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Mark Kerr Earl van Lothian 1558–1609 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 Feb 1558

Birth Location: Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Scotland

Death Date: 8 Apr 1609

Death Location: Elgin, Moray, Scotland

Father: Mark Newbattle

Mother: Lady Leslie

Spouse(s): Lady Maxwell

Children(s): Lady Queensbury, Lady Crawford, Robert Lothian, Margaret Kerr, Jeanette Kerr

In 1558, Mark Kerr Earl van Lothian entered the world in Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Scotland, born to Mark Kerr Of Cessford Abbott Of Newbattle And Lady Helen Leslie. Mark Kerr Earl van Lothian married Lady Margaret Maxwell, and had children including Jeanette Kerr, Lady Isabel Kerr Lady Of Lothian Baroness Of Drumlanrig 1St Countess Of Queensbury, Lady Jean Johanna Kerr Countess Of Crawford, Margaret Kerr, Robert Kerr Earl Van Lothian. Mark Kerr Earl van Lothian passed away in 1609 in Elgin, Moray, Scotland.

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  • In 1558, Mark Kerr Earl van Lothian entered the world in Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Scotland, born to Mark Kerr Of Cessford Abbott Of Newbattle And Lady Helen Leslie.
  • Mark Kerr Earl van Lothian married Lady Margaret Maxwell, and had children including Jeanette Kerr, Lady Isabel Kerr Lady Of Lothian Baroness Of Drumlanrig 1St Countess Of Queensbury, Lady Jean Johanna Kerr Countess Of Crawford, Margaret Kerr, Robert Kerr Earl Van Lothian.
  • Mark Kerr Earl van Lothian passed away in 1609 in Elgin, Moray, Scotland.

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Mark Lothian's Ancestors

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Mark Lothian
1558–1609
Birth Place: Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Scotland
Parents
Mark Kerr of Cessford, Abbott of Newbattle
1520–1584
Ferniehirst, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Helen) Leslie
1526–1594
Rothes, Morayshire, Schotland, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Sir (Andrew Kerr Laird Cessford, 8th Baron) Ferniehurst
1482–1526
Cessford Castle, Newton St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Agnes (Crichton) Sinclair
1488–1543
Cranstoun Riddell, Mid, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lord (George William Leslie 4th Earl of Rothes, Sheriff of) Fife
1500–1558
Rothes, Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Mark Lothian's Descendants

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Mark (Kerr Earl van) Lothian (20 Feb 1558–8 Apr 1609) m. Lady (Margaret) Maxwell (1560–8 Jan 1617)
  1. 1. Lady (Isabel Kerr, Lady of Lothian, Baroness of Drumlanrig, 1st Countess of) Queensbury 1585–1628 m. Sir (Lord William I Douglas, Knight of Durisdeer, 9th Baron of Drumlanrig, 1st Earl of) Queensbury 1585–1640
    1. 1. George Douglas 1612–1728
    2. 2. Lady (Margaret Douglas, Lady of Lochwood Moffatdale and Evandale Countess of) Hartfell 1606–1640
    3. 3. Sir (Archibald) Douglas 1605–1655
    4. 4. Sir (William II Douglas, Knight of) Drumlanrig 1618–1673
    5. 5. Lady (Janet Douglas, Lady of) Drumlanrig 1615–1651
    6. 6. Lady (Henrietta Stuart of) Ochiltree 1606–1640
    7. 7. Willem (Sir) Douglas 1605–1673
  2. 2. Lady (Jean Johanna Kerr, Countess of) Crawford 1577–1632
  3. 3. Robert (Kerr Earl van) Lothian 1590–1624
  4. 4. Margaret Kerr 1570–1645
  5. 5. Jeanette Kerr 1580–

Mark Lothian's Timeline

2 Records

1558
20 Feb 1558
Birth of Mark Kerr Earl van Lothian in Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Scotland
Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Scotland
1609
8 Apr 1609
Age 51
Death of Mark Kerr Earl van Lothian in Elgin, Moray, Scotland
Elgin, Moray, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 Feb 1558
    Event Place: Prestongrange, Edinburgh, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Apr 1609
    Event Place: Elgin, Moray, Scotland

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