RUTHVEN, Margaret ^{1 2}

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Margaret married John GRAHAM 4th Earl of Montrose, son of John GRAHAM 3rd Earl of Montrose, Chancellor & Viceroy of Scotland and Jean DRUMMOND, 12 December 1593(contract).^{1 2} (John GRAHAM 4th Earl of Montrose was born in 1573,² died on 14 November 1626 ² and was buried on 3 January 1627 in Aberuthven, Perthshire, Scotland ².)

  Marriage Notes:

"Margaret (Ruthven), married (contract dated 12 December 1593) to the Earl of Montrose."

from Scots Peerage (vol 4)




"The fourth Earl of Montrose married (contract dated at Dunkeld 12 December 1593) Margaret Ruthven, second daughter of William, first Earl of Gowrie, and by her, who predeceased him, being buried at Aberuthven on 15 April 1618, he had issue one son and six daughters"

from Scots Peerage (vol 6)

Note:

The order of dates of her own and her sisters' marriages, and the birth year of her husband (1573), must surely cast some doubt on whether Margaret was the second daughter. If ^{1 2}