David Kennedy 
David was born in 1463 in Dunmore, Ayrshire, Scotland. David's father was John Kennedy and his mother was Elizabeth Montgomerie. His paternal grandparents were Gilbert Kennedy and Katherine Maxwell; his maternal grandparents were Alexander Montgomerie and Margaret Boyd. He had a sister named Katherine. He was the older of the two children. He had two half-sisters named Margaret and Elizabeth. He died at the age of 50 on September 9th, 1513 in Flodden Field, Northumberland, England.General Notes
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He was the Third Lord Kennedy. He was created Earl of Cassillis about 1508
/9. He held the lands and the Baronies of Cassillis, Dunure, Girvan, Glenn
op and Leswalt.
Birth: ABT 1460 in Scotland
Death: 9 SEP 1513 in Flodden Field, Northumberland, England
Burial: AFT 9 SEP 1513
Died in the Battle of Flodden
David Kennedy, 1st Earl of Cassillis was born before 1478. He was the s
on of John Kennedy, 2nd Lord Kennedy and Elizabeth Montgomerie. He marrie
d, firstly, Agnes Borthwick, daughter of Sir William Borthwick, 2nd Lord B
orthwick and unknown wife, before July 1489. He married, secondly, Margar
et Boyd, daughter of Thomas Boyd, 1st Earl of Arran and Mary Stewart, Prin
cess of Scotland, on 9 August 1509, by dispensation. He died on 9 Septemb
er 1513 at Flodden Field, Northumberland, England, killed in battle.
David Kennedy, 1st Earl of Cassillis was invested as a Knight on 29 Janua
ry 1487/88 by King James III. He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C
.) [Scotland] to King James IV. He succeeded to the title of 3rd Lord Kenn
edy [S., 1457] between 24 July 1508 and 13 May 1509.2 He was created 1st E
arl of Cassillis [Scotland] on 23 October 1509. He fought in the Batt
le of Flodden on 9 September 1513.
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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.~ 1306 in Dunmore, Ayrshire, Scotland d.Oct 1385 in Cassillis House, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1348 in Cassillis House, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland d.> 1408
- b.~ 1310 in Scotland
- b.1376 in Cassillis House, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland d.1437 in Scotland
- b.~ 1337 in Pollock, Renfrewshire, Scotland d.1405 in Pollock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1358 in Calderwood Castle, Renfewshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1341 in Crawford, Clydesdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
- b.1406 in Cassillis House, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland d.06 Mar 1479 in Cassillis House, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.02 Mar 1316 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland d.19 Apr 1390 in Dundonald Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.1348 in Dundonald, Ayrshire Scotland d.04 Apr 1406 in Stirling Castle, Scotland
- b.1320 in Rowallan, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland d.1355 in Scotland
- b.~ 1380 in Rothesay Castle, Isle of Bute, Ayrshire, Scotland d.1458 in Dumfermline, Fife, Scotland
- b.1328 in Inchmahome, Scotland d.1373
- b.1352 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland d.1401 in Scone, Scotland
- b.1328 in Scotland
- b.~ 1436 in Cassillis House, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland d.24 Jul 1508 in Dunure, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1340 in Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland d.<08 Feb 1410 in Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1366 in Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland d.<16 Oct 1421 in Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1346 in Corstorphine, Midlothian, Scotland
- b.~ 1388 in Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland d.<14 Feb 1454 in Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1318 in Railston, Renfrewshire, Scotland d.1380 in Garlies, Wigstownshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1366 in Dalswinton, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1418 in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland d.~ 1444
- b.~ 1365 in Terregles, Kirkcudbright, Dumfreisshire, Scotland d.27 Mar 1420
- b.~ 1380 in Terregles, Kirkcudbright, Dumfreisshire, Scotland d.04 Jul 1440
- b.~ 1365 in Crawford, Clydesdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland d.> 1405
- b.~ 1400 in Terregales, Kirkcudbright, Dumfreisshire, Scotland d.< 1439
- b.1320 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland d.May 1384 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1380 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland d.> 1425
- b.1336 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland d.23 Mar 1418 in Angusshire, Scotland
- b.1463 in Dunmore, Ayrshire, Scotland d.09 Sep 1513 in Flodden Field, Northumberland, England
- b.1300 in Eaglesham, Inverness-shire, Scotland d.1380
- b.~ 1341 in Eaglesham, Renfrewshire, Scotland d.Jul 1401 in Eaglesham, Renfrewshire, Scotland
- b.1333 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1362 in Ardossan, Ayrshire, Scotland d.22 Nov 1429 in Androssan, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1323 in Eglinton, Cunningham, Ayrshire, Scotland d.~ 1374 in Eglinton, Cunningham, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1349 in Otterbum, Berwickshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1325 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland d.> 1405
- b.1385 in Eaglesham, Refrewshire, Scotland d.1470 in Scotland
- b.~ 1310 in Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland d.>Apr 1373 in Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1340 in Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland d.<08 Feb 1410 in Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1312 in Scotland
- b.1368 in Ardossan, Ayrshire, Scotland d.1413
- b.~ 1320 in Corstorphine, Midlothian, Scotland
- b.~ 1346 in Corstorphine, Midlothian, Scotland
- b.~ 1320 in Corstorphine, Midlothian, Scotland
- b.~ 1440 in Scotland d.<24 Aug 1467 in Scotland
- b.~ 1320 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland d.< 1385 in Scotland
- b.~ 1360 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland d.1410 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1385 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland d.07 Jul 1432 in Kilmarnock, Renfrewshrire, Scotland
- b.1306 in Yester Castle, Giffard, East Lothian, Scotland d.<11 Mar 1409 in Yester Castle, Giffard, East Lothian, Scotland
- b.~ 1330 in Yester, Peebles, Scotland
- b.1314 in Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1409 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland d.>16 Sep 1453 in Eaglesham, Renfrewshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1341 in Eaglesham, Renfrewshire, Scotland d.Jul 1401 in Eaglesham, Renfrewshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1362 in Ardossan, Ayrshire, Scotland d.22 Nov 1429 in Androssan, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1349 in Otterbum, Berwickshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1390 in Ardrossen, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1340 in Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland d.<08 Feb 1410 in Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
- b.1368 in Ardossan, Ayrshire, Scotland d.1413
- b.~ 1346 in Corstorphine, Midlothian, Scotland
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David and Agnes were married in a religious ceremony before July 1489. They had three sons and two daughters, named Gilbert, James, William, Katherine and Janet.
Family Notes
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Children
Gilbert Kennedy
Gilbert was born about 1489 in Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland. He died in August 1527 in Pow, Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland.
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