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Sir John Lord Rowallan Castle Muir 1460 – 1517 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1460

Birth Location: Rowallan Castle, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1517

Death Location: Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland

Father: Sir (Murray)

Mother: Margerie Newton

Spouse(s): Princess STEWART

Children(s): Sir Muir

In 1460, Sir John Lord Rowallan Castle Muir entered the world in Rowallan Castle, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, born to Sir Knight Archilbald Robert of Rowallan Castle "The Rud" Mure (Murray) and Margerie Newton. Sir John Lord Rowallan Castle Muir married Princess Elizabeth STEWART, and had children including Sir John Muir. Sir John Lord Rowallan Castle Muir passed away in 1517 in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1460, Sir John Lord Rowallan Castle Muir entered the world in Rowallan Castle, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, born to Sir Knight Archilbald Robert of Rowallan Castle "The Rud" Mure (Murray) and Margerie Newton.
  • Sir John Lord Rowallan Castle Muir married Princess Elizabeth STEWART, and had children including Sir John Muir.
  • Sir John Lord Rowallan Castle Muir passed away in 1517 in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir (Murray)
1439 – 1504
Birth Location: Rowallan Castle, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Margerie Newton
1443 – 1506
Birth Location: Murchahill, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Princess STEWART
1470 – 1529
Birth Location: Rowallan, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Sir Muir
1471 – 1513
Birth Location: Rowallan, Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scotland
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Sir Muir's Ancestors

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Sir Muir
1460 – 1517
Birth Place: Rowallan Castle, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir Knight Archilbald Robert of Rowallan Castle "The Rud" Mure (Murray)
1439 – 1504
Rowallan Castle, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Margerie Newton
1443 – 1506
Murchahill, Ayrshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (Knight Archibald Mure, Lord of Rowallan) Castle
1413 – 1448
Rowallan Castle, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Isabella (Montgomerie of) Eglington
1410 – 1465
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Muir's Descendants

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Sir (John Lord Rowallan Castle) Muir (1460 – 1517) m. Princess (Elizabeth) STEWART (1470 – 9 Dec 1529)
  1. 1. Sir (John) Muir (1471 – 9 Sept 1513) m. Lady (Margaret Marion, Countess of Bothwell, Lady of Rowallen,) Boyd (1472 – 13 August 1559)
    1. 1. Mungo (Laird Rowallan) MURE (1500 – 10 Sep 1547)
    2. 2. Margaret (of Rowallan) Mure (abt 1502 – )
    3. 3. Alexander Mure (1509 – )
    4. 4. Patrick Muir (1511 – 1561) m. Margaret McQuhurtor (1515 – 1565) m. Agnes Ritchie (1515 – 1565)
      1. 1. Sir (Thomas) Muir (1535 – 1585) m. Margaret Findlay (1539 – 1589)
        1. 1. John (Mure of) Rowallan (1559 – 29 Jul 1602) m. Lady (Marion) Cunningham (1556 – 7 September 1614)
      2. 2. Sir (Robert (Mure)) Muir (1530 – 1598)
      3. 3. Thomas Muir (1535 – 1585)
      4. 4. Archibald Muir
    5. 5. Adam Mure (1513 – )
    6. 6. Marion Mure (1517 – )

Sir Muir's Timeline

2 Records

1460
1460
Birth of Sir John Lord Rowallan Castle Muir in Rowallan Castle, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Rowallan Castle, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
1517
1517
Age 57
Death of Sir John Lord Rowallan Castle Muir in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1460
    Event Place: Rowallan Castle, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1517
    Event Place: Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
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