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John (1st Earl of Lauderdale) Maitland

John (1st Earl of Lauderdale) Maitland

Male 1573 - 1645  (72 years)

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  1. 1.  John (1st Earl of Lauderdale) Maitland was born in 1573 in Thirlestane Castle, Lauder Scotland (son of John (Lord Thirlestane) 1st Lord Maitland and Jean Fleming); died on 18 Jan 1645.

    John married Isabel (of Dumfremline) Seton before 18 Jun 1610. Isabel (daughter of Alexander (1st Earl of Dunfermline) Seton and Lilias Drummond) was born on 1 Aug 1594; died on 2 Nov 1638 in Lethington Castle, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Charles (3rd Earl of Lauderdale) Maitland and died.
    2. John (2nd Earl of Lauderdale) Maitland was born on 24 May 1616 in Lethington; died on 24 Aug 1682 in Dspm.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John (Lord Thirlestane) 1st Lord Maitland was born about 1545 in Thirlestane Castle, Lauder Scotland (son of Sir Richard (of Thirleston and Lethington) Maitland and Mariotta Cranstoun); died on 3 Oct 1597 in Thirlestane Castle, Lauder Scotland.

    Notes:

    See Burke's Peerage under "Lauderdale"
    &
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    John married Jean Fleming about 16 Jan 1583. Jean (daughter of James 4th Lord Fleming and Barbara (of Arran) Hamilton) died on 22 Jun 1609. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Jean Fleming (daughter of James 4th Lord Fleming and Barbara (of Arran) Hamilton); died on 22 Jun 1609.
    Children:
    1. 1. John (1st Earl of Lauderdale) Maitland was born in 1573 in Thirlestane Castle, Lauder Scotland; died on 18 Jan 1645.
    2. Anne Maitland and died.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Sir Richard (of Thirleston and Lethington) Maitland was born in 1496 in Thirlestane Castle, Lauder Scotland (son of William (of Thirleston and Lethington) Maitland and Martha Seton); died on 20 Mar 1586 in Thirlestane Castle, Lauder Scotland.

    Notes:

    He was a Senator of the College of Justice, an Ordinary Lord of Session from 1561 until 1584, and notable Scottish poet.
    He held the political office of Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland and was also the Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland, from 1563 to 1567, and was succeeded in this post by his son Sir John Maitland, 1st Lord Maitland of Thirlestane.

    They had three sons and four daughters, including
    William Maitland of Lethington, Secretary of State to Mary, Queen of Scots, and
    Sir John Maitland, 1st Lord Maitland of Thirlestane, Lord Chancellor of Scotland;
    Thomas Maitland;[1]
    Isabella Maitland, who married Sir James Heriot of Traboun

    Richard married Mariotta Cranstoun in 1524 in Lauder, Scotland. Mariotta (daughter of Sir Thomas (of Corsbie) Cranstoun) was born in 1500; died in Mar 1586. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Mariotta Cranstoun was born in 1500 (daughter of Sir Thomas (of Corsbie) Cranstoun); died in Mar 1586.
    Children:
    1. 2. John (Lord Thirlestane) 1st Lord Maitland was born about 1545 in Thirlestane Castle, Lauder Scotland; died on 3 Oct 1597 in Thirlestane Castle, Lauder Scotland.
    2. William (Sir) (of Lethington) Maitland was born about 1528 in Thirlestane Castle, Lauder Scotland; died on 9 Jun 1573 in English Prison At Leith.
    3. Thomas Maitland was born about 1550; and died.
    4. Helen Maitland and died.
    5. Margaret Maitland was born in 1529 in Thirlstane Castle, Lauder, Berwickshire, Scotland; died on 24 Dec 1621 in West Lothian, Scotland.
    6. Mary Maitland and died.
    7. Isabel Maitland and died.
    8. Elizabeth Maitland was born in 1654; died in 1718.

  3. 6.  James 4th Lord Fleming was born in 1534 (son of Malcolm 3rd Lord Fleming and Janet\Joan (Princess) Stewart); died on 18 Dec 1558 in Paris.

    Notes:

    Malcolm's eldest son James became the 4 th lord Fleming. His marriage to Barbara Hamilton brought the Flemings into the Hamilton party fold; Barbara was the eldest daughter of the Duke of Chatelherault, heir to the throne prior to the birth of Mary's son, James, in 1566. The 4th lord Fleming held the office of Lord Chamberlain and was one of four Scottish Commissioners to die from typhoid or poisoning in Paris in 1558 after the wedding of Mary, Queen of Scots to the French dauphin.

    James married Barbara (of Arran) Hamilton about 22 Dec 1553. Barbara (daughter of James (2nd Earl of Arran) Hamilton and Margaret (of Morton) Douglas) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Barbara (of Arran) Hamilton (daughter of James (2nd Earl of Arran) Hamilton and Margaret (of Morton) Douglas); and died.
    Children:
    1. 3. Jean Fleming died on 22 Jun 1609.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  William (of Thirleston and Lethington) Maitland was born in 1447 in Thirlestane Castle, Lauder Scotland (son of John (of Thirleston & Lethington) Maitland and Dundas); died on 9 Sep 1513 in Battle Of Flodden.

