Mansperger-Nilson Family Tree » Margaretha Kerr (1540-1581)
Personal data Margaretha Kerr
Sources 1, 2- She was born in the year 1540 in Ferniehirst, Midlothian, Scotland.
- Alternative: She was born in the year 1543 in Ferniehirst, Midlothian, Scotland.
- She died on January 9, 1581 in Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland, she was 41 years old.
- Alternative: She died in the year 1579 in Drummelzier Castle, Scotland, she was 39 years old.
- A child of (Sir Knight) Walter Lord Kerr van Cessford and Isabelle Kerr
Household of Margaretha Kerr
(1) She is married to Sir Alexander Home, 5th Lord of Home , Warden of the East Marches, Steward of Dunbar, Bailie of Coldingham, Eccles and Dryburgh, Reformation.
They got married on 25 Feb 1551-2 at Coitfield, Ayr, Scotland, she was 11 years old.
They got married about 1554 at Scotland. They got married in the year 1557 at Scotland, she was 17 years old. They got married about 1562 at Home, Berwickshire, Scotland. They got married about 1565 at Home, Berwickshire, Scotland. They got married on May 3, 1568 at Parish, Berwickshire, Scotland, she was 28 years old. They got married in the year 1577 at Scotland, she was 37 years old. They got married on February 4, 1580 at Scotland, she was 40 years old.(2) She is married to (Earl) Walter Linton, Earl of Traquair, Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.
They got married about 1558 at Edinburgh, Scotland.
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- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree / Ancestry.com
- Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
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Day of death January 9, 1581
- Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
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