Alexander (Montgomerie) Montgomery Second Lord Montgomery (abt. 1445 - abt. 1468)

Born about 1445 in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Katherine (Kennedy) Kennedy Lady Montgomery — married before 1450 in Scotland

Descendants

Died about 1468 at about age 23 in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland [uncertain]

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Biography

Alexander (Montgomerie) Montgomery Second Lord Montgomery is a member of Clan Montgomery.

Alexander Montgomerie, Master of Montgomerie was born circa 1445.^[1] He was the son of Alexander Montgomerie, Master of Montgomerie and Elizabeth Hepburn.^[2]

He was styled 2nd Lord Montgomerie, although apparently he never held the title.^[3]

He married Catherine Kennedy, daughter of Gilbert Kennedy of Dunure, 1st Lord Kennedy and Catherine Maxwell, before 1459.^[1] They had issue:

1. Hugh, 1st Earl of Eglinton b. c 1460, d. Jun 1545
2. John, of Bowhouse, dsp.
3. James
4. Eupheme or (Helen?),^[3] m. Sir James Bruce of Airth^[3]
5. Marjorie, m. William Master of Somerville on 13 June 1476.^[3][4]

Alexander died circa 1468.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Cokayne, George Edward, "The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom", London: St. Catherine Press, 1936, Ed. 2 Vol IX, FamilySearch, p. 135
2. ↑ Montgomery, Thomas Harrison, "A Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery: Including the Montgomery Pedigree", Philadephia: private, 1863, Archive.org, p. 54
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas,1906, Vol. III, Archive.org, p. 432
4. ↑ Burke, John Bernard, "A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire", London: Harrison,1883 (reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1978): p. 452.