    William + Martha Seton. Martha (daughter of George 2nd Lord Seton and Margaret\Marion (of Argyll) Campbell) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Martha Seton (daughter of George 2nd Lord Seton and Margaret\Marion (of Argyll) Campbell); and died.
    Children:
    1. 4. Sir Richard (of Thirleston and Lethington) Maitland was born in 1496 in Thirlestane Castle, Lauder Scotland; died on 20 Mar 1586 in Thirlestane Castle, Lauder Scotland.
    2. Janet (of Lethington) Maitland died after 19 Aug 1559.

  3. 10.  Sir Thomas (of Corsbie) Cranstoun
    Children:
    1. 5. Mariotta Cranstoun was born in 1500; died in Mar 1586.

  4. 12.  Malcolm 3rd Lord Fleming was born about 1494 in Cumbernauld, Lanarkshire, Scotland (son of John 2nd Lord Fleming and Eupheme Drummond); died on 10 Sep 1547 in Battle Of Pinkie.

    Notes:

    During an eventful life, he was captured at Solway Moss in 1542 and marched to the Tower of London. Subsequently released with his son held hostage, Malcolm at first appeared to support Henry VIII's proposal to marry the English king's son to the infant queen Mary but then changed his position. Prior to his death on the battlefield at Pinkie in 1547, he started work building a collegiate church in Biggar, the last of its kind in Scotland.

    THE COMPLETE PEERAGE
    Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain & theUnited
    Kingdom. Extant, Extinct or Dormant. By G. E. Cokayne. 2000,SuttonPublishing Ltd, Gloucester. Vol 2, (# V, page 532)

    Malcolm married Janet\Joan (Princess) Stewart on 26 Feb 1524-1525. Janet\Joan (daughter of James IV Stewart King of Scotland and Isabel (of Buchan) Stewart) was born about 1500 in Of Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Scotland; died in BET. 5 Oct 1560 - 20 Feb 1562/63. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 13.  Janet\Joan (Princess) Stewart was born about 1500 in Of Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Scotland (daughter of James IV Stewart King of Scotland and Isabel (of Buchan) Stewart); died in BET. 5 Oct 1560 - 20 Feb 1562/63.

    Notes:

    Her mother is shown as Isabel Stewart daughter of James Earl of Buchan in
    "Britain's Royal Families" The Complete Genealogy. Alison Weir. 1996,Pimlico. Random House. Page 240
    & by "Royal and Noble Genealogical Data on the Web" by Brian Tompsett athttp://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=royal?royal04327

    Her mother is shown as "Agnes (Countess of Bothwell) Stewart" daughterof James Earl of Buchan in "The Complete Peerage", under "Fleming" inVol 2, (# V, page 532)
    Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain & theUnited
    Kingdom. Extant, Extinct or Dormant. By G. E. Cokayne. 2000,SuttonPublishing Ltd, Gloucester.

    "Agnes (Countess of Bothwell) Stewart" is shown as daughter of James(1st Earl of Buchan) Stewart & Margarett Murray in Burke's Peearge, under"Moray".

    Children:
    1. 6. James 4th Lord Fleming was born in 1534; died on 18 Dec 1558 in Paris.
    2. John 5th Lord Fleming was born about 1535 in Abt. 1529; died on 6 Sep 1572 in Biggar. Perhaps August 22, 1592.
    3. Margaret Fleming died on 15 Mar 1586.
    4. Elizabeth Fleming was born about 1517; and died.
    5. Janet Fleming was born about 1527; and died.
    6. Bridget Fleming was born in 1530; and died.
    7. William Fleming was born about 1532; and died.
    8. Thomas Fleming was born in 1542; and died.
    9. Mary Fleming was born in 1543; and died.
    10. Agnes Fleming was born about 1533 in Biggar; died in Falkirk.

  6. 14.  James (2nd Earl of Arran) Hamilton was born in 1515 (son of James (1st Earl of Arran) Hamilton and Jean (Janet) Beaton); died on 22 Jan 1574-1575.

    Notes:

    In return for services offered to the Crowns of Scotland and France, the title of Duc de Ch?tellerault (1548) was presented to James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran, Chief of the Name, and regent of Scotland during Mary, Queen of Scots, and France's infancy. This title, though now without any benefices, is still in contention between the heir male and the heir general of Arran, respectively the Duke of Abercorn and the Duke of Hamilton.

    James married Margaret (of Morton) Douglas before 23 Sep 1532. Margaret (daughter of James (3rd Earl of Morton) Douglas and Princess Catherine Stewart) died after 24 May 1579. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 15.  Margaret (of Morton) Douglas (daughter of James (3rd Earl of Morton) Douglas and Princess Catherine Stewart); died after 24 May 1579.
    Children:
    1. James (3rd Earl of Arran) Hamilton and died.
    2. John (1st Marquis of Hamilton) Hamilton was born in 1532; died on 6 Apr 1604.
    3. Claud (1st Baron Paisley) Hamilton was born in 1543; died in 1621.
    4. 7. Barbara (of Arran) Hamilton and died.
    5. Jean (of Arran) Hamilton died in Dec 1596.
    6. Anne (of Arran) Hamilton and died.



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