Donald A.C. Simmons Jr. Family Tree » William Cunningham - 4th Earl Glencairn (1493-1547)

Personal data William Cunningham - 4th Earl Glencairn 

  • He was born on March 24, 1493 in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.
  • He died on September 10, 1547 in Millerhill, Midlothian, Scotland, he was 54 years old.

Household of William Cunningham - 4th Earl Glencairn

He has/had a relationship with Lady Catherine Borthwick.


Child(ren):

  1. Helen Cunynghame  1511-1577 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Cunningham

William Cunningham
1493-1547


Lady Catherine Borthwick
1473-1528

Helen Cunynghame
1511-1577

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Birthday March 24, 1493

  • Graaf Maximiliaan (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1482 till 1494 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1493: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 15 » While on board the Niña, Christopher Columbus writes an open letter (widely distributed upon his return to Portugal) describing his discoveries and the unexpected items he came across in the New World.
    • March 4 » Explorer Christopher Columbus arrives back in Lisbon, Portugal, aboard his ship Niña from his voyage to what are now The Bahamas and other islands in the Caribbean.
    • July 12 » Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle, one of the best-documented early printed books, is published.
    • September 9 » Battle of Krbava Field, a decisive defeat of Croats in Croatian struggle against the invasion by the Ottoman Empire.
    • September 26 » Pope Alexander VI issues the papal bull Dudum siquidem to the Spanish, extending the grant of new lands he made them in Inter caetera.
    • November 19 » Christopher Columbus goes ashore on an island called Borinquen he first saw the day before. He names it San Juan Bautista (later renamed again Puerto Rico).

Day of death September 10, 1547

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1547: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 8 » The first Lithuanian-language book, the Catechism of Martynas Mažvydas, is published in Königsberg.
    • January 16 » Grand Duke Ivan IV of Muscovy becomes the first Tsar of Russia, replacing the 264-year-old Grand Duchy of Moscow with the Tsardom of Russia.
    • January 28 » Edward VI, the nine-year-old son of Henry VIII, becomes King of England on his father's death.
    • April 24 » Battle of Mühlberg. Duke of Alba, commanding Spanish-Imperial forces of Charles I of Spain, defeats the troops of Schmalkaldic League.
    • July 25 » Henry II of France is crowned.
    • September 10 » The Battle of Pinkie, the last full-scale military confrontation between England and Scotland, resulting in a decisive victory for the forces of Edward VI.


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