–1555
Glenorchy, Lorn, Argyll, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Robert Erskine
1458–1513
Isabella Campbell
1465–
Nisbet, Roxburghshire, Schotland
James (Stewart IV King of Scots) Campbell
1473–1531
Margaret Tudor
1489–1541
Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
Great-Grandparents
Henry England
1457–1509
Elizabeth York
1466–1503
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edmund Tudor
1430–1456
Catherine France
1443–1509
Edward IV
1442–1483
Elizabeth Woodville
1437–1492

Margaretha Erskine's Descendants

1.
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Margaretha Erskine (1513–5 May 1572) m. James (V King) Stewart (10 April 1512–14 December 1542)
  1. 1. Eupheme Douglas 1533–1580 m. Patrick Lindsay 1521–1589
    1. 1. Agnes Gray 1557–1594
    2. 2. William Ruthven 1541–1584
    3. 3. James Lindsay 1554–1601
  2. 2. James (II Stuart Earl van) Moray 1531–1569 m. Agnes Keith 1530–1588
    1. 1. James (2nd Earl of Moray and 2nd Lord Doune) Stewart 1568–1592 m. Elizabeth (2nd Countess of Moray) Stewart 1565–1591
      1. 1. James (Stuart Earl van) Moray 1585–1638
      2. 2. Jane Monson 1590–1639 m. Sir (Francis) Howard 1585–1651
        1. 1. John Stewart –1659
        2. 2. Charles (Sir) Howard 1615–1672 m. Frances Courthope 1620–1681
        3. 3. James Howard –1610
        4. 4. William Howard 1615–1615
        5. 5. Thomas Howard –1617
        6. 6. Anne Howard 1612–
    2. 2. Margaretha Stuart 1570–1585
    3. 3. Elizabeth (2nd Countess of Moray) Stewart 1565–1591 m. James (2nd Earl of Moray and 2nd Lord Doune) Stewart 1568–1592
    4. 4. Annabel Stewart 1567–1571
    5. 5. James Stewart 1564–1591
    6. 6. Son Stewart 1564–
  3. 3. Jean Douglas 1528–1586
  4. 4. Robert (IV Douglas Laird Van) Lochleven 1535–1580 m. Christine (Stewart Gravin Van Buchan Lady) Auchterho 1547–1580
    1. 1. James Douglas 1583–1601 m. Margaretha Ogilvy 1585–1615 m. Margaret (Anne) Ogilvy 1580–1615
      1. 1. Maria (Douglas Gravin van) Buchan 1600–1628 m. James (Erskine Earl van) Buchan 1600–1634
        1. 1. William Erskine –1685
      2. 2. Maria (Douglas Gravin van) Buchan 1600–1628 m. James (Erskine Earl van) Buchan 1600–1634
        1. 1. William Erskine –1685
      3. 3. Beatrix Douglas 1599–
        1. 1. William Hamilton –1724
      4. 4. Mary Douglas 1601–1628 m. James Erskine 1594–1640
        1. 1. William Erskine –1685
        2. 2. John Buchan 1614–1676
        3. 3. Charles Erskine 1625–
  5. 5. William Douglas 1539–1574 m. Agnes Leslie 1539–1606
    1. 1. Anne Douglas 1574–1607 m. Archibald Campbell 1576–1638
      1. 1. Archibald (Campbell 1st Marquess of) Argyll 1598–1661 m. Margaret Douglas 1598–1640
        1. 1. Archibald Campbell 1629–1685
        2. 2. Janet (Kirkpatrick) Johnstone 1631–1675
        3. 3. David Campbell 1635–1693
        4. 4. James (Annandale Hartfell) Johnstone 1615–1699
        5. 5. Anne Campbell 1629–1680
        6. 6. Janet (Brown) Johnstone 1634–1675
        7. 7. Johanna Campbell 1640–1700
        8. 8. Mary Johnstone 1615–1680
        9. 9. Mary Johnstone 1627–1679
        10. 10. Lord (Neil) Campbell 1630–1692 m. Vere Kerr 1649–1674
        11. 11. Sir (Duncan) Campbell 1646–1725
      2. 2. Margaret Campbell 1593–1659
      3. 3. Annabella Campbell 1594–1638
      4. 4. Archibald Campbell 1598–1661 m. Margaret Campbell 1610–1678
        1. 1. Janet (Jean) McCollum 1624–1697
        2. 2. Archibald Campbell 1629–1685
      5. 5. Geills Campbell 1603–1640
      6. 6. Jean Campbell 1603–1669
      7. 7. Mary (Anne) Campbell 1593–1638
    2. 2. Elisabeth Douglas 1570–
    3. 3. Robert (Lord Douglas van) Lochleven 1562–1584 m. Johanna Lyon 1565–1610
      1. 1. Willem (Douglas Earl van) Morton 1582–1648
      2. 2. Margaret Douglas 1582–
      3. 3. Sir (Knt. Archibald D. William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensbury, 4th) Ear 1582–1648 m. Lady (Anne Agnes Keith Dunottar, Countess of) Morton 1586–1649
        1. 1. Lady (Isobel Auchinlich) Douglas 1620–1672 m. Sir (Robert Ker Lord Ker, 1st Earl of) Roxburgh, 1570–1649 m. James (Graham, Knight of The) Garter, 1633–1669
        2. 2. Mary (Seton) Douglas 1607–1659 m. Charles Seton 1615–
        3. 3. Robert (Douglas Earl van) Morton 1605–1649
        4. 4. Margaretha Douglas 1605–1678
        5. 5. Jean (Home) Douglas 1632–1694 m. James Home 1620–1666
        6. 6. James (Douglas Earl van) Morton 1632–1686 m. Ann (Hay) Douglas 1636–1700
    4. 4. Maria Douglas 1565–1600 m. Walter Ogilvy 1560–1623
      1. 1. Mary Ogilvie 1597–1647
      2. 2. James Ogilvie –1652
      3. 3. Alexander Ogilvie 1600–1669
      4. 4. James Ogilvie 1590–1652
      5. 5. Margaret (Anne) Ogilvy 1580–1615 m. James Douglas 1583–1601 m. Andrew (Gray, 7th Lord) Gray 1585–1663
        1. 1. Mary Douglas 1601–1628 m. James Erskine 1594–1640
        2. 2. Hon (Anne) Gray 1614–1654
        3. 3. Mary ((Countess Buchan) of) Douglas 1609–1624
        4. 4. Elizabeth Gray 1615–1675
        5. 5. Jeane Gray 1604–1657
        6. 6. Patrick Gray 1614–1635
        7. 7. Helen ((Marie) Grey) (Gray) 1620–1644
      6. 6. Anne Ogilvy 1586–1613
      7. 7. William Ogilvy 1582–
  6. 6. Catherine Douglas 1530–
  7. 7. Janet Douglas 1536–
  8. 8. Margaret Douglas 1540–
  9. 9. George Douglas 1544–1625

Margaretha Erskine's Timeline

3 Records

1513
1513
Birth of Margaretha Erskine in Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1536
1 January 1536
Age 23
Margaretha Erskine was married in Not, Graz-Umgebung, Steiermark, Autriche
Not, Graz-Umgebung, Steiermark, Autriche
1572
5 May 1572
Age 59
Death of Margaretha Erskine in Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1513
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1 January 1536
    Event Place: Not, Graz-Umgebung, Steiermark, Autriche
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 May 1572
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Cambridge, City of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
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