DOUGLAS, James 7th of Drumlanrig, Sir ^{1 2}

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James married Margaret DOUGLAS, daughter of George DOUGLAS Master of Angus and Elizabeth DRUMMOND, in 1513.¹ The marriage ended in annulled by january 1539(1540). (Margaret DOUGLAS was born about 1505.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Sir James married, first, in 1513, Margaret, daughter of George Douglas, Master of Angus, by whom he had at least three daughters, but the spouses differed, and after an ineffectual attempt on his part, in 1530, to induce her to live with him, they were ultimately divorced between 6 September 1539 and the following January."

from Scots Peerage (vol 7) ¹

James next married Christian MONTGOMERIE, daughter of John MONTGOMERIE Master of Eglinton and Elizabeth EDMONSTOUN, after January 1539(1540).^{1 2} (Christian MONTGOMERIE was born about 1515 and died on 9 August 1575 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Christian, for whom a contract of marriage was made on 16 February 1519-20, with Matthew Stewart, son of John, Earl of Lennox, and 2000 merks were paid as her tocher, but the marriage apparently did not take place. She is said to have married, before 1540, Sir James Douglas of Drumlanrig."

from Scots Peerage (vol 3)



"He (James Douglas) married, secondly, in 1540 (papal dispensation 6 September 1540, after marriage, Christian Montgomerie, daughter of John, Master of Eglinton, and sister of Hugh, second Earl. She died on 9 August 1575. By her also Sir James had issue."

from Scots Peerage (vol 7) ^{1 2}