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Margaretha Erskine 1515 – 1572 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1515

Birth Location: Edinburgh

Death Date: 5 May 1572

Death Location: North Middleton, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: John Erskine

Mother: Margaret Erskine

Spouse(s): James Stewart

Children(s): James Moray, Robert Orkney, Adam Stuart, Lady Stuart, Robert Stuart, Johanna Stuart, James Rothesay, Arthur Albany, Maria Schotland

Margaretha Erskine was born in 1515 in Edinburgh, the child of John Erskine and Margaret Erskine. Margaretha Erskine married James V Stewart, and had children including James II Stuart Earl van Moray, Robert Lord Stuart van Zetland Earl van Orkney, Adam Stuart, Lady Jean Stuart, Robert Stuart, Johanna Stuart, James Stuart Hertog van Rothesay, Arthur Stuart Hertog van Albany, Maria I Stuart Koningin van Schotland. Margaretha Erskine passed away in 1572 in North Middleton, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Margaretha Erskine was born in 1515 in Edinburgh, the child of John Erskine and Margaret Erskine.
  • Margaretha Erskine married James V Stewart, and had children including James II Stuart Earl van Moray, Robert Lord Stuart van Zetland Earl van Orkney, Adam Stuart, Lady Jean Stuart, Robert Stuart, Johanna Stuart, James Stuart Hertog van Rothesay, Arthur Stuart Hertog van Albany, Maria I Stuart Koningin van Schotland.
  • Margaretha Erskine passed away in 1572 in North Middleton, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Margaretha Erskine's Ancestors

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Margaretha Erskine
1515 – 1572
Birth Place: Edinburgh
Parents
John Erskine
1487 – 1555
Falkland, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret Erskine
1485 – 1555
Bridgend (Lochgilphead), Argyll and Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Margaretha Erskine's Descendants

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Margaretha Erskine (1515 – 5 May 1572) m. James (V) Stewart (10 April 1512 – 14 December 1542)
  1. 1. James (II Stuart Earl van) Moray (1531 – 21 January 1569)
  2. 2. Robert (Lord Stuart van Zetland Earl van) Orkney (1533 – 4 February 1592)
  3. 3. Adam Stuart (1535 – 20 June 1575)
  4. 4. Lady (Jean) Stuart (1536 – 7 Jan 1587) m. Archibald (2nd of Lochnell) Campbell (1530 – 4 Oct 1594)
    1. 1. Lady (Elspeth "Eleanor") Campbell (1555 – 1660) m. Donogh (Fitzjohn) Carroll\O'Carroll\O'Ceaberhaill (1 July 1540 – 1636)
      1. 1. Daniel Carroll (1570 – ) m. Lady (Margery (O'Brien) of Thond Lady O'Carroll of) Ely'ir (1568 – 1650)
        1. 1. Anthony Carroll (1600 – 1650)
  5. 5. Robert Stuart (1537 – 1580)
  6. 6. Johanna Stuart (1538 – 7 January 1588)
  7. 7. James (Stuart Hertog van) Rothesay (22 May 1540 – April 1541)
  8. 8. Arthur (Stuart Hertog van) Albany (1 April 1541 – 29 April 1541)
  9. 9. Maria (I Stuart Koningin van) Schotland (8 December 1542 – 18 February 1587)

Margaretha Erskine's Timeline

2 Records

1515
1515
Birth of Margaretha Erskine in Edinburgh
Edinburgh
1572
5 May 1572
Age 57
Death of Margaretha Erskine in North Middleton, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
North Middleton, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1515
    Event Place: Edinburgh
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 May 1572
    Event Place: North Middleton, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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