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Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn Death: Before 24 Feb 1579/8
  2. Margaret CUNNINGHAM Death: Jun 1573

Marriage: Children:
  1. Janet CUNNINGHAM Death: Before 6 Jan 1584/5

Bibliography
  1. Burke, Sir John Bernard, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage Baronetage and Knightage. 99th edition. London: Burke's Peerage, 1949. Available at http://archive.org/details/burkesgenealogic1949unse. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Burke Peerage [cx0-9]*].
  2. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 01 A-Basing. London: St Catherine Press, 1910. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 1 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo01coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP I [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. 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].*].
  4. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 10, Oakham-Richmond. London: St Catherine Press, 1945. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP X [Ap][p0-9].*].
  5. Fraser, William, The chiefs of Colquhoun and their country, Edinburgh, Scotland: T and A Constable, 1869. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/131731. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Fraser COLQUHOUN p[0-9]*].
  6. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1[pc][0-9]*].
  7. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p[0-9]*].
  8. Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States: who were themselves notable or left descendants notable in American history, with a 2008 Addendum, Coda, and Final Additions. Baltimore, MD: Gen Pub Co, 2008. NYPL APK 08-4216. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Roberts RD600 p[0-9]*].
  9. 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:
first son [Ref: SP IV p238],
parents:
[Ref: CP V p671],
father:
[Ref: SP IV p238]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP V p671]
between 2 Dec 1574 and 8 Mar 1574/5 [Ref: SP IV p240]
Sources with Information about marriage to Jean HAMILTON
date:
abt 1526 [Ref: SP IV p241]
abt 26 Nov 1526 [Ref: CP V p671]
abt Nov 1526 [Ref: SP IV p364],
divorced:
before 11 Jul 1545 [Ref: CP V p671, SP IV p241],
names:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p324],
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1145, CP V p671, CP X p5, Roberts RD600 p100, Roberts RD600 p95, Roberts RD600 p96, Roberts RD600 p98, SP IV p241]
Sources with Information about marriage to Janet CUNNINGHAM
date:
second marriage of Alexander [Ref: CP I p201, SP IV p241]
settlement 22 Jan 1549/50 [Ref: CP V p671],
child:
[Ref: CP I p201, SP IV p242]
Research Notes:
5th Earl of Glencairn, of Earldom cr 1488 [Ref: CP V p671]
5th Earl of Glencairn [Ref: Roberts RD600 p95]
4th Earl of Glencairn [Ref: SP IV p239]
Master of Glencairn [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p324]

succeeded to his father after Mar 1547/8, or at least two years before 13 Dec 1549 [Ref: SP IV p239]



