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Lady Isabel Kerr

Also Known As: "Isobel (of Lothian) Kerr", "Bessie"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Drumlanrig, Dumfries-shire, , Scotland
Death: 1628 (52-54)
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
Place of Burial: Edinburg
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Mark Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian and Margaret Maxwell, Countess of Lothian
Wife of William Douglas, 1st Earl of Queensberry
Mother of Margaret Douglas, Baroness Johnstone; George Douglas; Archibald Douglas; Janet Douglas of Drumlanrig; James Douglas, 2nd Earl Queensberry and 3 others
Sister of Mary Kerr; Lady Margaret (Kerr) de Hay; Robert Kerr, 2nd Earl of Lothian; Dame Jean Kerr, Countess of Crawford; Sir William Kerr and 6 others

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About Lady Isabel Kerr


Lady Isabel Kerr was born in 1594 in Dumfries-shire, Scotland. She died in 1628 in Holyrood, Midlothian, Scotland

  • parents: daughter of Mark Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian and Margaret Maxwell.1,2

married

  1. William Douglas, 1st Earl of Queensberry, son of James Douglas, 8th Baron of Drumlanrig and Mary Fleming.

Children of Lady Isabel Kerr and William Douglas, 1st Earl of Queensberry

  1. Hon. Sir William Douglas+ d. 1673
  2. Margaret Douglas+1 d. a 1640
  3. Janet Douglas
  4. Sir Archibald Douglas+3 b. a 1604
  5. James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Queensberry+ b. b Jan 1622, d. 1671

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 VI, page 336. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
  2. [S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 2400. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
  3. [S21] L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 106. Hereinafter cited as The New Extinct Peerage.

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Lady Isabel Kerr's Timeline

1574
1574
Drumlanrig, Dumfries-shire, , Scotland
1606
1606
Kirkpatrick-Fleming, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
1610
1610
Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1611
1611
Morton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1612
1612
Drumlanrig, Dumfries-shire, , Scotland
1614
1614
Moreton Castle, Dumfries-shire, , Scotland
1615
1615
Drumlanrig, Dumfries-shire, , Scotland
1622
January 1622
Drumlanrig, Dumfries, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1628
1628
Age 54
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland