Countess Margaret Lennox 
Margaret was born about 1332 in Balloch Castle,Loch Lomond,Dunbartonshire,Scotland. Margaret's father was Earl Donald Lennox. Her paternal grandparents were Malcolm LENNOX and Marjory Margaret. She was an only child. She died after 1385 in Balloch Castle,Loch Lomond,Dunbartonshire,Scotland.1 General Notes
Lennox, previous creations: The Earldom descended to Maldouen's grandson (Malcolm, 4th Earl), then to the latter's son (another Malcolm, 5th Earl) and grandson (Donald, 6th Earl). In about 1364, however, the 6th Earl's daughter Margaret inherited the title as Countess of Lennox in her own right. She married Walter de Fasselane (modern Faslane), who seems to have been recognized as Earl of Lennox in right of his wife since in about 1385 the two of them made the dignity over to their eldest son Duncan. This son, the 8th Earl, who had not legitimate sons, got a regrant of the title from Robert III extending the line of descent to his daughter and her husband, though why this was thought necessary, given that the Earldom had already descended in just such a manner only a generation previously, is uncertain. One can only assume that the view of Earldoms in Scotland was changing about this time. [Burke's Peerage, p. 2402]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1130 in Inchmurrin Isle,Loch Lomond,Dunbartonshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1165 in Inchmurrin Isle,Loch Lomond,Dunbartonshire,Scotland d.< 1224 in Inchmurrin Isle,Loch Lomond,Dunbartonshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1196 in Inchmurrin Isle,Loch Lomond,Dunbartonshire,Scotland d.> 1250 in Balloch Castle,Loch Lomond,Dunbartonshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1140 in Menteith,Perthshire,Scotland d.> 1178 in Menteith,Perthshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1178 in Menteith,Perthshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1264 in Balloch Castle,Loch Lomond,Dunbartonshire,Scotland d.19 Jul 1333 in Halidon Hill,Berwick-On-Tweed,Northlumberland,England
- b.1129 in Paisley Abbey,Renfrewshire,Scotland d.1204
- b.1175 in Scotland d.1241
- b.1145 in Carrick,Ayrshire,Scotland
- b.1204 in Dundonald Castle,Ayrshire,Scotland
- b.1154 in Forfar,Angusshire,Scotland d.1207
- b.1181 d.1270
- b.~ 1145 in England d.20 Feb 1181
- b.~ 1295 in Balloch Castle,Loch Lomond,Dunbartonshire,Scotland d.1364 in Balloch Castle,Loch Lomond,Dunbartonshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1243 in Kildrummy,Aberdeenshire,Scotland d.>25 Jul 1297 in Kildrummy Castle,Aberdeenshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1270 in Kildrummy Castle,Aberdeenshire,Scotland d.<24 Jul 1326
- b.~ 1246 in Of,,Caernarvonshire,Wales d.<24 Oct 1253 in Of,Chester,Cheshire,England
- b.~ 1332 in Balloch Castle,Loch Lomond,Dunbartonshire,Scotland d.> 1385 in Balloch Castle,Loch Lomond,Dunbartonshire,Scotland
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They had a son named Duncan.
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Children
Earl Duncan Lennox
Duncan was born about 1360 in Balloch Castle,Loch Lomond,Dunbartonshire,Scotland. He died on May 24th, 1425 in Beheaded at Stirling Castle,Stirlingshire,Scotland.2
1 Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ 2402
2 Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ 1989
2 Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ 1989
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