Stephenson Family Tree » Lady Helen Elizabeth Hamilton Countess of Argyll (1514-1590)

Personal data Lady Helen Elizabeth Hamilton Countess of Argyll 

  • She was born in the year 1514 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

    Waarschuwing Attention: Age at marriage (March 15, 1529) below 16 years (15).

  • She died on March 19, 1590 in Castle Hill, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland-burned at the stake for threatening the life of James V with sorcery, she was 76 years old.
  • She is buried in the year 1590 in Scotland.
  • A child of James Hamilton and Janet Bethune
  • This information was last updated on October 18, 2023.

Household of Lady Helen Elizabeth Hamilton Countess of Argyll

She is married to Archibald 'The Red' Campbell.

They got married on March 15, 1529 at Argyll, Scotland, she was 15 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Janet Campbell  ± 1530-> 1552 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Helen Elizabeth Hamilton

James Hamilton
1415-1479
Mary Stewart
1453-1488
David Bethune
1460-1505
Janet Duddingston
1467-1541
Janet Bethune
1486-1522

Helen Elizabeth Hamilton
1514-1590

1529

Archibald 'The Red' Campbell
1508-1558

Janet Campbell
± 1530-> 1552
Archibald Doun Campbell
1538-1573

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Day of marriage March 15, 1529

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1529: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 19 » Beginning of the Protestant Reformation: After the Second Diet of Speyer bans Lutheranism, a group of rulers (German: Fürst) and independent cities protests the reinstatement of the Edict of Worms.
    • June 21 » French forces are driven out of northern Italy by Spain at the Battle of Landriano during the War of the League of Cognac.
    • July 26 » Francisco Pizarro González, Spanish conquistador, is appointed governor of Peru.
    • September 1 » The Spanish fort of Sancti Spiritu, the first one built in modern Argentina, is destroyed by natives.
    • September 27 » The Siege of Vienna begins when Suleiman I attacks the city.
    • October 15 » The Siege of Vienna ends when Austria routs the invading Ottoman forces, ending its European expansion.

Day of death March 19, 1590

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1590: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 8 » Luis de Carvajal y de la Cueva is tortured by the Inquisition in Mexico, charged with concealing the practice Judaism of his sister and her children.
    • March 14 » Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the Huguenots defeat the forces of the Catholic League under Charles, Duke of Mayenne, during the French Wars of Religion.
    • August 30 » Tokugawa Ieyasu enters Edo Castle. (Traditional Japanese date: August 1, 1590)
    • September 5 » Alexander Farnese's army forces Henry IV of France to lift the siege of Paris.
    • September 27 » Pope Urban VII dies 13 days after being chosen as the Pope, making his reign the shortest papacy in history.
    • October 16 » Prince Gesualdo of Venosa murders his wife and her lover.


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