Elizabeth Somerville (aft. 1447)

Born after Mar 1447 in Cowthally Castle, Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Died [date unknown] in Lochow, Argyllshire, Scotland

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Biography

Elizabeth was the daughter of John Somerville and Helen Hepburn.^[1]

Research Notes

• That she married Archibald Campbell^[1][2] was alleged by more than one source but she would have been too young for that marriage. Corrections to SP help clarify corrections ^[3] to earlier claims.^[4]

• PROBLEMS WITH THE DOB AND DOD OF THIS PROFILE. I concur, as peerage shows her to have had Colin Campbell between 1435-1440. Thus, she could not have been born in 1433. However, by changing the birth date back 20 years to 1413, this fits with both her child-bearing years and with the death date of 1447, which also bears a note that she was 33-34 years of age at the time of her death. I have marked it as uncertain, but this is a better estimate for the time being. Thank you for bringing this issue to my attention. RC

• Her parents married on 10 Jul 1446 placing the birth of the first legitimate child after Mar 1447. Although Scots Peerage has her second in the list of children and first of the daughters, one cannot assume this ordering is significant, in which case one can confidently say she was born after Mar 1447. Her father re-married in Mar 1455-56 placing the birth of Elizabeth before that date. One could describe her DOB as Sep 1451 +/- 4.5 years but it seems safer to simply make a factual statement based on a before or after date. Anderson-23510 16:18, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} 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, 1911, Vol. VIII, Archive.org, p. 12
2. ↑ The House of Argyll and the Collateral Branches of Clan Campbell from the Year 420 to the Present Time, Glasgow: John Tweed, 1871, Archive.org, p. 32
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, 1914, Vol. IX, Archive.org, p. 18
4. ↑ 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, 1904, Vol. I, Archive.org, p. 332