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Willem Lord Ruthven 1500–1552 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland

Death Date: 3 Dec 1552

Death Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland

Father: William Ruthven

Mother: Catharina Buttergask

Spouse(s): Jeanette Ruthven

Children(s): Lilian Ruthven, Lady Ballindean, Dorothea Ruthven, James Ruthven, John Ruthven, Lady Ruthven, Mary Ruthven, Sophia Ruthven, Katherine Campbell, Jeanette Ruthven, Patrick Lord, Alexander Freeland, James Forteviot, Christiana Ruthven, Sir Ruthven, Cecilia Ruthven, Sir Gowrie, Patrick Dirleton, Alexander Freeland, Barbara Ruthven, Christian Ruthven, Henry Ruthven, James Ruthven, Jeanette Ruthven, Lilian Ruthven

The story of Willem Lord Ruthven began in 1500 in Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland. Willem Lord Ruthven married Jeanette Halyburton Lady Dirleton Baroness Ruthven, and had children including Alexander Ruthven Of Freeland, Barbara Ruthven, Cecilia Ruthven, Christian Ruthven, Christiana Ruthven, Dorothea Ruthven, Henry Ruthven, James Fortevoit Ruthven, James Ruthven, James Ruthven Of Forteviot, Jeanette Ruthven, John Ruthven 3Rd Earl Of Ruthven, Katherine Ruthven Baroness Campbell, Lady Beatrice Ruthven, Lady Janet Ruthven Of Ballindean, Lilian Ruthven, Mary Mary Stewart Ruthven, Patrick Ruthven Lord, Patrick Ruthven Lord Dirleton, Sir William Ruthven 1St Earl Of Gowrie, Sir William Ruthven 1St Earl Of Gowrie 4Th Lord Of Ruthven, Sophia Ruthven. Willem Lord Ruthven passed away in 1552 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Willem Lord Ruthven began in 1500 in Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland.
  • Willem Lord Ruthven married Jeanette Halyburton Lady Dirleton Baroness Ruthven, and had children including Alexander Ruthven Of Freeland, Barbara Ruthven, Cecilia Ruthven, Christian Ruthven, Christiana Ruthven, Dorothea Ruthven, Henry Ruthven, James Fortevoit Ruthven, James Ruthven, James Ruthven Of Forteviot, Jeanette Ruthven, John Ruthven 3Rd Earl Of Ruthven, Katherine Ruthven Baroness Campbell, Lady Beatrice Ruthven, Lady Janet Ruthven Of Ballindean, Lilian Ruthven, Mary Mary Stewart Ruthven, Patrick Ruthven Lord, Patrick Ruthven Lord Dirleton, Sir William Ruthven 1St Earl Of Gowrie, Sir William Ruthven 1St Earl Of Gowrie 4Th Lord Of Ruthven, Sophia Ruthven.
  • Willem Lord Ruthven passed away in 1552 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Ruthven
1460–1527
Birth Location: Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Catharina Buttergask
1501–1509
Birth Location: Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Jeanette Ruthven
1503–1543
Birth Location: Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland
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Children(s)

Lilian Ruthven
1526–1579
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Lady Ballindean
1528–1606
Birth Location: Ballindean, Perthshire, Scotland
LB
Dorothea Ruthven
1570–1617
Birth Location: Gowrie, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
DR
James Ruthven
1575–1587
Birth Location: Gowrie, Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom
JR
John Ruthven
1577–1600
Birth Location: Ruthven Castle, Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom
JR
Lady Ruthven
1573–1600
Birth Location: Gowrie, Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom
LR
Mary Ruthven
1561–1613
Birth Location: Gowrie, Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom
MR
Sophia Ruthven
1565–1590
Birth Location: Gowrie, Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom
SR
Katherine Campbell
1525–1580
Birth Location: Perth Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
KC
Jeanette Ruthven
1540–1593
Birth Location: –
JR
Patrick Lord
1520–1566
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
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Alexander Freeland
1530–1599
Birth Location: Perthshire, Scotland
AF
James Forteviot
1521–1553
Birth Location: Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
JF
Christiana Ruthven
1524–1597
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
CR
Sir Ruthven
1527–1599
Birth Location: Ruthven Castle Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Cecilia Ruthven
1546–1589
Birth Location: Wemyss Parish, Scotland
CR
Sir Gowrie
1541–1584
Birth Location: Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Schotland, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
SG
Patrick Dirleton
1520–1556
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
PD
Alexander Freeland
1522–1599
Birth Location: Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
AF
Barbara Ruthven
1535–1594
Birth Location: Kynnard, Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom
BR
Christian Ruthven
1524–1597
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
CR
Henry Ruthven
1528–1540
Birth Location: Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
HR
James Ruthven
1521–1553
Birth Location: Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
JR
Jeanette Ruthven
1540–1593
Birth Location: Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
JR
Lilian Ruthven
1525–1579
Birth Location: Kynnard, Perthshire, Schotland, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Willem Ruthven's Ancestors

