1st Earl of Glencairn Alexander Cunningham

Aft 1425 - 1488  (< 61 years)

• Name	Alexander Cunningham  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Title	1st Earl of Glencairn
  Birth	Aft 1425	Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Military	11 Jun 1488	Sauchieburn, Stirlingshire, Scotland   [2, 5]
  Title	Lord Kilmaurs
  Death	11 Jun 1488	Sauchieburn, Stirlingshire, Scotland   [2, 3]
  	Cause: Battle of Sauchieburn
  Person ID	I2483	MontyHistNotes_II
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	Robert Cunningham,   b. 1400, Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 1448, Scotland (Age 48 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Agnes Anne Montgomerie,   b. 1398, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 1450, Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland (Age 52 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	16 Jun 1425	Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland   [4, 6, 7]
  Family ID	F1085	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Hepburn,   b. 1424, Prestonkirk, East Lothian, Scotland d. Aft 1500, Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland (Age > 77 years)
  Marriage	Jun 1488	Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland   [2, 8]
  Children	+ 1. 1st of Craigends William Cunningham,   b. 1437, Craigends, Renfrewshire, Scotland d. 19 Jun 1520, Scotland (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. 2nd Earl of Glencairn Robert Cunningham,   b. 1451, Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 1490, Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland (Age 39 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1086	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2025

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Aft 1425 - Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland Marriage - Jun 1488 - Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland Military - 11 Jun 1488 - Sauchieburn, Stirlingshire, Scotland Death - Cause: Battle of Sauchieburn - 11 Jun 1488 - Sauchieburn, Stirlingshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Documents

  Cunningham, Alexander (1425-1488) Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20,22

  
  

  Folios

  T H Montgomery - Pages 045-055 ; XIII - XVII Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery [XIII - XVII] Eaglesham

  
  

• Sources

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