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James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault and 2nd Earl of Arran

James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault and 2nd Earl of Arran

Male Abt 1516 - 1575  (59 years)  Submit Photo / DocumentSubmit Photo / Document    Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name James Hamilton 
    Suffix Duke of Châtellerault and 2nd Earl of Arran 
    Birth Abt 1516  Isle of Arran, North Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 22 Jan 1575  Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Initiatory (LDS) 17 Jan 1940 
    FamilySearch ID LY28-WB7 
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    Person ID I93155  mytree
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2024 

    Father James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran,   b. Abt 1475, Finnart, Renfrewshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 1529, Kinneil House, Bo'ness, West Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Mother Janet Bethune,   b. 1469, Creich, Fifeshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1522, Kinneil House, Bo'ness, West Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years) 
    Marriage 23 Nov 1516  Isle of Arran, North Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F30458  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret Douglas,   b. 1510, Morton, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 May 1579, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 23 Sep 1532  Arran, Bute, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran,   b. Abt 1533, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1609 (Age 76 years)
     2. Anne Hamilton, Countess of Huntly,   b. Abt 1535, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 17 Apr 1574 (Age > 39 years)
    +3. John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Hamilton,   b. Abt 1535, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Apr 1604 (Age 69 years)
     4. Margaret Hamilton,   b. Abt 1539, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 May 1596, Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
     5. Gawain Hamilton,   b. 22 Oct 1542, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Aug 1547 (Age 4 years)
     6. Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley,   c. 9 Jun 1546, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 May 1621, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 74 years)
     7. Jean Hamilton,   b. Abt 1548, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Dec 1596, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)
    +8. David Hamilton,   b. 1586, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1641, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
    +9. Barbara Hamilton,   b. 1537, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Dec 1558, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 21 years)
    Family ID F5236  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 May 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1516 - Isle of Arran, North Ayrshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 23 Sep 1532 - Arran, Bute, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 22 Jan 1575 - Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • The children of the immediate royal family proved to be short-live d , s o o n the death of James V of Scotland in 1542 the Earl of Arran st oo d ne xt i n line to the Scottish throne after the king's six-day-old n ewb orn b aby d aughter Mary, Queen of Scots, for whom he was appointed r egen t. I n 1543, supporters of Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox, chal lenge d Ar ran's c laim and legitimacy by suggesting that his father's di vorc e and s econd ma rriage were invalid