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Willem Douglas, Earl van Morton 1540 – 1606 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

Birth Location: Lochleven Castle, Perthshire, Schotland

Death Date: 24 Sept 1606

Death Location: Lochleven Castle, Perthshire, Schotland

Father: Robert Lochleven

Mother: Lady Scots)

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Willem Douglas, Earl van Morton was born in 1540 in Lochleven Castle, Perthshire, Schotland, the child of Robert Douglas Laird van Lochleven and Lady Margaret (Erskine) Douglas , Countess of Lennox (Mistress of the King and step mother to Mary Queen of Scots). Willem Douglas, Earl van Morton passed away in 1606 in Lochleven Castle, Perthshire, Schotland.

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Biography

  • Willem Douglas, Earl van Morton was born in 1540 in Lochleven Castle, Perthshire, Schotland, the child of Robert Douglas Laird van Lochleven and Lady Margaret (Erskine) Douglas , Countess of Lennox (Mistress of the King and step mother to Mary Queen of Scots).
  • Willem Douglas, Earl van Morton passed away in 1606 in Lochleven Castle, Perthshire, Schotland.

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Willem Morton's Ancestors

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Willem Morton
1540 – 1606
Birth Place: Lochleven Castle, Perthshire, Schotland
Parents
Robert Douglas Laird van Lochleven
1510 – 1547
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Schotland
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

Willem Morton's Timeline

2 Records

1540
1540
Birth of Willem Douglas, Earl van Morton in Lochleven Castle, Perthshire, Schotland
Lochleven Castle, Perthshire, Schotland
1606
24 Sept 1606
Age 66
Death of Willem Douglas, Earl van Morton in Lochleven Castle, Perthshire, Schotland
Lochleven Castle, Perthshire, Schotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1540
    Event Place: Lochleven Castle, Perthshire, Schotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 Sept 1606
    Event Place: Lochleven Castle, Perthshire, Schotland

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