Ancestors of
James Graham
1st Marquess of Montrose
(6 generations)
 

        1. James Graham
            1st Marquess of Montrose
            Born 1612
            Died 21 May 1650 Edinburgh (executed)

        2. John Graham
            4th Earl of Montrose
            Born 1573
            Died 14 November 1626 Kincardine
            Married 12 December 1593 *
        3. Lady Margaret Ruthven
            buried 15 April 1618 Aberuthven

        4. John Graham
            3rd Earl of Montrose, Viceroy of Scotland
            Born 1547
            Died 9 November 1608 New Montrose
            Married 24 August 1563 *
        5. Hon. Jean Drummond
            Died March 1598
        6. William Ruthven
            1st Earl of Gowrie, 4th Lord Ruthven and Dirleton
            Born circa 1543
            Died 4 May 1584 Stirling (executed)
            Married 17 August 1561 Perth
        7. Dorothea Stewart

        8. Robert Graham
            Lord Graham
            Died 10 September 1547 Pinkie (in battle)
        9. Hon. Margaret Fleming
            Died circa 15 August 1584 /15 March 1587
       10. David Drummond
            2nd Lord Drummond
            Died 1571
            Married before 7 December 1543
       11. Lilias Ruthven
            Died 7 July 1579 Stobhall
       12. Patrick Ruthven
            3rd Lord Ruthven and Dirleton
            Born circa 1520
            Died 13 May 1566 Newcastle-on-Tyne
       13. Janet Douglas
            Died after 16 December 1552
       14. Henry Stewart
            1st Baron Methven
            Born circa 1500
            Died after 10 October 1551
            Married circa  November 1544
       15. Lady Janet Stewart

       16. William Graham
            2nd Earl of Montrose
            Died 24 May 1571 Kincardine
            Married December 1515
       17. Lady Janet Keith
            Died before 25 August 1547

       18. Malcolm Fleming
            3rd Lord Fleming
            Born circa 1494
            Died 10 September 1547 Pinkie (in battle)
            Married circa 28 February 1524
       19. Lady Janet Stewart
            Died before 20 February 1563
       20. Walter Drummond
            Master of Drummond
            Died 1518
            Married February 1513 / 1514
       21. Lady Elizabeth Graham
       22. William Ruthven
            2nd Lord Ruthven
            Died before 16 December 1552
            Married 28 November 1514 / 15 March 1519
       23. Janet Halyburton
            suo jure Baroness Dirletoun
            Died circa 1560
       24. = 22        25. = 23
       26. Archibald Douglas
            6th Earl of Angus
            Born circa 1489
            Died before 22 January 1557 Tantallon Castle
       27. NN Stewart
       28. Andrew Stewart
            2nd Lord Avondale
            Died 9 September 1513 Flodden (in battle)
            Married before 4 February 1499
       29. Margaret Kennedy
            Died before 28 May 1542
       30. John Stewart
            2nd Earl of Atholl
            Died 1521
       31. Lady Janet Campbell
            Died circa 2 February 1546

       32. William Graham
            1st Earl of Montrose
            Born circa 1463
            Died 9 September 1513 Flodden (in battle)
            Married 25 November 1479
       33. Annabella Drummond
       34. Sir William Keith
            2nd Earl Marischal
            Died 24 November 1526 / 2 May 1527
            Married 11 January 1482 *
       35. Lady Elizabeth Gordon
       36. John Fleming
            2nd Lord Fleming
            Died 1 November 1524
            Married before 5 May 1496
       37. Eupheme Drummond
            Died May 1501 (poisoned)
       38. James IV
            King of Scots 1488-1513
            Born 17 March 1473 Stirling Castle
            Died 9 September 1513 Flodden (in battle)
       39. Agnes Stewart
            Died February 1557
       40. William Drummond
            Master of Drummond
            Died 1490 (executed)
            Married before 8 February 1479
       41. Lady Isabel Campbell
       42. = 32        43. = 33
       44. William Ruthven
            Master of Ruthven
            Died 9 September 1513 Flodden (in battle)
       45. Joan Hepburn
       46. Patrick Halyburton
            5th Lord Dirletoun
            Died 6 December 1505
       47. Margaret Douglas
            Died before 24 May 1505
       48. = 44        49. = 45        50. = 46        51. = 47
       52. George Douglas
            Master of Angus
            Born circa 1469
            Died 9 September 1513 Flodden (in battle)
            Married before  March 1487
       53. Elizabeth Drummond
            Died after 21 August 1514
       54. James Stewart, 1st of Traquair
            Died 9 September 1513 Flodden (in battle)
            Married 9 November 1505
       55. Catharine Rutherford
       56. Alexander Stewart, of Avandale
            Died 1489
       57. NN
       58. John Kennedy
            2nd Lord Kennedy
            Born before 12 October 1454
            Died before 23 May 1509
            Married before 1471
       59. Lady Elizabeth Seton-Gordon
            Died 17 April 1500
       60. Sir John Stewart, of Balveny
            1st Earl of Atholl
            Born circa 1440
            Died 19 September 1512 the Laighwood
            Married before 18 April 1475
       61. Lady Eleanor Sinclair
            Died 21 March 1518
       62. Archibald Campbell
            2nd Earl of Argyll
            Born before 1468
            Died 9 September 1513 Flodden (in battle)
       63. Lady Elizabeth Stewart

