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Margaret Douglas 1515 – 1578 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 Oct 1515

Birth Location: Morton, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Morton Dumfries-shire Scotland

Death Date: 7 March 1578

Death Location: Dunbar, West Lothian, Scotland

Father: James Douglas

Mother: Catherine Stewart

Spouse(s): James Hamilton

Children(s): John Hamilton, Barbara Hamilton, Margaret Hamilton, Anne Hamilton, Gavin Hamilton, Claud Hamilton,, Jean Hamilton, Barbara Hamilton, Christian Hamilton, James Hamilton

It was in 1515 that Margaret Douglas Countess of Arran was born in Morton, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Morton Dumfries-shire Scotland, a child of James Douglas and Catherine Stewart. Margaret Douglas Countess of Arran went on to marry James IV, 2nd Earl Arran and Duke Chatelherault Hamilton and had children such as John Hamilton**, 1st Marquess of Hamilton, Barbara Hamilton, Margaret Hamilton, Anne Hamilton, Gavin Hamilton, Claud Hamilton,, Jean Hamilton, Barbara Hamilton, Christian Hamilton and James Hamilton. Margaret Douglas Countess of Arran was deceased by 1578 in Dunbar, West Lothian, Scotland.

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Parents

James Douglas
1487 – 1548
Birth Location: Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
JD
Catherine Stewart
1495 – 1554
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
CS

Spouses(s)

James Hamilton
1515 – 1575
Birth Location: Brodick Castle, Firth Clyde, Bute, Scotland
JH

Children(s)

John Hamilton
1535 – 1604
Birth Location: Arron, Butshire, Scotland
JH
Barbara Hamilton
1535 – 1577
Birth Location: Arron, , Butshire, Scotland
BH
Margaret Hamilton
1540 –
Birth Location: –
MH
Anne Hamilton
1542 – 1574
Birth Location: Huntly, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland
AH
Gavin Hamilton
1542 – 1547
Birth Location: Arron, , Butshire, Scotland
GH
Claud Hamilton,
1543 – 1622
Birth Location: Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
CH
Jean Hamilton
1545 – 1596
Birth Location: Arron, , Butshire, Scotland
JH
Barbara Hamilton
1547 – 1558
Birth Location: Arron, Butshire, , Scotland
BH
Christian Hamilton
1549 –
Birth Location: Firth Clyde, Bute, , Scotland
CH
James Hamilton
Birth Location: –
JH

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 8 Oct 1515
    Event Place: Morton, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Morton Dumfries-shire Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Midlothan: Edinburgh - Register of Marriages, 1595-1700

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Midlothia, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Perth: - Protocol Book of Sir Robert Rollock, 1534-1552

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 7 March 1578
    Event Place: Dunbar, West Lothian, Scotland

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