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Sir William Ruthven 1500–1552 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Huntington Hall, Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 3 December 1552

Death Location: Castle Gowrie, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: William Ruthven

Mother: Lady GGM

Spouse(s): Janet Ruthven

Children(s): Lilias Drummond, Sir Daughter

Sir William Ruthven was born in 1500 in Huntington Hall, Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of William Ruthven Master Of Ruthven And Lady Catherine Katherine Gray Of Buttergask Baroness Of Ruthven 15Th Ggm. Sir William Ruthven married Janet Ruthven, and had children including Lilias Drummond, Sir Patrick Third Lord Of Ruthven Sheriff Of Perth Ruthven Lord Dirleton Patrick Married Margaret Tudors Daughter. Sir William Ruthven passed away in 1552 in Castle Gowrie, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Sir William Ruthven was born in 1500 in Huntington Hall, Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of William Ruthven Master Of Ruthven And Lady Catherine Katherine Gray Of Buttergask Baroness Of Ruthven 15Th Ggm.
  • Sir William Ruthven married Janet Ruthven, and had children including Lilias Drummond, Sir Patrick Third Lord Of Ruthven Sheriff Of Perth Ruthven Lord Dirleton Patrick Married Margaret Tudors Daughter.
  • Sir William Ruthven passed away in 1552 in Castle Gowrie, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Ruthven
1478–1513
Birth Location: Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
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Lady GGM
1483–1501
Birth Location: Buttergask, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
LG

Spouses(s)

Janet Ruthven
1500–1543
Birth Location: Kinnaird, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
JR

Children(s)

Lilias Drummond
1526–1579
Birth Location: Perth and Kinross, Scotland
LD
Sir Daughter
1520–1566
Birth Location: Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
SD

Sir Ruthven's Ancestors

Self
Sir Ruthven
1500–1552
Birth Place: Huntington Hall, Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
William Ruthven, Master of Ruthven
1478–1513
Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Lady (Catherine "Katherine" Gray of Buttergask, Baroness of Ruthven 15th) GGM
1483–1501
Buttergask, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Ruthven's Descendants

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Sir (William) Ruthven (1500–3 December 1552) m. Janet Ruthven (1500–23 March 1543)
  1. 1. Lilias Drummond 1526–1579 m. David Drummond 1515–1580 m. David Drummond 1515–1571
    1. 1. James Drummond 1552–1623 m. Jean Chisholm 1555–1603
      1. 1. Jeane Drummond 1578–1643 m. Andrew Wood 1562–1617
        1. 1. John Wood 1594–1660 m. Helen Melville 1593–1660
      2. 2. James Drummond 1574–1649
    2. 2. Lilias Drummond 1553–1635
    3. 3. Catharina Drummond 1552–
    4. 4. Anna Drummond 1560–1590
    5. 5. Johanna Drummond 1545–1568
    6. 6. James (Baron Madertie) Drummond 1540–1623 m. Jean Chisholm 1555–1603
      1. 1. Lilias Drummond 1583–1636 m. Sir (Laurence Oliphant (5th Lord of) Oliphant) 1583–1630
        1. 1. Anna Oliphant 1604–1630 m. James, (1st Lord of Mordington, Douglas (Earl of Angus, Marquis of Douglas, as) well) 1589–1656
    7. 7. Patrick Drummond 1550–1611
  2. 2. Sir (Patrick Third Lord of Ruthven Sheriff of Perth, Ruthven, Lord Dirleton Patrick Married Margaret Tudors) Daughter 1520–1566 m. Janet (of Angus Douglas ---Margaret Tudor Daughter married my 11th) Great-uncle 1530–1552
    1. 1. Willem (Ruthven Earl van Gowrie --1st Cousin, 12x Removed-- Princess Margaret Tudor) -Grandson 1541–1584 m. Lady (Margaret Dorothea Stewart - Baroness Ruthven, Countess) Gowrie 1544–1627
      1. 1. Margaret (Ruthven Lady Countess of) Montrose 1577–1618 m. John (II Graham Earl van Montrose 4th Earl of Montrose Chief of Graham Lord President of the Privy Council of) Scotland 1573–1623
        1. 1. James (I Graham Markgraaf van Montrose Chief of Clan Graham, 5th Earl of Montrose, Lord Lieutenant of Scotland, 1st Marquess of) Montrose 1612–1650 m. Lady (Magdalene Carnegie (David and Margaret) Lindsay) 1612–1675
    2. 2. Alexander Ruthven 1545–
    3. 3. George Ruthven 1545–1571

Sir Ruthven's Timeline

4 Records

1498
1498
Birth of Sir William Ruthven in Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
1500
1500
Birth of Sir William Ruthven in Huntington Hall, Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Huntington Hall, Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
1552
3 Dec 1552
Age 52
Death of Sir William Ruthven in Ruthven Castle, Gowrie, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ruthven Castle, Gowrie, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
1552
3 December 1552
Age 52
Death of Sir William Ruthven in Castle Gowrie, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Castle Gowrie, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1498
    Event Place: Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [3] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Huntington Hall, Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 Dec 1552
    Event Place: Ruthven Castle, Gowrie, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 4011456
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [4] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [5] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 December 1552
    Event Place: Castle Gowrie, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
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