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  1. Alexander CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn Birth: 1 Death: 23 Dec 1574

Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 03 Canonteigh-Cutts. London: St Catherine Press, 1913. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 3 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo03coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP III [Ap][p0-9].*].
  2. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 05 E-Goojerat. London: St Catherine Press, 1926. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP V [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. Ravilious, John, Margaret Hepburn, wife of Alexander, 1st Earl of Glencairn. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 11/14/2008. Subject: Margaret Hepburn, wife of Alexander, 1st Earl of Glencairn. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/KEJyYilAIXw/m/-Us5fzWU5doJ. Author address: Therav3 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 11/14/2008-094531].
  4. Paul, Sir James Balfour, Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that Kingdom. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904. NYPL ARO (Scots Peerage) (too fragile to copy). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/216265. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: SP II p[0-9]*].
  5. Paul, Sir James Balfour, Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that Kingdom. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904. NYPL ARO (Scots Peerage) (too fragile to copy). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/216265. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: SP IV p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1493 [Ref: CP V p670],
parents:
[Ref: CP V p670, John Ravilious SGM 11/14/2008-094531, SP IV p236]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP V p671, SP IV p238 (with corr in IX p97)]
Mar 1548 [Ref: CP III p540 (with corr in XIV p220)]
Sources with Information about marriage to Katherine BORTHWICK
date:
before 10 Jul 1509 [Ref: CP V p671, SP IV p238],
names:
[Ref: John Ravilious SGM 11/14/2008-094531, SP II p107],
child:
[Ref: CP V p671]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth CAMPBELL
date:
after Jan 1535/6 [Ref: CP V p671, SP IV p238]
third marriage of Elizabeth, second marriage of William [Ref: CP III p540]
Research Notes:
4th Earl of Glencairn, of Earldom cr 1488 [Ref: CP V p670]
Earl of Glancairn [Ref: SP II p107]
4th Lord Kilmaurs, of Barony cr 1463 [Ref: CP V p670]

heir of his father [Ref: CP V p670]



