Swartz/Rand Family Tree » Margaret DOUGLAS Fair Maid of Galloway (1430-1474)

Personal data Margaret DOUGLAS Fair Maid of Galloway 

Source 1
  • She was born in the year 1430 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland.Source 1

    Waarschuwing Attention: Age at marriage (June 24, 1444) below 16 years (14).

  • She was christened in the year 1430 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.Source 1
  • (FamilySearch ID) : L19X-S2Y.
  • She died in the year 1474 in Falahill, Eddleston, Peebles-shire, Scotland, she was 44 years old.Source 1

    Fout Attention: Deceased (??-??-1474) prior to birth (??-??-1480) of child (Isabella STEWART).

    Fout Attention: Deceased (??-??-1474) prior to birth (??-??-1486) of child (Elizabeth STEWART).

    Fout Attention: Deceased (??-??-1474) prior to birth (??-??-1482) of child (Margaret Jane STEWART).

  • A child of Archibald DOUGLAS and Euphemia GRAHAM
  • This information was last updated on September 28, 2019.

Household of Margaret DOUGLAS Fair Maid of Galloway

Waarschuwing Attention: Husband (William DOUGLAS) is also her cousin.

Waarschuwing Attention: Husband (James DOUGLAS) is also her cousin.

(1) She is married to John STEWART.

They got married March 1460 at Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, she was 30 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Isabella STEWART  1480-1557
  2. Joanna STEWART  1450-1510
  3. Janet STEWART  1461-1510 
  4. Isabel STEWART  ± 1461-????
  5. David STEWART  1455-1457
  6. Elizabeth STEWART  ± 1465-1529 
  8. Elizabeth STEWART  1486-1529 
  9. Katherine STEWART  1463-1510 


(2) She is married to William DOUGLAS.

They got married on June 24, 1444 at Linlithgowshire, Scotland, she was 14 years old.


(3) She is married to James DOUGLAS.

They got married between 1454 and 1459, she was 24 years old.


(4) She is married to Andrew KERR.

They got married.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Margaret DOUGLAS

Archibald DOUGLAS,
1370-1424
Margaret Stewart
1370-1456
Patrick GRAHAM
1382-1413
Euphemia Stewart Countess of CAITHNESS
1385-1434

Margaret DOUGLAS
1430-1474

(1) 1460

John STEWART
1440-1512

Isabella STEWART
1480-1557
Joanna STEWART
1450-1510
Janet STEWART
1461-1510
Isabel STEWART
± 1461-????
David STEWART
1455-1457
Elizabeth STEWART
± 1465-1529
Margaret Jane STEWART
1482-1530
Elizabeth STEWART
1486-1529
Katherine STEWART
1463-1510
(2) 1444

William DOUGLAS
1425-1451

(3) 1459

James DOUGLAS
± 1428-1491

(4) 

Andrew KERR
1425-1484


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Sources

  1. "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch , FamilySearch Family Tree (https://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, accessed 3 Jun 2019), entry for Margaret Douglas, person ID L19X-S2Y.

Historical events

Day of marriage June 24, 1444

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  • In the year 1444: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 2 » Skanderbeg organizes a group of Albanian nobles to form the League of Lezhë.
    • June 29 » Skanderbeg defeats an Ottoman invasion force at Torvioll.
    • August 26 » Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs: A vastly outnumbered force of Swiss Confederates is defeated by the Dauphin Louis (future Louis XI of France) and his army of 'Armagnacs' near Basel.
    • November 10 » Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Władysław III of Poland (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Władysław III of Varna) are defeated by the Turks under Sultan Murad II and Władysław is killed.

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