       64. William Graham
            2nd Lord Graham
            Born circa 1430 /1435
            Died 1472
            Married before 1460
       65. Lady Helen Douglas
       66. John Drummond
            1st Baron Drummond
            Born 1438
            Died 1519 Drummond Castle
            Married 3 March 1468
       67. Lady Elizabeth Lindsay
            Died after 22 September 1519
       68. Sir William Keith
            1st Earl Marischal
            11th Great Marischal of Scotland
            Died 1483
       69. Mariot Erskine
       70. George Gordon
            2nd Earl of Huntly
            Died before 30 January 1502
            Married after 18 August 1471
       71. Elizabeth Hay
            Died 1517 ?
       72. Malcolm Fleming, of Monycabon
            Died October 1474 / October 1480
       73. Eupheme Livingston
       74. = 66        75. = 67
       76. James III
            King of Scots 1460-1488
            Born 10 July 1451 St.Andrews Castle
            Died 11 June 1488 Milltown (murdered)
            Married 13 July 1469 Holyrood House
       77. Margaret (Margrethe) of Denmark and Norway
            Born 23 June 1456
            Died 14 July 1486 Stirling
       78. James Stewart 
            1st Earl of Buchan
       79. Mrs. Margaret Murray
       80. = 66        81. = 67
       82. Colin Campbell
            1st Earl of Argyll, 2nd Lord Campbell
            Died 10 May 1493
            Married before 9 April 1465
       83. Elizabeth/Isabel Stewart
            Died 26 October 1510 Dunbarton
       84. = 64        85. = 65        86. = 66        87. = 67
       88. William Ruthven
            1st Baron Ruthven
            Died after 12 July 1528
            Married circa  March 1482
       89. Isabel Livingstone
       90. Alexander Hepburn, of Whitsome
       91. Janet Napier
       92. George Halyburton
            3rd Lord Halyburton
            Died before 24 March 1490
       93. Mariot
       94. James Douglas, of Pumphreston
       95.
       96. = 88        97. = 89        98. = 90        99. = 91
      100. = 92       101. = 93       102. = 94
      103.
      104. Archibald Douglas "Bell-the-Cat"
            5th Earl of Angus
            Born circa 1449
            Died after 29 November 1513 Priory of Whithorn
            Married 4 March 1468
      105. Elizabeth Boyd
            Died before 21 February 1497
      106. = 66       107. = 67       108. = 78       109. = 79
      110. Philip Rutherford
      111.
      112. Walter Stewart, of Morphie
            Born circa 1422 /1424
            Died before 1488
      113. Elizabeth Arnot
      114.
      115.
      116. Gilbert Kennedy, of Dunure
            1st Baron Kennedy
            Died after 6 March 1479
      117. Catherine Maxwell
      118. Alexander (Seton) Gordon
            1st Earl of Huntly
            Died 15 July 1470 Huntly
            Married before 18 March 1440
      119. Elizabeth Crichton
            Died 9 July 1479 Strathbogie
      120. Sir James Stewart
            "the Black Knight of Lorne"
            Married 21 September 1439 *
      121. Joan Beaufort
            Born circa 1407
            Died 15 July 1445 Dunbar Castle
      122. William Sinclair
            3rd Earl of Orkney, Earl of Caithness
            Baron Sinclair
            Born circa 1404
            Died circa 1480
            Married before 15 November 1456
      123. Marjory Sutherland
      124. = 82       125. = 83
      126. Sir John Stewart, of Darnley
            10th Earl of Lennox
            Died 11 September 1495
            Married 15 May 1438
      127. Margaret Montgomerie

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