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Lady Margaretha, Elizabeth Douglas 1555 – 1637 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 May 1555

Birth Location: Glamis, Angus, Scotland

Death Date: Feb 1637

Death Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Father: David Angus

Mother: Margaretha Hamilton

Spouse(s): John Maxwell, Frans Enzie

Children(s): Janet Maxwell, Margaret Wallace, Alexander Maxwell, Walter Buccleuch

The story of Lady Margaretha Elizabeth Douglas Baroness Maxwell of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton began in 1555 in Glamis, Angus, Scotland, with parents David Douglas Earl van Angus and Margaretha Hamilton. As an adult, Lady Margaretha Elizabeth Douglas Baroness Maxwell of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton wed John (7th Lord Maxwell)(Earl of Morton) Maxwell and Frans Stuart Earl van Bothwell Lord Badenoch van Enzie. Their household included Janet Maxwell, Margaret Wallace, Alexander Maxwell and Walter Lord Scott van Buccleuch. Lady Margaretha Elizabeth Douglas Baroness Maxwell of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton's life came to an end in 1637 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

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Parents

David Angus
1515 – 1557
Birth Location: Pittendreich, Mid-Lothian, Schotland
DA
Margaretha Hamilton
1535 – 1596
Birth Location: Broomhill, Lanarkshire, Schotland
MH

Spouses(s)

John Maxwell
1553 – 1593
Birth Location: Carlaverock, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
JM
Frans Enzie
1562 – 1613
Birth Location: –
FE

Children(s)

Janet Maxwell
1568 – 1625
Birth Location: Carlaverock, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
JM
Margaret Wallace
1580 – 1630
Birth Location: Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
MW
Alexander Maxwell
1587 –
Birth Location: Kirkcudbright, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom
AM
Walter Buccleuch
1570 – 1611
Birth Location: Buccleuch, Teviotdale, Schotland
WB

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 5 May 1555
    Event Place: Douglas, Lanarkshire or Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 5 May 1555
    Event Place: Glamis, Angus, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 15 Feb 1569
    Event Place: Carlaverock, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 17 FEB 1572
    Event Place: Kirkcudbright, Sutherland or Carlaverock, Dumfries-shire, , Scotland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Midlothan: Edinburgh - Register of Marriages, 1595-1700

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Midlothia, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: Feb 1637
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: Feb 1637
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
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