Pedigree of William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
                                                                /-----Robert CUNNINGHAM
                                                       /-----Hugh De CUNNINGHAM
                                              /-----Sir William CUNNINGHAM
                                     /-----Sir William CUNNINGHAM
                                    |        |                  /-----Sir John GIFFARD
                                    |        |         /-----Sir Hugh GIFFORD
                                    |        |        |         \-----Euphemia De MORHAM
                                    |         \-----Margaret GIFFORD
                                    |                 |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
                                    |                  \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
                                    |                           \-----Joan
                            /-----Sir Robert CUNNINGHAM
                           |        |                           /-----Hugh DANIELSTON
                           |        |                  /-----Sir John DANIELSTON
                           |        |                 |         \-----Margaret De MONTIFICHET
                           |        |         /-----Sir Robert DANIELSTON
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
                           |        |        |         \-----Mary STEWART
                           |         \-----Margaret DANIELSTOUN
                   /-----Alexander CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
                  |        |                                    /-----John MONTGOMERY
                  |        |                           /-----John MONTGOMERY
                  |        |                          |         \-----Janet ERSKINE
                  |        |                  /-----Alexander MONTGOMERY
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
                  |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
                  |        |                 |                  \-----(Unk) RANDOLPH
                  |        |         /-----Sir John MONTGOMERY
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh EGLINTON
                  |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth EGLINTON
                  |        |        |                  \-----Agnes MORE
                  |         \-----Anne MONTGOMERY
                  |                 |                           /-----Anges Mor Lord Of The Isles
                  |                 |                  /-----Angus Og Lord Of The Isles
                  |                 |                 |         \-----(Unk Dau) De CAMPBELL
                  |                 |         /-----John Lord Of The Isles
                  |                 |        |        |         /-----Guy Of Cathan Of Ulster
                  |                 |        |         \-----Agnes Of Cathan Of Ulster
                  |                  \-----Agnes Of The Isles
                  |                          |                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
                  |                          |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
                  |                          |        |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
                  |                           \-----Margaret STEWART
                  |                                   |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
                  |                                    \-----Elizabeth MURE
                  |                                             \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
          /-----Robert CUNNINGHAM, Lord Kilmaurs
         |        |                                    /-----Adam HEPBURN
         |        |                           /-----Sir Patrick HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
         |        |                          |         \-----Marion FOURBOUR
         |        |                  /-----Patrick HEPBURN
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Patrick DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Patrick DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Ermengarde De SOULIS
         |        |                 |         \-----Agnes
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----Thomas RANDOLPH, Earl Of Moray
         |        |                 |                  \-----Agnes RANDOLPH
         |        |                 |                           \-----Isabel STEWART
         |        |         /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
         |        |        |        |         /-----William De VAUX
         |        |        |         \-----(Unk) VAUX
         |         \-----Margaret HEPBURN
         |                 |                  /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
         |                 |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir Henry SINCLAIR
         |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Alice De FENTON
         |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
         |                  \-----Janet BORTHWICK
         |                           \-----(Unk)
 /-----Cuthbert CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
|        |                                                      /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
|        |                                             /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
|        |                                            |         \-----Margaret De LINDSAY
|        |                                    /-----Sir David LINDSAY
|        |                                   |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
|        |                                   |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
|        |                           /-----Sir William LINDSAY
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Sir Hugh ABERNETHY
|        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Alexander ABERNETHY
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Mary Of Argyll
|        |                          |         \-----Mary ABERNETHY
|        |                          |                 |         /-----Alexander De MENTEITH, Earl Of Menteith
|        |                          |                  \-----Margaret De MENTEITH
|        |                          |                           \-----Matilda
|        |                  /-----Sir William LINDSAY
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir William MURE
|        |                 |         \-----Christiana MURE
|        |         /-----Sir John LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Sir William De KEITH
|        |        |        |                           /-----Sir Edward De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|        |        |        |                          |         \-----Barbara De SETON
|        |        |        |                  /-----Sir William De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Alexander De SYNTON
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Isabel De SYNTON
|        |        |        |                 |                  \-----Maria
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|        |        |         \-----Christiana KEITH
|        |        |                 |                           /-----Sir Andrew FRASER
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Alexander FRASER, Lord Great Chamberlain Of Scotla
|        |        |                 |                 |         \-----(Unk) Le CHEN
|        |        |                 |         /-----John FRASER
|        |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Reginald Le CHEYNE
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) Le CHEYNE
|        |        |                 |        |                  \-----Mary De MORAVIA
|        |        |                  \-----Margaret FRASER
|         \-----Christian LINDSAY
|                 |                                             /-----Sir John STEWART
|                 |                                    /-----Sir James STEWART
|                 |                                   |         \-----Margaret De Bonkyl
|                 |                           /-----Sir Robert STEWART
|                 |                  /-----Sir John STEWART
|                 |         /-----Robert STEWART, Lord Lorn
|                 |        |        |                           /-----Alan Mac JOHN
|                 |        |        |                  /-----John Of Argyll, Lord Of Lorn
|                 |        |        |         /-----John De ERGADIA, Lord Of Lorn
|                 |        |         \-----Isabel Of Argyll
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Thomas ISAAC
|                 |        |                  \-----Joanna ISAAC
|                 |        |                          |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
|                 |        |                           \-----Mathilda De BRUS
|                 |        |                                    \-----Elizabeth De BURG
|                  \-----(Unk Dau) STEWART
|                          |                                    /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|                          |                           /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
|                          |                          |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
|                          |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|                          |                 |        |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
|                          |                 |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
|                          |                 |                  \-----Isabel Of Mar
|                          |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
|                          |        |        |                  /-----William MURE
|                          |        |        |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
|                          |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk) LINDSAY
|                          |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|                          |        |                 |         /-----James CUNNINGHAM
|                          |        |                  \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
|                          |        |                           \-----Elen De KALENTIR
|                           \-----Joan STEWART
|                                   |                           /-----David GRAHAM
|                                   |                  /-----Sir Patrick GRAHAM
|                                   |                 |         \-----Agnes NOBLE
|                                   |         /-----Sir John GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
|                                   |        |        |         /-----Robert Earl Of Strathern
|                                   |        |         \-----Annabelle Of Strathearn
|                                   |        |                  \-----(Unk dau) De MORAVIA
|                                    \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
|                                            |                  /-----Alexander De MENTEITH, Earl Of Menteith
|                                            |         /-----Alan De MENTEITH, Earl Of Menteith
|                                            |        |         \-----Matilda
|                                             \-----Mary Countess Of Menteith
|                                                     |         /-----Colban MACDUFF, Earl Of Fife
