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Sir William Douglas, of Lochleven, 6th Earl of Morton & Northumberland & Custodian of Queen Mary 1st of Scotland 1539 – 1606 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1539

Birth Location: Lochleven Castle, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Death Date: 24 September 1606

Death Location: Scotland DESCENDANT OF ROBERT THE BRUCE, MALCOLM III, DAVID I, WILLIAM THE LION, THE ANCIENT KINGS OF SCOTLAND, SOMERLED LORD OF THE ISLES, AND LADY MACBETH

Father: King Scotland

Mother: Lady Scots)

Spouse(s):

Children(s):

The story of Sir William Douglas, of Lochleven, 6th Earl of Morton & Northumberland & Custodian of Queen Mary 1st of Scotland began in 1539 in Lochleven Castle, Dumfries-shire, Scotland. Sir William Douglas, of Lochleven, 6th Earl of Morton & Northumberland & Custodian of Queen Mary 1st of Scotland passed away in 1606 in Scotland DESCENDANT OF ROBERT THE BRUCE, MALCOLM III, DAVID I, WILLIAM THE LION, THE ANCIENT KINGS OF SCOTLAND, SOMERLED LORD OF THE ISLES, AND LADY MACBETH.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir William Douglas, of Lochleven, 6th Earl of Morton & Northumberland & Custodian of Queen Mary 1st of Scotland began in 1539 in Lochleven Castle, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.
  • Sir William Douglas, of Lochleven, 6th Earl of Morton & Northumberland & Custodian of Queen Mary 1st of Scotland passed away in 1606 in Scotland DESCENDANT OF ROBERT THE BRUCE, MALCOLM III, DAVID I, WILLIAM THE LION, THE ANCIENT KINGS OF SCOTLAND, SOMERLED LORD OF THE ISLES, AND LADY MACBETH.

Immediate Family

Parents

King Scotland
1512 – 1542
Birth Location: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
KS
Lady Scots)
1515 – 1572
Birth Location: East Linton, East Lothian, Scotland
LS

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir Scotland's Ancestors

Self
Sir Scotland
1539 – 1606
Birth Place: Lochleven Castle, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Parents
King James V of Scotland
1512 – 1542
Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Lady (Margaret (Erskine) Douglas , Countess of Lennox (Mistress of the King and step mother to Mary Queen of) Scots)
1515 – 1572
East Linton, East Lothian, Scotland
Grandparents
Lord (Sir Sir John Erskine, 17th Earl of Van Mar Eskrine and 5th Lord of) Erskine
1487 – 1555
Nibet, Roxburghshire, Falkland, Fife, Scotland
Lady (Mary Margaret (Baroness of Argyll) Campbell) Hay
1485 – 1555
Bridgend, Lochgilphead, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Lady Campbell,
1458 – 1516
Sir Argyll,
1460 – 1513
Elizabeth Argyll
1465 – 1529
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Scotland's Timeline

2 Records

1539
1539
Birth of Sir William Douglas, of Lochleven, 6th Earl of Morton & Northumberland & Custodian of Queen Mary 1st of Scotland in Lochleven Castle, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Lochleven Castle, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
1606
24 September 1606
Age 67
Death of Sir William Douglas, of Lochleven, 6th Earl of Morton & Northumberland & Custodian of Queen Mary 1st of Scotland in Scotland DESCENDANT OF ROBERT THE BRUCE, MALCOLM III, DAVID I, WILLIAM THE LION, THE ANCIENT KINGS OF SCOTLAND, SOMERLED LORD OF THE ISLES, AND LADY MACBETH
Scotland DESCENDANT OF ROBERT THE BRUCE, MALCOLM III, DAVID I, WILLIAM THE LION, THE ANCIENT KINGS OF SCOTLAND, SOMERLED LORD OF THE ISLES, AND LADY MACBETH

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1539
    Event Place: Lochleven Castle, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 September 1606
    Event Place: Scotland DESCENDANT OF ROBERT THE BRUCE, MALCOLM III, DAVID I, WILLIAM THE LION, THE ANCIENT KINGS OF SCOTLAND, SOMERLED LORD OF THE ISLES, AND LADY MACBETH
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