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Willem Lord Ruthven 1500–1552 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Ruthven Castle, Methven, Perthshire, Scotland

Death Date: 3 December 1552

Death Location: Kinnaird, Perth and Kinross, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Willem Ruthven

Mother: Lady Ruthven

Spouse(s): Agnes Chrichton, Jeanette Dirleton

Children(s): Lady Lindsay, Catharina Ruthven, Barbara Ruthven, Jeanette Ruthven, Patrick Dirleton

The story of Willem Lord Ruthven began in 1500 in Ruthven Castle, Methven, Perthshire, Scotland. Willem Lord Ruthven married Agnes Chrichton, Jeanette Halyburton Lady Dirleton, and had children including Barbara Ruthven, Catharina Ruthven, Jeanette Ruthven, Lady Baroness Lilias Lilian Ruthven Lady Of Kynnard Ii Baroness Of Drummond Lindsay, Patrick Ruthven Lord Dirleton. Willem Lord Ruthven passed away in 1552 in Kinnaird, Perth and Kinross, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of Willem Lord Ruthven began in 1500 in Ruthven Castle, Methven, Perthshire, Scotland.
  • Willem Lord Ruthven married Agnes Chrichton, Jeanette Halyburton Lady Dirleton, and had children including Barbara Ruthven, Catharina Ruthven, Jeanette Ruthven, Lady Baroness Lilias Lilian Ruthven Lady Of Kynnard Ii Baroness Of Drummond Lindsay, Patrick Ruthven Lord Dirleton.
  • Willem Lord Ruthven passed away in 1552 in Kinnaird, Perth and Kinross, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Willem Ruthven's Ancestors

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Willem Ruthven
1500–1552
Birth Place: Ruthven Castle, Methven, Perthshire, Scotland
Parents
Willem Lord Ruthven
1478–1513
Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Catherine "Katherine" Gray of Buttergask Baroness of) Ruthven
1483–1501
Buttergask, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Willem Ruthven's Descendants

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Willem (Lord) Ruthven (1500–3 December 1552) m. Agnes Chrichton (1510–1600) m. Jeanette (Halyburton Lady) Dirleton (1505–)
  1. 1. Lady (Baroness Lilias Lilian Ruthven Lady of Kynnard, II Baroness of Drummond,) Lindsay 1526–1579 m. Sir (Lord David 2nd Baron Earl of Perth Drummond, Knight of) Cargill 1522–1580
    1. 1. Lady (Catherine Drummond, Countess) Tullibardine 1555–1576
    2. 2. James Drummond 1552–1623
    3. 3. Mary (Anne) Drummond 1542–1600
  2. 2. Catharina Ruthven 1530–
  3. 3. Barbara Ruthven 1535–
  4. 4. Jeanette Ruthven 1540–1593
  5. 5. Patrick (Ruthven Lord) Dirleton 1520–1556

Willem Ruthven's Timeline

3 Records

1500
1500
Birth of Willem Lord Ruthven in Ruthven Castle, Methven, Perthshire, Scotland
Ruthven Castle, Methven, Perthshire, Scotland
1519
1519
Age 19
Willem Lord Ruthven was married in Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
1552
3 December 1552
Age 52
Death of Willem Lord Ruthven in Kinnaird, Perth and Kinross, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Kinnaird, Perth and Kinross, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

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

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1519
    Event Place: Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 December 1552
    Event Place: Kinnaird, Perth and Kinross, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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