|                                                      \-----Marjory
|                                                               \-----Anna DURWARD
William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
|                                                               /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|                                                      /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Regent Of Scotland
|                                                     |         \-----Eleanor LOVAINE
|                                             /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|                                            |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
|                                            |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
|                                            |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
|                                    /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|                                   |        |                  /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Angus
|                                   |        |         /-----Thomas STEWART, Earl Of Angus
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Margaret ABERNETHY
|                                   |         \-----Margaret STEWART, Countess Of Angus And Mar
|                                   |                 |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
|                                   |                  \-----Margaret SINCLAIR
|                           /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|                          |        |                           /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
|                          |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
|                          |        |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
|                          |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
|                          |         \-----Mary STEWART
|                          |                 |                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
|                          |                 |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
|                          |                  \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
|                          |                          |         /-----Sir William De MONTIFICHET
|                          |                           \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
|                  /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|                 |        |                                    /-----Sir Thomas De HAYA
|                 |        |                           /-----Sir William De HAYA
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Lora CUNINGESBURGH
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas HAY
|                 |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) DOUGLAS
|                 |        |         /-----Sir William HAY
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir John GIFFARD
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh GIFFORD
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Euphemia De MORHAM
|                 |        |        |         \-----Janet GIFFORD
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
|                 |        |        |                           \-----Joan
|                 |         \-----Margaret HAY
|                 |                  \-----Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM
|         /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|        |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas SIBBALD
|        |        |         /-----Sir John SIBBALD
|        |         \-----Isabel SIBBALD
|        |                  \-----Joan LIVINGSTON
 \-----Mariot DOUGLAS
         |                                                      /-----Sir Robert BOYD
         |                                             /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
         |                                    /-----Robert BOYD
         |                                   |        |         /-----Sir Patrick FLEMING
         |                                   |         \-----(Unk) FLEMING
         |                                   |                  \-----Joanna FRASER
         |                           /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
         |                          |        |                  /-----Sir John GIFFARD
         |                          |        |         /-----Sir Hugh GIFFORD
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Euphemia De MORHAM
         |                          |         \-----Margaret GIFFORD
         |                          |                 |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
         |                          |                  \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
         |                          |                           \-----Joan
         |                  /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
         |                 |        |                           /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
         |                 |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
         |                 |        |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
         |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
         |                 |        |        |                  \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
         |                 |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
         |                 |                 |                  /-----Sir Patrick GRAHAM
         |                 |                 |         /-----Sir John GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
         |                 |                 |        |         \-----Annabelle Of Strathearn
         |                 |                  \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
         |                 |                          |         /-----Alan De MENTEITH, Earl Of Menteith
         |                 |                           \-----Mary Countess Of Menteith
         |                 |                                    \-----Marjory
         |         /-----Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
         |        |        |                                    /-----John MONTGOMERY
         |        |        |                           /-----John MONTGOMERY
         |        |        |                          |         \-----Janet ERSKINE
         |        |        |                  /-----Alexander MONTGOMERY
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
         |        |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
         |        |        |                 |                  \-----(Unk) RANDOLPH
         |        |        |         /-----Sir John MONTGOMERY
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh EGLINTON
         |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth EGLINTON
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Agnes MORE
         |        |         \-----Joanna MONTGOMERIE
         |        |                 |                           /-----Anges Mor Lord Of The Isles
         |        |                 |                  /-----Angus Og Lord Of The Isles
         |        |                 |                 |         \-----(Unk Dau) De CAMPBELL
         |        |                 |         /-----John Lord Of The Isles
         |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Guy Of Cathan Of Ulster
         |        |                 |        |         \-----Agnes Of Cathan Of Ulster
         |        |                  \-----Agnes Of The Isles
         |        |                          |                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
         |        |                          |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
         |        |                          |        |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
         |        |                           \-----Margaret STEWART
         |        |                                   |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
         |        |                                    \-----Elizabeth MURE
         |        |                                             \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
          \-----Elizabeth BOYD
                  |                                             /-----Sir Robert De MAXWELL
                  |                                    /-----Sir Robert De MAXWELL
                  |                           /-----Sir John MAXWELL
                  |                  /-----Sir Robert MAXWELL
                  |                 |        |                  /-----Sir David LINDSAY
                  |                 |        |         /-----Sir James LINDSAY
                  |                 |        |        |         \-----Mary ABERNETHY
                  |                 |         \-----Isabel LINDSAY
                  |                 |                 |         /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
                  |                 |                  \-----Egidia STEWART
                  |                 |                           \-----Isabel GRAHAM
                  |         /-----Sir John MAXWELL
                  |        |        |                           /-----Hugh DANIELSTON
                  |        |        |                  /-----Sir John DANIELSTON
                  |        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret De MONTIFICHET
                  |        |        |         /-----Sir Robert DANIELSTON
                  |        |        |        |        |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
                  |        |        |        |         \-----Mary STEWART
                  |        |         \-----Elizabeth DANIELSTON
                   \-----Mariot MAXWELL
                           |                           /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
                           |                  /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
                           |                 |        |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
                           |                 |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
                           |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
                           |        |         \-----(Unk)
                            \-----Margaret BORTHWICK
                                    |                           /-----Sir Thomas De HAYA
                                    |                  /-----Sir William De HAYA
                                    |                 |         \-----Lora CUNINGESBURGH
                                    |         /-----Sir Thomas HAY
                                    |        |         \-----(Unk) DOUGLAS
                                     \-----(Unk) HAY
                                             |                  /-----Sir John GIFFARD
                                             |         /-----Sir Hugh GIFFORD
                                             |        |         \-----Euphemia De MORHAM
                                              \-----Janet GIFFORD
                                                      |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
                                                       \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
                                                                \-----Joan



