Alexander Douglas, 6th of Mains

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Alexander Douglas

Also Known As: "6th Laird of Mains"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: 28 Kirk Place, Glasgow, East Dunbartonshire Council, Scotland, G61 3RT, United Kingdom
Death: March 09, 1548 (51-52)
Ayr, South Ayrshire Council, Scotland, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Son of Lord John Douglas of Mains and Lady Margaret Kincaid
Husband of Margaret Douglass
Father of Matthew Douglas, of Mains
Brother of Janet Buchanan

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About Alexander Douglas, 6th of Mains

From Darryl Lundy's Peerage page on Alexander Douglas, 6th of Mains:

http://thepeerage.com/p21383.htm#i213830

Alexander Douglas, 6th of Mains [1]

  • M, #213830
  • Last Edited=15 Dec 2006

Alexander Douglas, 6th of Mains married Margaret Stuart, daughter of Matthew Stuart, 2nd Earl of Lennox and Hon. Elizabeth Hamilton.[1]

Citations

  • 1. [S22] Sir Bernard Burke, C.B. LL.D., A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, new edition (1883; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1978), page 512. Hereinafter cited as Burkes Extinct Peerage.

Alexander was born after 1501, the son of John Douglas, 5th of Mains, and Margaret Kincaid.

Alexander Douglas of Mains was married to Margaret Stewart (Stuart) before 1 May 1528, as her second husband.


From https://deriv.nls.uk/dcn23/9528/95281270.23.pdf:

(397) Alexander Douglas, who married, 1518, Margaret Stewart, daughter of
Matthew, second Earl of Lennox. He is mentioned in the Great Seal
Register 1547, 1549, and left a son :

(398) MATTHEW DOUGLAS, who married Margaret Buchanan of that Ilk

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Alexander Douglas, 6th of Mains's Timeline

1496
1496
28 Kirk Place, Glasgow, East Dunbartonshire Council, Scotland, G61 3RT, United Kingdom
1519
1519
Scotland
1548
March 9, 1548
Age 52
Ayr, South Ayrshire Council, Scotland, United Kingdom