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Sir Robert 6th Lord Maxwell Maxwell 1525–1573 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 Feb 1525

Birth Location: Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 13 September 1573

Death Location: Scotland

Father: Robert Maxwell

Mother: Janet Drumlanrig

Spouse(s): Beatrix Douglas

Children(s):

Sir Robert 6th Lord Maxwell Maxwell was born in 1525 in Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Robert 4Th Lord Maxwell Maxwell And Janet Douglas Of Drumlanrig. Sir Robert 6th Lord Maxwell Maxwell married Beatrix Douglas. Sir Robert 6th Lord Maxwell Maxwell passed away in 1573 in Scotland.

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Biography

  • Sir Robert 6th Lord Maxwell Maxwell was born in 1525 in Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Robert 4Th Lord Maxwell Maxwell And Janet Douglas Of Drumlanrig.
  • Sir Robert 6th Lord Maxwell Maxwell married Beatrix Douglas.
  • Sir Robert 6th Lord Maxwell Maxwell passed away in 1573 in Scotland.

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Sir Maxwell's Ancestors

Self
Sir Maxwell
1525–1573
Birth Place: Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Robert 4th Lord Maxwell Maxwell
1493–1546
Scotland
Janet (Douglas of) Drumlanrig
–1551
Nithsdale, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
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Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Maxwell's Timeline

2 Records

1525
5 Feb 1525
Birth of Sir Robert 6th Lord Maxwell Maxwell in Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
1573
13 September 1573
Age 48
Death of Sir Robert 6th Lord Maxwell Maxwell in Scotland
Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 Feb 1525
    Event Place: Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 September 1573
    Event Place: Scotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

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