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Persönliche Daten Gilbert Kennedy 3rd Earl of Cassillis 

• Er wurde geboren im Jahr 1515 in Cassillis, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland.
• (Acceded) in 3rd Earl of Cassillis.
• Er ist verstorben rund 28. November 1558 in Dieppe, Dieppe, Haute-Normandie, France.

  Oorzaak: Murdered

• Er wurde beerdigt in Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland.
• Ein Kind von Gilbert Kennedy und Isabel Campbell
• Diese Information wurde zuletzt aktualisiert am 4. Dezember 2022.

Familie von Gilbert Kennedy 3rd Earl of Cassillis

Er ist verheiratet mit Margaret (Maria Sophia) Kennedy.

Sie haben geheiratet im Jahr 1540, er war 25 Jahre alt.

Kind(er):

1. Thomas Kennedy  ± 1545-1602 
2. Janet Kennedy  ± 1542-1598
3. Gilbert Kennedy  ± 1541-1576 
4. Jean (Janet) Kennedy   
5. Catherine Kennedy  ± 1545-???? 

Notizen bei Gilbert Kennedy 3rd Earl of Cassillis

He was educated at St. Andrews University, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland.  At Paris, France, he studied under the celebrated George Buchanan.  On 6 February 1540/41 he had a charter of the Fief of Cassillis.  On 24 November 1542 at Solway Moss, he was taken prisoner by the English.  He became a Protestant, and went over to the English Party.  In February 1545 he was released.  He held the office of Extraordinary Lord of Session [Scotland] between 1546 and 1558.  He fought in the Battle of Pinkie on 10 September 1547, where the Scots were defeated.  He held the office of High Treasurer [Scotland] in 1554. (http://www.thepeerage.com/p5417.htm)
He succeeded as 3rd Earl of Cassillis.  William Kennedy, Abbot of Crossraguel, was his guardian for eleven years.  He was at the University of St. Andrew's in 1527; afterwards, he completed his education in Paris, remaining there until 1537.  Was considered to be of excellent disposition and promising talents.  He had many charters; when taken prisoner Solway Moss by the English, he was committed to Archbishop Cranmer, 1542, because he was an Anglican.  Henry VIII loaded him with gifts.  He was high Treasurer of Scotland, Chief Commander in the Army which attacked Berwick and invaded England 1557. He was sent to France to negotiate Queen Mary's marriage with the Dauphin, but met mysterious death (suspected poison) at Dieppe in 1558; buried at Maybole.  The Earl married Margaret, daughter of Alexander Kennedy of Bargany in 1527.
Children:
Gilbert, fourth Earl of Cassillis, ancestor of the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth Earls of Cassillis.
Hon. Sir Thomas of Culzean, m. Elizabeth McGill.
Lady Jean; m. Robert (--?--) Earl of Orkney.
Lady Catherine; m. Sir Patrick Vaus.

SOURCES:  "Ancestors/Descendants of Murrough Mor O'Brian", http://www.geneastar.org.

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