GRAHAM, John 4th Earl of Montrose 1 2
- Born: 1573 2
- Marriage (1): RUTHVEN, Margaret 12 December 1593(contract) 1 2
- Died: 14 November 1626 2
- Buried: 3 January 1627, Aberuthven, Perthshire, Scotland 2
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John married Margaret RUTHVEN, daughter of William RUTHVEN 4th Lord Ruthven, Earl of Gowrie and Dorothea STEWART, 12 December 1593(contract).1 2 (Margaret RUTHVEN was born about 1575 and was buried on 15 April 1618 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
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