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David Kennedy, 1st Earl of Cassilis was born circa 1463 in Dunure, Ayrshire, Scotland to John Kennedy, 2nd Lord Kennedy of Dunure (bef1454-c1508) and Elizabeth Montgomery (1441-1467) and died 9 September 1513 Branxton, Northumberland, England of unspecified causes. He married Agnes Borthwick (1465-1509) 1484 JL in Ayrshire, Scotland. He married Margaret Boyd (1468-1516) 1510 JL in Ayrshire, Scotland.

David Kennedy, 3rd Lord Kennedy and 1st Earl of Cassilis was a Scottish peer, the son of John Kennedy, 2nd Lord Kennedy. He was born about 1463, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland.[1] He was a Privy Councillor of King James IV and was created Earl of Cassilis by him in 1502. Killed at the Battle of Flodden, 9 September 1513.[2]

Family

1st Marriage: Agnes Borthwick

David Kennedy married Agnes Borthwick, daughter of William Borthwick, 3rd Lord Borthwick.[3]

  1. Their son, Gilbert Kennedy, 2nd Earl of Cassilis (1485-1527) married Isabella Campbell daughter of Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll.[4]
  2. Their daughter Katherine married William Hamilton of Sorn and Sanquhar.[5]

2nd Marriage

After Agnes died David married Margaret Boyd, widow of Alexander Forbes and daughter of Sir Thomas Boyd, Earl of Arran and Mary Stewart, Countess of Arran, daughter of King James II of Scotland, but they had no children.[6] Margaret Boyd is sometimes confused with Marion Boyd, daughter of Thomas Boyd, 6th Earl of Arran who was born 69 years after David died.



Children


Offspring of David Kennedy, 1st Earl of Cassilis and Agnes Borthwick (1465-1509)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Gilbert Kennedy, 2nd Earl of Cassilis (1485-1527) 7 November 1485 Cassilis House, Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom 22 December 1527 Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Isabel Campbell (1489-1529)
William Kennedy, Abbot of Crossraguel (1487-1547)
Katherine Kennedy (1489-1534)



Siblings


Offspring of John Kennedy, 2nd Lord Kennedy of Dunure (bef1454-c1508) and Elizabeth Montgomerie (-bef1471)
Name Birth Death Joined with
David Kennedy, 1st Earl of Cassilis (1463-1513) 1463 Dunure, Ayrshire, Scotland 9 September 1513 Branxton, Northumberland, England Agnes Borthwick (1465-1509)
Margaret Boyd (1468-1516)
Katherine Kennedy (bef1478-)


Offspring of John Kennedy, 2nd Lord Kennedy of Dunure (bef1454-c1508) and Elizabeth Gordon (c1445-1500)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Alexander Kennedy, 1st of Girvan Mains (c1478-) 1478 Scotland 9999 Scotland
Janet Kennedy (c1480-c1545) 1480 1510 James IV of Scotland (1473-1513)
John Kenendy
William Kennedy
Helen Kennedy

Residences

Peerage of Scotland
New creation Earl of Cassilis
1509–1513
Succeeded by
Gilbert Kennedy
Preceded by
John Kennedy
Lord Kennedy
1508–1513

References

  1. ^ KENNEDY CLAN http://mlloyd.org/gen/macomb/text/kennedy/kennedypedigree.htm
  2. ^ John Burke: A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire
  3. ^ Historical account of the noble family of Kennedy, Marquess of Ailsa and Earl of Cassilis, 1849 p. 30
  4. ^ Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder, & Co.. p. 30:418. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Kennedy,_Gilbert_(d.1527)_(DNB00). Retrieved 31 October 2016. 
  5. ^ Paul, James Balfour (1905). The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: Douglas. p. 463. https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun02pauluoft#page/463/mode/1up. 
  6. ^ Douglas Richardson: Magna Carta Ancestry:A study of colonial and medieval families: Vol I, 2011 p. 585


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