Descendants of William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
1. William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn m1. Katherine BORTHWICK m2. Elizabeth CAMPBELL
m. Katherine BORTHWICK father: Sir William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick
m. Elizabeth CAMPBELL father: John CAMPBELL

2nd generation

2. Alexander CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn m1. Jean HAMILTON m2. Janet CUNNINGHAM
m. Jean HAMILTON father: James HAMILTON, Earl Of Arran mother: Janet BEATON
m. Janet CUNNINGHAM father: Sir John CUNNINGHAM

3rd generation

3. William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn m. Janet GORDON
m. Janet GORDON father: Sir John GORDON mother: Margaret CRICHTON

4th generation

6. Margaret CUNNINGHAM m. Sir Lachlan MacLEAN
m. Sir Lachlan MacLEAN father: Hector Og MacLEAN mother: Janet CAMPBELL
7. Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM m1. James CRAWFORD m2. Alexander CUNYNGHAM
m. James CRAWFORD
m. Alexander CUNYNGHAM
9. James CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn m1. Mariot CAMPBELL m2. Agnes HAY
m. Mariot CAMPBELL father: Colin CAMPBELL mother: Katherine RUTHVEN
m. Agnes HAY father: Sir James HAY

5th generation

10. Lachlan MacLEAN m1. Marian MacDONALD m2. Marian CAMPBELL
m. Marian MacDONALD
m. Marian CAMPBELL
11. Beathag MacLEAN m. Hector MacLAINE
m. Hector MacLAINE
12. Hector Og MacLEAN m1. Jeannette MACKENZIE m2. Isabella ACHESON
m. Jeannette MACKENZIE father: Colin MACKENZIE
m. Isabella ACHESON father: Sir Archibald ACHESON
13. Jane CRAWFORD m. Patrick CRAWFORD
m. Patrick CRAWFORD
14. William CUNYNGHAM m. Elizabeth STEWART
m. Elizabeth STEWART
15. William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn m. Janet KERR
m. Janet KERR father: Mark KERR, Earl of Lothian mother: Margaret MAXWELL
16. Anne CUNNINGHAM m. James HAMILTON, Marquess of Hamilton
m. James HAMILTON, Marquess of Hamilton father: John HAMILTON, Marquess of Hamilton mother: Margaret LYON