Individual Details

Margaret "Countess of Lothian" Maxwell Dame

(Abt 1563 - 8 Jan 1617)

Encyclopedia Britannica Pg.18

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Margaret Maxwell was the daughter of Sir John Maxwell and Agnes Herries, Baroness Herries of Terregles.1 She married Mark Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian, son of Mark Kerr and Helen Leslie. She died on 8 January 1617.

Her married name became Kerr.

Children of Margaret Maxwell and Mark Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian

1.Lady Margaret Kerr+ d. 15 Mar 1645

2.Robert Kerr, 2nd Earl of Lothian+ d. 6 Mar 1624

3.William Kerr

4.Sir Mark Kerr d. Nov 1652

5.Lady Janet Kerr+

6.Isabel Kerr+ d. 1628

7.Lilias Kerr+1 d. 10 Jul 1659

8.Lady Jean Kerr+2 d. b 1633

Citations

1.[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 223. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

2.[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 262.

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Events

MarriageAbt 1553Mark "1st Earl of Lothian" Kerr 1st Earl of Lothian
BirthAbt 1563
Death8 Jan 1617Prestongrange
Burial

Families