Margaret (Douglas) Douglas Dowager Countess of Arran
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Margaret (Douglas) Douglas Dowager Countess of Arran (aft. 1507 - aft. 1579)

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Wife of — married 23 Sep 1532 [location unknown]
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Died after at about age 72 in Scotlandmap
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Margaret (Douglas) Douglas Dowager Countess of Arran was a member of Scottish Nobility.
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Biography

Margaret (Douglas) Douglas Dowager Countess of Arran is a member of Clan Douglas.

Margaret Douglas was the eldest daughter of James Douglas 3rd Earl of Morton and Catherine Stewart, an illegitimate daughter of King James IV of Scotland.[1]

Margaret married James Hamilton 3rd Earl of Arran about 23 September 1532[2][3]

James Hamilton died in Hamilton, Lanarkshire on 22 January 1572/3, but Margaret survived him and was still alive in 1579.[2]

Margaret and James had 5 sons and 3 daughters:[4]

  1. James, nominal 3rd Earl of Arran (1537/8 - 1609)
  2. Gavin , (dsp bef 1547)
  3. John, 1st Marquess of Hamilton
  4. David, (b 1542 or 1543) dsp 1611
  5. Claud, 1st Lord Paisley
  6. Lady Barbara, m.1 Alexander Gordon, Lord Gordon; m.2 James Fleming, 4th Lord Fleming
  7. Lady Jean, wife of Hugh Montgomery, 3rd Earl of Eglinton
  8. Lady Anne, wife of George Gordon of Huntly

Research Note

Wikipedia names one more daughter, not supported by Richardson or Balfour Paul:

  1. Margaret m. Sir Alexander Pethein (Peden)

Sources

  1. The Scots Peerage; Balfour Paul; Vol 6; page 361
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Scots Peerage; Balfour Paul; Vol 4; page 368
  3. National Records of Scotland; Papers of the Earls of Morton; GD150/286; 12 Feb 1532; Discharge by Sir James Hammyltoun of Fynnart to James, earl of Mortoun. for money promised for the marriage between James, earl of Arran, and Margaret Douglas, daughter of said earl of Mortoun. At Edinburgh
  4. The Scots Peerage; Balfour Paul; Vol 4; pages 368-370

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Douglas-10386 and Douglas-522 appear to represent the same person because: Douglas-10386 and Douglas-522 appear to represent the same person
posted by [Living Family Tree]
Douglas-10246 and Douglas-522 appear to represent the same person because: Obviously the same profiles. Delays not necessary for any reason.
posted by Stevenson Browne
Douglas-10224 and Douglas-522 appear to represent the same person because: Obvioulsy the same profile. Delay not necessary.
posted by Stevenson Browne
Douglas-10224 and Douglas-522 are not ready to be merged because: possible duplicates
Douglas-522 and Douglas-10224 appear to represent the same person because: same person
posted by Chris Douglas B.S.
If someone will send me a Trust request or email addy, I will transfer Elizabeth over. I need to pare down a bit. And this isn't my line that I am aware of.
posted by Lynette Jester
Douglas-3462 and Douglas-621 appear to represent the same person because: I believe both are the same. I can find no evidence of Margaret Douglas with the same parents marrying Mitchell. I will removed him. as her husband and delete the sources I did find on her to make it easier for the merge.
posted by Lynette Jester
Margaret Douglas (3462) was one of my direct ancestors, through one of the children she had with her more prominent husband, the 2nd Earl of Arran, who died in 1574/5. I'm interested in the Mitchell marriage, which I've not found anywhere else (except the copy from here on Geni.com). Source of the Mitchell marriage looks weak: how can anyone in 2014 have "First-hand information" about a 16th-century event? Can we have a date for the Mitchell marriage?
posted by Robin Patterson
Douglas-2242 and Douglas-621 are not ready to be merged because: Douglas-2242 and Douglas-621 All basic information seems the same, they appear to be the same person but have different fathers.