Mary (Fleming) Douglas (1566 - 1635)

Born 1566 in Boghall Castle, Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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Died 1635 at about age 69 in Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

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Biography

Mary Fleming was the daughter of John Fleming, 5th Lord Fleming, and his wife Elizabeth Ross, only child of Robert Ross (killed at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, Master of Ross, eldest son of Ninian Ross, third Lord Ross (of Halkhead).^[1] Her date of birth is not provided in source material but she is noted as the fourth daughter. Her parents married in May 1562 and her father died in 1572. She was likely born c. 1566.

She married, contract dated 9 December 1581, to James Douglas, Laird of Drumlanrig, (recorded as 7th on wikipedia and 8th on the Douglas Archives) from whom she had a charter of the lands of Chanlofute and others in Dumfriesshire on 10 December 1581. Her dowry was 6000 merks.^[1] He fought against her father during the Civil War between supporters of Queen Mary and those of James VI.

They have a number of children including:

1. William Douglas, 1st Earl of Queensberry+ d. 8 Mar 1640

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Paul, James Balfour. The Scots Peerage (David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1904-1914) Vol. 8, page 544

See also:

• http://www.thetintypeshop.com/family/Douglas/Surnames/DtoF/Douglas/kathrynpegelowgedcom_2012-03-09_2012-04-04_2012-08-18.pdf

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to Jonathon Dale Walter Myers for starting this profile.
• WikiTree profile Fleming-789 created by Mary Elizabeth Stewart.