Pop Oswald Tree » William RUTHVEN (1530-1584)

Personal data William RUTHVEN 

  • He was born in the year 1530 in Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland.
  • He died on May 2, 1584 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, he was 54 years old.
  • A child of Patrick RUTHVEN and Janet DOUGLAS

Household of William RUTHVEN

He has/had a relationship with Dorothea STEWART.


Child(ren):

  1. Alexander RUTHVEN  1569-1621 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William RUTHVEN

William RUTHVEN
± 1500-1552
Janet HALYBURTON
± 1503-1566
Patrick RUTHVEN
± 1520-1566
Janet DOUGLAS
± 1525-1552

William RUTHVEN
1530-1584



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  • Stadhouder Prins Willem I de Zwijger (Prins Willem van Oranje) (Huis van Oranje) was from 1581 till 1584 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1584: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 25 » Sir Walter Raleigh is granted a patent to colonize Virginia.
    • May 16 » Santiago de Vera becomes sixth Governor-General of the Spanish colony of the Philippines.
    • July 4 » Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe arrive at Roanoke Island
    • July 10 » William I of Orange is assassinated in his home in Delft, Holland, by Balthasar Gérard.
    • September 13 » San Lorenzo del Escorial Palace in Madrid is finished.


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