Pedigree of Alexander CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
                                                                /-----Hugh De CUNNINGHAM
                                                       /-----Sir William CUNNINGHAM
                                              /-----Sir William CUNNINGHAM
                                             |        |         /-----Sir Hugh GIFFORD
                                             |         \-----Margaret GIFFORD
                                             |                  \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
                                     /-----Sir Robert CUNNINGHAM
                                    |        |                  /-----Sir John DANIELSTON
                                    |        |         /-----Sir Robert DANIELSTON
                                    |        |        |         \-----Mary STEWART
                                    |         \-----Margaret DANIELSTOUN
                            /-----Alexander CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
                           |        |                           /-----John MONTGOMERY
                           |        |                  /-----Alexander MONTGOMERY
                           |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
                           |        |         /-----Sir John MONTGOMERY
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh EGLINTON
                           |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth EGLINTON
                           |        |        |                  \-----Agnes MORE
                           |         \-----Anne MONTGOMERY
                           |                 |                  /-----Angus Og Lord Of The Isles
                           |                 |         /-----John Lord Of The Isles
                           |                 |        |         \-----Agnes Of Cathan Of Ulster
                           |                  \-----Agnes Of The Isles
                           |                          |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
                           |                           \-----Margaret STEWART
                           |                                    \-----Elizabeth MURE
                   /-----Robert CUNNINGHAM, Lord Kilmaurs
                  |        |                                    /-----Adam HEPBURN
                  |        |                           /-----Sir Patrick HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
                  |        |                          |         \-----Marion FOURBOUR
                  |        |                  /-----Patrick HEPBURN
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Patrick DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
                  |        |                 |         \-----Agnes
                  |        |                 |                  \-----Agnes RANDOLPH
                  |        |         /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
                  |        |        |        |         /-----William De VAUX
                  |        |        |         \-----(Unk) VAUX
                  |         \-----Margaret HEPBURN
                  |                 |                  /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
                  |                 |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
                  |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
                  |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
                  |                  \-----Janet BORTHWICK
                  |                           \-----(Unk)
          /-----Cuthbert CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
         |        |                                             /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
         |        |                                    /-----Sir David LINDSAY
         |        |                                   |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
         |        |                           /-----Sir William LINDSAY
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Alexander ABERNETHY
         |        |                          |         \-----Mary ABERNETHY
         |        |                          |                  \-----Margaret De MENTEITH
         |        |                  /-----Sir William LINDSAY
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir William MURE
         |        |                 |         \-----Christiana MURE
         |        |         /-----Sir John LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Sir Edward De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir William De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Isabel De SYNTON
         |        |        |        |         /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
         |        |        |         \-----Christiana KEITH
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Alexander FRASER, Lord Great Chamberlain Of Scotla
         |        |        |                 |         /-----John FRASER
         |        |        |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) Le CHEYNE
         |        |        |                  \-----Margaret FRASER
         |         \-----Christian LINDSAY
         |                 |                                    /-----Sir James STEWART
         |                 |                           /-----Sir Robert STEWART
         |                 |                  /-----Sir John STEWART
         |                 |         /-----Robert STEWART, Lord Lorn
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----John Of Argyll, Lord Of Lorn
         |                 |        |        |         /-----John De ERGADIA, Lord Of Lorn
         |                 |        |         \-----Isabel Of Argyll
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----Thomas ISAAC
         |                 |        |                  \-----Joanna ISAAC
         |                 |        |                           \-----Mathilda De BRUS
         |                  \-----(Unk Dau) STEWART
         |                          |                           /-----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
         |                           \-----Joan 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
 /-----William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
|        |                                                      /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Regent Of Scotland
|        |                                             /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|        |                                            |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
|        |                                    /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|        |                                   |        |         /-----Thomas STEWART, Earl Of Angus
|        |                                   |         \-----Margaret STEWART, Countess Of Angus And Mar
|        |                                   |                  \-----Margaret SINCLAIR
|        |                           /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|        |                          |        |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|        |                          |         \-----Mary STEWART
|        |                          |                 |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
|        |                          |                  \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
|        |                          |                           \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
|        |                  /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Sir William De HAYA
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas HAY
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) DOUGLAS
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir William HAY
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh GIFFORD
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Janet GIFFORD
|        |                 |        |        |                  \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
|        |                 |         \-----Margaret HAY
|        |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM
|        |         /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas SIBBALD
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir John SIBBALD
|        |        |         \-----Isabel SIBBALD
|        |        |                  \-----Joan LIVINGSTON
|         \-----Mariot DOUGLAS
|                 |                                             /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
|                 |                                    /-----Robert BOYD
|                 |                                   |         \-----(Unk) FLEMING
|                 |                           /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Sir Hugh GIFFORD
|                 |                          |         \-----Margaret GIFFORD
|                 |                          |                  \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
|                 |                  /-----Sir Thomas BOYD
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|                 |                 |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----Sir John GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
|                 |                 |                  \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
|                 |                 |                           \-----Mary Countess Of Menteith
|                 |         /-----Robert BOYD, Lord Boyd
|                 |        |        |                           /-----John MONTGOMERY
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Alexander MONTGOMERY
|                 |        |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
|                 |        |        |         /-----Sir John MONTGOMERY
|                 |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh EGLINTON
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth EGLINTON
|                 |        |        |        |                  \-----Agnes MORE
|                 |        |         \-----Joanna MONTGOMERIE
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----Angus Og Lord Of The Isles
|                 |        |                 |         /-----John Lord Of The Isles
|                 |        |                 |        |         \-----Agnes Of Cathan Of Ulster
|                 |        |                  \-----Agnes Of The Isles
|                 |        |                          |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|                 |        |                           \-----Margaret STEWART
|                 |        |                                    \-----Elizabeth MURE
|                  \-----Elizabeth BOYD
|                          |                                    /-----Sir Robert De MAXWELL
|                          |                           /-----Sir John MAXWELL
|                          |                  /-----Sir Robert MAXWELL
|                          |                 |        |         /-----Sir James LINDSAY
|                          |                 |         \-----Isabel LINDSAY
|                          |                 |                  \-----Egidia STEWART
|                          |         /-----Sir John MAXWELL
|                          |        |        |                  /-----Sir John DANIELSTON
|                          |        |        |         /-----Sir Robert DANIELSTON
|                          |        |        |        |         \-----Mary STEWART
|                          |        |         \-----Elizabeth DANIELSTON
|                           \-----Mariot MAXWELL
|                                   |                           /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
|                                   |                  /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|                                   |                 |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
|                                   |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|                                   |        |         \-----(Unk)
|                                    \-----Margaret BORTHWICK
|                                            |                  /-----Sir William De HAYA
|                                            |         /-----Sir Thomas HAY
|                                            |        |         \-----(Unk) DOUGLAS
|                                             \-----(Unk) HAY
|                                                     |         /-----Sir Hugh GIFFORD
|                                                      \-----Janet GIFFORD
|                                                               \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
Alexander CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
|                                                      /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
|                                             /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|                                            |        |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
|                                            |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
|                                    /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|                                   |         \-----(Unk)
|                           /-----William BORTHWICK, Lord 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
|                  /-----William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick
|         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick
|        |         \-----Mariot HOFFRINGLE
 \-----Katherine BORTHWICK