Self
Willem Ruthven
1500–1552
Birth Place: Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
Parents
William De Ruthven of That Ilk and 1st Lord Ruthven
1460–1527
Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Catharina Buttergask
1501–1509
Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Willem Ruthven's Descendants

1.
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Willem (Lord) Ruthven (1500–3 Dec 1552) m. Jeanette (Halyburton Lady Dirleton Baroness) Ruthven (19 Apr 1503–23 March 1543)
  1. 1. Lilian Ruthven 1526–1579 m. Sir (Lord David Drummond 2nd Baron Earl of Perth, Knight of) Cargill 1522–1571
    1. 1. James Drummond 1552–1623
      1. 1. Lilias Drummond 1583–1636 m. Laurence (5th Lord) Oliphant 1583–1630
        1. 1. Anne Oliphant 1604–1630 m. James (1st Lord of Mordington Douglas (Earl of Angus, Marquis of) Douglas) 1591–1656
        2. 2. Margaret Seton 1599–1630
      2. 2. Jean Drummond 1573–1660
      3. 3. James (Drummond) II 1585–1648
      4. 4. John, (Lord Maderty) Drummond 1584–1649
    2. 2. Anna Drummond 1555–1587
    3. 3. Patrick (Lord) Drummond 1550–1611
    4. 4. Johanna Drummond 1548–1598
    5. 5. Lady (Helen Lilias) Drummond 1558–1597 m. David Lindsay 1552–1607
      1. 1. James Lindsay 1576–1620
    6. 6. Catherine Drummond 1577–1620
    7. 7. Jean (Jemima Morrison Drummond Countess of) Montrose 1550–1609 m. John (I Graham Earl Van) Montrose 1545–1608
      1. 1. John (Thomas 4th Earl of Montrose) Graham 1573–1626
        1. 1. Beatrix Graham 1615–1691 m. David (Drummond 3rd Baron Madderty, Founded the first free lending library in Scotland in) 1680 1610–1684
      2. 2. Lady (Lillias) Graham 1570–1640
      3. 3. Catherine Graham 1580–1607
      4. 4. Sir (Robert) Graham 1573–1626
    8. 8. Anne (Agnes Drummond Lady of) Crawford 1560–1590
    9. 9. Catharina Drummond 1552–1576
    10. 10. Sir (William) Drummond 1560–1611
    11. 11. Mary Drummond 1554–1589
  2. 2. Lady (Janet Ruthven of) Ballindean 1528–1606
  3. 3. Dorothea Ruthven 1570–1617
  4. 4. James (Fortevoit) Ruthven 1575–1587
  5. 5. John (Ruthven 3rd Earl of) Ruthven 1577–1600
  6. 6. Lady (Beatrice) Ruthven 1573–1600
  7. 7. Mary ((Mary Stewart)) Ruthven 1561–1613
  8. 8. Sophia Ruthven 1565–1590
  9. 9. Katherine (Ruthven Baroness) Campbell 1525–1580 m. Colin (Campbell 6th Laird of) Glenorchy 1523–1583
    1. 1. Margaretha Campbell 1552–1618 m. James Cunningham 1550–1630
      1. 1. Anna (Cunningham Lady Marchioness of) Hamilton 1583–1647 m. James (Markgraaf Hamilton 2nd Marquis of Hamilton, Earl of Arran, Sir Lord Knight of-the Garter, Member of Scottish) Parliament 1589–1625
        1. 1. James (Hertog van) Hamilton 1606–1647 m. Mary (Margaret) Fielding 1605–1638
        2. 2. Lady (Anne Hamilton) Montgomery 1615–1632
        3. 3. Lady (Margaret Hamilton) Lindsay 1612–1686
        4. 4. William (Sir Hamilton 2nd Duke) Hamilton 1616–1651 m. Margaret Thompson 1616–1675
        5. 5. Lady (Jeane Hamilton) Kennedy 1607–1642
        6. 6. Lady (Marion) Hamilton 1609–1677
    2. 2. Sir (Knight Duncan "Black Knight" 7th Earl of Argyll, 1st Baronet Campbell of) Glenorchy 1550–1631 m. Janet Campbell 1557–1593
