Holicky Family Tree » William Earl of Glencairn Cunningham (1532-1580)

Personal data William Earl of Glencairn Cunningham 

Source 1Sources 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
  • He was born in the year 1532 in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.Sources 2, 3

    Waarschuwing Attention: Age at marriage (January 5, 1547) below 16 years (15).

  • He died on October 18, 1580 in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, he was 48 years old.Sources 3, 4

Household of William Earl of Glencairn Cunningham

He is married to Jeanette Gordon.

They got married on January 5, 1547 at Leith, Gloucestershire, England, he was 15 years old.Source 7


Child(ren):

  1. Elizabeth Cunningham  1570-1631 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Earl of Glencairn Cunningham

William Earl of Glencairn Cunningham
1532-1580

1547

Jeanette Gordon
1530-1596

Elizabeth Cunningham
1570-1631

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Sources

  1. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
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  2. International, Find A Grave Index for Select Locations, 1300s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
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  5. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  6. Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  7. Ayrshire, Scotland, Parish and Probate Records, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

Historical events

Day of marriage January 5, 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 13 » Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, is sentenced to death for treason, on the grounds of having quartered his arms to make them similar to those of the King, Henry VIII of England.
    • January 28 » Edward VI, the nine-year-old son of Henry VIII, becomes King of England on his father's death.
    • February 20 » Edward VI of England is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.
    • 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.

Day of death October 18, 1580

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1580: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 6 » One of the largest earthquakes recorded in the history of England, Flanders, or Northern France, takes place.
    • July 12 » The Ostrog Bible, one of the early printed Bibles in a Slavic language, is published.
    • August 25 » War of the Portuguese Succession: Spanish victory at the Battle of Alcântara brings about the Iberian Union.
    • September 26 » Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth.
    • October 10 » Over 600 Papal troops land in Ireland to support the Second Desmond Rebellion.
    • November 10 » After a three-day siege, the English Army beheads over 600 people, including papal soldiers and civilians, at Dún an Óir, Ireland.


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About the surname Cunningham


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