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Sir William 1st Earl of Gowrie, 4th Lord of Ruthven 1534–1584 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1534

Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 2 May 1584

Death Location: Stirling Castle, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Ruthven

Mother: Janet Haliburton

Spouse(s): Dorothea "Ruthven", Mary Gray

Children(s): Mary Atholl, Patrick Ruthven

Sir William 1st Earl of Gowrie, 4th Lord of Ruthven was born in 1534 in Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Sir William Ruthven 2Nd Baron Ruthven And Janet Haliburton. Sir William 1st Earl of Gowrie, 4th Lord of Ruthven married Dorothea Stewart Of Avondale Ruthven, Mary Gray, and had children including Mary Maria Ruthven Countess Of Atholl, Patrick Ruthven. Sir William 1st Earl of Gowrie, 4th Lord of Ruthven passed away in 1584 in Stirling Castle, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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  • Sir William 1st Earl of Gowrie, 4th Lord of Ruthven was born in 1534 in Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Sir William Ruthven 2Nd Baron Ruthven And Janet Haliburton.
  • Sir William 1st Earl of Gowrie, 4th Lord of Ruthven married Dorothea Stewart Of Avondale Ruthven, Mary Gray, and had children including Mary Maria Ruthven Countess Of Atholl, Patrick Ruthven.
  • Sir William 1st Earl of Gowrie, 4th Lord of Ruthven passed away in 1584 in Stirling Castle, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Sir Ruthven's Ancestors

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Sir Ruthven
1534–1584
Birth Place: Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir William Ruthven, 2nd Baron Ruthven
1500–1552
Ruthven Castle, Gowrie, Perthshire, Scotland
Janet Haliburton
1503–1560
Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland
Grandparents
Willem (Lord) Ruthven
1478–1513
Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Catharina Buttergask
1483–1501
Buttergask, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Patrick Halyburton
1475–1505
Dirleton, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Margaret) Douglas
1482–1505
Morton, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Sir Ruthven's Descendants

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Sir (William 1st Earl of Gowrie, 4th Lord of) Ruthven (1534–2 May 1584) m. Dorothea (Stewart of Avondale) "Ruthven" (1531–1 January 1627) m. Mary Gray (1540–Aft. 1600)
  1. 1. Mary (Maria Ruthven Countess of) Atholl 1565–1586 m. John Stewart 1526–1579
    1. 1. Jean (Janet Stewart of Atholl, Baroness) Campbell 1560–1623 m. Henry Stewart 1572–1612
      1. 1. Dorothea Stewart 1596–1673 m. William (Ruthven 14) Gowrie 1594–1670
        1. 1. John (Murray 13 1st Earl of) Atholl 1605–1642 m. Margaret Murchison 1620–1635
        2. 2. Patrick Ruthven 1573–1651
    2. 2. Lady (Dorothea Stewart, Countess) Tullibardine 1581–1605
    3. 3. Dorothea (Stewart (Murray) (Countess Tullibardine,) Lady* 1585–1642
    4. 4. Lady (Rose House of) Stewart 1583–1662
    5. 5. Margaret Stewart 1577–1582
    6. 6. James Erskine 1580–1640
  2. 2. Patrick Ruthven 1564–1570

Sir Ruthven's Timeline

2 Records

1534
1534
Birth of Sir William 1st Earl of Gowrie, 4th Lord of Ruthven in Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
1584
2 May 1584
Age 50
Death of Sir William 1st Earl of Gowrie, 4th Lord of Ruthven in Stirling Castle, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Stirling Castle, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1534
    Event Place: Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 May 1584
    Event Place: Stirling Castle, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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