Genealogy Richard Remmé, The Hague, Netherlands » William Ruthven 1st Earl of Gowrie (1548-1584)
Personal data William Ruthven 1st Earl of Gowrie
Sources 1, 2Sources 1, 3- He was born in the year 1548 in Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland.Source 1
Attention: Age at marriage (August 17, 1561) below 16 years (13). - (Info 2) .Sources 3, 4
Lord Dirletoun, Lord Ruthven.
- (Alt. Birth) in the year 1548: Alt. Birth.Sources 3, 4
Ruthven Castle, Perthshire
- (Alt. Death) on May 2, 1584: Alt. Death.Sources 3, 4
- He died on May 2, 1584 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Great Britain, he was 36 years old.Source 1
- A child of Patrick Ruthven and Janet Douglas
- This information was last updated on December 4, 2022.
Household of William Ruthven 1st Earl of Gowrie
He is married to Dorothea Stewart.
They got married on August 17, 1561, he was 13 years old.Source 1
Child(ren):
- Isabel Ruthven ????-1616
- Lilias Ruthven 1567-????
- Dorothea Ruthven 1570-????
- Elizabeth Ruthven ± 1572-????
- Beatrix Ruthven ± 1573-????
- Barbara Ruthven ± 1574-1625
- James Ruthven 1575-1588
- John Ruthven 1577-1600
- Patrick Ruthven ± 1578-????
- William Ruffin Ruthven 1580-????
- Alexander Ruthven 1580-1600
Notes about William Ruthven 1st Earl of Gowrie
William was the principal actor in the Raid of Ruthven which took
James VI out of the power of Lennox and Arran. Although the King pardoned the actors, the Convention of Estates reversed the pardon. After Ruthven engaged in a new scheme to seize Stirling Castle, he was tried and beheaded at Stirling on May 4, 1584 and his property forfeited.
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Sources
- montrose.ged
Date of Import: 19 Sep 2002
/ Not Given - Georgiana Elizabeth Gordon_ANC.ged, http://awt.ancestry.co.uk
- maclaren7.ged
Date of Import: 18 Mar 2003
/ Not Given - maclarenz.ged
Date of Import: 12 Apr 2004
/ Not Given
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Day of marriage August 17, 1561
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