      1. 1. Patrick Campbell 1592–1678
    3. 3. Lady (Elizabeth) Campbell 1560–1589
    4. 4. Archibald (Gillespie) Campbell 1545–1630
    5. 5. Colin Campbell 1548–1610
    6. 6. Archibald (of Monzie) Campbell 1557–1630
    7. 7. Janet (Campbell) (MacEvir) 1563–1633
    8. 8. Beatrix Campbell 1557–1619
    9. 9. Anna Campbell 1565–1589
    10. 10. Lady (Mary Campbell, Baroness of) Duart 1536–1609
    11. 11. Lady (Mary Baroness of Duart* Lady Ardmaleish) Campbell 1563–1640
    12. 12. Patrick (Maiffer) Campbell 1555–1622
  10. 10. Jeanette Ruthven 1540–1593
  11. 11. Patrick (Ruthven) Lord 1520–1566 m. Janet Douglas 1530–1552
  12. 12. Alexander (Ruthven of) Freeland 1530–1599
  13. 13. James (Ruthven of) Forteviot 1521–1553
  14. 14. Christiana Ruthven 1524–1597
  15. 15. Sir (William Ruthven 1st Earl of Gowrie, 4th Lord of) Ruthven 1527–1599
  16. 16. Cecilia Ruthven 1546–1589
  17. 17. Sir (William RUTHVEN, 1st Earl of) Gowrie 1541–1584
  18. 18. Patrick (Ruthven Lord) Dirleton 1520–1556
  19. 19. Alexander (Ruthven of) Freeland 1522–1599
  20. 20. Barbara Ruthven 1535–1594
  21. 21. Christian Ruthven 1524–1597
  22. 22. Henry Ruthven 1528–1540
  23. 23. James Ruthven 1521–1553
  24. 24. Jeanette Ruthven 1540–1593
  25. 25. Lilian Ruthven 1525–1579

Willem Ruthven's Timeline

10 Records

1500
May 1500
Birth of Willem Lord Ruthven in Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
1500
1500
Birth of Willem Lord Ruthven in Ruthven Castle, Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ruthven Castle, Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
1500
1500
Birth of Willem Lord Ruthven in Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
1500
1500
Birth of Willem Lord Ruthven in Ruthven Castle, Methven, Perthshire, Scotland
Ruthven Castle, Methven, Perthshire, Scotland
1500
1500
Birth of Willem Lord Ruthven in Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
Ruthven Castle, 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 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
1552
3 Dec 1552
Age 52
Death of Willem Lord Ruthven in Kynnard, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Kynnard, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
1552
3 Dec 1552
Age 52
Death of Willem Lord Ruthven in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Perth, Perthshire, Scotland

Sources

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

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Ruthven Castle, Perth, 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

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Ruthven Castle, Methven, Perthshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1519
    Event Place: Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 December 1552
    Event Place: Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 8
    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

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 Dec 1552
    Event Place: Kynnard, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 Dec 1552
    Event Place: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
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