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Personal data Gilbert Kennedy 3rd Earl of Cassillis 

• He was born in the year 1515 in Cassillis, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland.
• (Acceded) in 3rd Earl of Cassillis.
• He died about November 28, 1558 in Dieppe, Dieppe, Haute-Normandie, France.

  Oorzaak: Murdered

• He is buried in Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland.
• A child of Gilbert Kennedy and Isabel Campbell
• This information was last updated on December 4, 2022.

Household of Gilbert Kennedy 3rd Earl of Cassillis

He is married to Margaret (Maria Sophia) Kennedy.

They got married in the year 1540, he was 25 years old.

Child(ren):

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

Notes about 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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