6th Earl of Glencairn William Cunningham

Male 1535 - 1580  (45 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  6th Earl of Glencairn William Cunningham was born in 1535 in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland (son of 5th Earl of Glencairn Alexander Cunningham and Jean Hamilton); died on 24 Feb 1580 in Lochinvar, Sutherland, Scotland.

    William married Janet Gordon on 24 Aug 1549. Janet (daughter of John Gordon and Margaret Crichton) was born in 1530 in Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland; died on 18 Nov 1596 in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7th Earl of Glencairn James Cunningham was born in 1550 in Glenorchy and Inishall, Argyll, Scotland; died in Mar 1630.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  5th Earl of Glencairn Alexander Cunningham was born in 1515 in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland (son of 4th Earl of Glencairn William Cunningham and Catherine Borthwick); died on 23 Nov 1574 in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.

    Alexander married Jean Hamilton on 26 Nov 1526 in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, and was divorced in 1545 in Scotland. Jean (daughter of 1st Earl of Arran James Hamilton and Janet Bethune) was born in 1512 in Holmston, Ayrshire, Scotland; died in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Jean Hamilton was born in 1512 in Holmston, Ayrshire, Scotland (daughter of 1st Earl of Arran James Hamilton and Janet Bethune); died in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.
    Children:
    1. Margaret Cunningham was born in 1533 in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland; died on 20 Jul 1573 in West Lothian, Scotland.
    2. 1. 6th Earl of Glencairn William Cunningham was born in 1535 in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland; died on 24 Feb 1580 in Lochinvar, Sutherland, Scotland.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  4th Earl of Glencairn William Cunningham was born on 24 Mar 1493 in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland (son of 3rd Earl of Glencairn Cuthbert Cunningham and Marjory Douglas); died in Mar 1548 in Renfrewshire, Scotland.

    William married Catherine Borthwick before 10 Feb 1509 in Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland. Catherine (daughter of 2nd Lord Borthwick William Borthwick) was born in 1493 in Borthwick, Midlothian, Scotland; died in 1528 in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Catherine Borthwick was born in 1493 in Borthwick, Midlothian, Scotland (daughter of 2nd Lord Borthwick William Borthwick); died in 1528 in Scotland.
    Children:
    1. Robert Cunningham
    2. 2. 5th Earl of Glencairn Alexander Cunningham was born in 1515 in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland; died on 23 Nov 1574 in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.
    3. Elizabeth Cunningham was born in 1515 in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.
    4. Hugh Cunningham was born in 1517 in Ayrshire, Scotland.
    5. 1st of Corsehill Andrew Cunningham was born in 1522 in Ayrshire, Scotland; died in 1544 in Ayrshire, Scotland.
    6. William Cunningham was born in 1539 in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland; died on 18 Oct 1580 in Argyll, Scotland.

  3. 6.  1st Earl of Arran James Hamilton was born in 1477 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland (son of 1st Lord Hamilton James Hamilton and Mary Stewart); died in 1529 in West Lothian, Scotland.

    James married Janet Bethune. Janet was born about 1486 in Creich, Sutherland, Scotland; died about 1522. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Janet Bethune was born about 1486 in Creich, Sutherland, Scotland; died about 1522.
    Children:
    1. 3. Jean Hamilton was born in 1512 in Holmston, Ayrshire, Scotland; died in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.
    2. 2nd Earl of Arran James Hamilton was born in 1515 in Arran Island, Firth Clyde, Bute, Scotland; died on 22 Jan 1575 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
    3. Helen Hamilton was born in 1517 in Isle Arran, Buteshire, Scotland; died about 1590 in Scotland.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  3rd Earl of Glencairn Cuthbert Cunningham was born in 1467 in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland (son of 2nd Earl of Glencairn Robert Cunningham and Christian Lindsay); died in 1541 in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.

    Cuthbert married Marjory Douglas on 24 Jun 1492 in Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland. Marjory (daughter of 5th Earl of Angus Archibald Douglas and Elizabeth Boyd) was born in 1469 in Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland; died on 6 Mar 1542 in Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Marjory Douglas was born in 1469 in Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland (daughter of 5th Earl of Angus Archibald Douglas and Elizabeth Boyd); died on 6 Mar 1542 in Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland.
    Children:
    1. 4. 4th Earl of Glencairn William Cunningham was born on 24 Mar 1493 in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland; died in Mar 1548 in Renfrewshire, Scotland.
    2. Alexander Cunningham was born in 1498 in Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland; died on 30 May 1579 in Ireland.

  3. 10.  2nd Lord Borthwick William Borthwick (son of 1st Lord Borthwick William Borthwick); died about 1484.
    Children:
    1. Agnes Borthwick
    2. 3rd Lord Borthwick William Borthwick was born in 1459 in Borthwick, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 9 Sep 1513 in Northumberland, England.
    3. 5. Catherine Borthwick was born in 1493 in Borthwick, Midlothian, Scotland; died in 1528 in Scotland.

  4. 12.  1st Lord Hamilton James Hamilton was born in 1423 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland; was christened in Cadzow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (son of Lord Hamilton James Hamilton and Janet Livingston); died on 6 Nov 1479 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland; was buried on 12 Nov 1479 in Scotland.

    James married Mary Stewart in Apr 1474 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Mary (daughter of King of Scotland James III King of Scotland Stewart and Margarethe of Denmark) was born on 16 May 1452 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland; died in May 1488 in Clydesdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 13.  Mary Stewart was born on 16 May 1452 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland (daughter of King of Scotland James III King of Scotland Stewart and Margarethe of Denmark); died in May 1488 in Clydesdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Hamilton was born in 1473 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died in Apr 1531 in Renfrewshire, Scotland.
    2. 6. 1st Earl of Arran James Hamilton was born in 1477 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died in 1529 in West Lothian, Scotland.