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Willem Lord Ruthven 1500–1552 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

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

Death Date: 3 December 1552

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

Father: Willem Ruthven

Mother: Catharina Buttergask

Spouse(s): Janet Halyburton

Children(s): Catherine Ruthven, Margaret Donaldson, Christian Ruthven, Andrew Ker, James Forteviot, Lilian Ruthven, Alexander Freeland, Sir Ruthven, Isobel Ker, Barbara Ruthven, Lady Ruthven, Henry Ruthven, Jeanette Ruthven, Lilias Drummond, Patrick Ruthven

The story of Willem Lord Ruthven began in 1500 in Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom. Willem Lord Ruthven married Janet Halyburton, and had children including Alexander Ruthven Of Freeland, Andrew Ker, Barbara Ruthven, Catherine Ruthven, Christian Ruthven, Henry Ruthven, Isobel Ker, James Ruthven Of Forteviot, Jeanette Ruthven, Lady Katherine Ruthven, Lilian Ruthven, Lilias Drummond, Margaret Donaldson, Patrick Ruthven, Sir William Ruthven. 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, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • Willem Lord Ruthven married Janet Halyburton, and had children including Alexander Ruthven Of Freeland, Andrew Ker, Barbara Ruthven, Catherine Ruthven, Christian Ruthven, Henry Ruthven, Isobel Ker, James Ruthven Of Forteviot, Jeanette Ruthven, Lady Katherine Ruthven, Lilian Ruthven, Lilias Drummond, Margaret Donaldson, Patrick Ruthven, Sir William Ruthven.
  • Willem Lord Ruthven passed away in 1552 in Kinnaird, Perth and Kinross, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

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Willem Ruthven's Ancestors

Self
Willem Ruthven
1500–1552
Birth Place: Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Willem Lord Ruthven
1478–1513
Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Catharina Buttergask
1483–1501
Buttergask, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Willem (Lord) Ruthven
1460–1528
Ruthven, Perthshire, Schotland
Isabel Livingston
1483–1509
Saltcoats, Ayrshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Willem Ruthven's Descendants

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Willem (Lord) Ruthven (1500–3 December 1552) m. Janet Halyburton (1510–1560)
  1. 1. Catherine Ruthven 1530–1580 m. John Banks 1535–1583 m. Colin Campbell 1515–1583
    1. 1. Lady (Margaret Jane Banks Campbell Baroness of) Duart 1550–1609
      1. 1. Jane Cunyngham 1588–1638 m. Walter Duncane 1586–1654
        1. 1. James Duncan 1607– m. Margaret Young 1607–
        2. 2. Agnes Duncane 1610–
    2. 2. Duncan (Lord Campbell van) Glenurchy 1550–1631
    3. 3. Janet (Macevir) Campbell 1563–1633
    4. 4. Elizabeth Campbell 1560–
    5. 5. Colin Campbell 1555–1610
    6. 6. Katherine Campbell 1563–
    7. 7. Lord (Duncan Campbell) Glenurchy 1551–1631
    8. 8. Annas Campbell 1565–1589
    9. 9. Archibald Campbell 1559–1630
    10. 10. Mary Campbell 1572–1618
    11. 11. Patrick Campbell 1556–1622
    12. 12. Beatrice Campbell 1557–
  2. 2. Margaret Donaldson 1536–1636
  3. 3. Christian Ruthven 1524–1597
  4. 4. Andrew Ker 1537–1599 m. Lady (Isabelle Isabel Isobel of Ferniehirst Kerr m.) Ker 1515–1585
    1. 1. Margaret Kerr 1543–1579 m. Lord (Alexander Home 5th Lord of Home , Warden of the East Marches, Steward of Dunbar, Bailie of Coldingham, Eccles and Dryburgh,) Reformation 1526–1575
      1. 1. Margaret Keith 1565–1598 m. George Keith 1553–1623
        1. 1. Anne (Agnes) Keith 1586–1648 m. William Douglas 1582–1648
      2. 2. Magdalene Home 1558–1580
      3. 3. John Home 1553–
      4. 4. Isabel Home 1563–
      5. 5. James (Home) Baron 1575–
  5. 5. James (Ruthven of) Forteviot 1527–1553
  6. 6. Lilian Ruthven 1525–1579
  7. 7. Alexander (Ruthven of) Freeland 1522–1599
  8. 8. Sir (William) Ruthven 1515–1566
  9. 9. Isobel Ker 1530–1574
  10. 10. Barbara Ruthven 1535–1594
  11. 11. Lady (Katherine) Ruthven 1520–1580
  12. 12. Henry Ruthven 1528–1540
  13. 13. Jeanette Ruthven 1540–1593
  14. 14. Lilias Drummond 1526–1579
  15. 15. Patrick Ruthven 1520–1566

Willem Ruthven's Timeline

2 Records

1500
1500
Birth of Willem Lord Ruthven in Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ruthven Castle, 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, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    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] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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