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Sir William Alexander "The Good Earl" Cunningham 1510–1579 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 July 1510

Birth Location: Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Death Date: 30 May 1579

Death Location: Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Father: Lord Cunningham

Mother: Lady Agyll

Spouse(s): Lady Glencairn

Children(s):

Sir William Alexander "The Good Earl" Cunningham was born in 1510 in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, the child of Lord William The Notorious Intriguer Cunningham And Lady Margaret Moncrief Hay Campbell Baroness Of Agyll. Sir William Alexander "The Good Earl" Cunningham married Lady Janet Jean Hamilton Lady Of Arran Countess Of Glencairn. Sir William Alexander "The Good Earl" Cunningham passed away in 1579 in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Sir William Alexander "The Good Earl" Cunningham was born in 1510 in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, the child of Lord William The Notorious Intriguer Cunningham And Lady Margaret Moncrief Hay Campbell Baroness Of Agyll.
  • Sir William Alexander "The Good Earl" Cunningham married Lady Janet Jean Hamilton Lady Of Arran Countess Of Glencairn.
  • Sir William Alexander "The Good Earl" Cunningham passed away in 1579 in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.

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Sir Cunningham's Ancestors

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Sir Cunningham
1510–1579
Birth Place: Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Parents
Lord William The Notorious Intriguer Cunningham
1493–1548
Aberdeen Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Margaret Moncrief Hay Campbell Baroness of) Agyll
1500–1555
Bridgend (Lochgilphead), Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (Archibald Gillispe Campbell Argyll Lord) High
1455–1513
Skipness, Argyll, Scotland
Lady (Elizabeth Lennox Stewart Countess) Argyll
1465–1529
Darnley Castle, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Cunningham's Timeline

2 Records

1510
10 July 1510
Birth of Sir William Alexander "The Good Earl" Cunningham in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
1579
30 May 1579
Age 69
Death of Sir William Alexander "The Good Earl" Cunningham in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 July 1510
    Event Place: Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 May 1579
    Event Place: Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

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