Descendants of Alexander CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn
1. 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

2nd generation

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

3rd generation

5. Margaret CUNNINGHAM m. Sir Lachlan MacLEAN
m. Sir Lachlan MacLEAN father: Hector Og MacLEAN mother: Janet CAMPBELL
6. Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM m1. James CRAWFORD m2. Alexander CUNYNGHAM
m. James CRAWFORD
m. Alexander CUNYNGHAM
8. 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

4th generation

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

5th generation

16. Mary MacLEAN m. John Garbh MacLEAN
m. John Garbh MacLEAN
17. Hector MacLEAN m. Janet MacLEAN
m. Janet MacLEAN
18. Lachlan MacLAINE m. Margaret MacLEAN
m. Margaret MacLEAN father: Hector MacLEAN mother: Janet MacLEAN
19. Sir John MacLEAN m. Anna GUBBERTZ
m. Anna GUBBERTZ
20. Elizabeth CRAWFORD m. Robert HUNTER
m. Robert HUNTER
21. William CUNINGHAME m. Elizabeth NAPIER
m. Elizabeth NAPIER father: John NAPIER mother: Ann CHISOLM
22. Jean CUNYNGHAM m. James ROBERTSON
m. James ROBERTSON
23. Janet CUNYNGHAM m. Patrick HOUSTOUN Of That Ilk
m. Patrick HOUSTOUN Of That Ilk father: Sir Peter HOUSTOUN Of That Ilk mother: Mariota LYLE
25. William CUNNINGHAM, Earl Of Glencairn m1. Anne OGILVY m2. Margaret MONTGOMERIE
m. Anne OGILVY father: James OGILVY, Earl of Findlater mother: Elizabeth LESLIE
m. Margaret MONTGOMERIE father: Alexander MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun mother: Anne LIVINGSTON
27. Margaret HAMILTON m. John LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford
m. John LINDSAY, Earl of Crawford father: Robert LINDSAY, Lord Lindsay Of The Byres mother: Christian HAMILTON
29. James HAMILTON, Duke of Hamilton m. Margaret FEILDING
m. Margaret FEILDING father: William FEILDING, Earl Of Denbigh mother: Mary VILLIERS