1st Earl of Gowrie William Ruthven
1541 - 1584 (43 years)(
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- 1 1st Earl of Gowrie William Ruthven [1] b. May 1541 d. 3 May 1584
- Dorothea Stewart b. Abt 1545 d. 1 Jan 1627
- 2 Isabel Ruthven [1.1] b. 1572 d. 15 Apr 1618
- Robert Gordon of Lochinvar b. Abt 1563 d. 1628
- 3 Elizabeth Gordon [1.1.1] b. 1602 d. 1699
- 3rd Earl of Nithsdale John Maxwell b. 1605 d. 21 Mar 1677
- 4 Robert Maxwell [1.1.1.1] b. 1627
- 4 Robert Maxwell [1.1.1.1]
- 3 Elizabeth Gordon [1.1.1]
- + 1st Lord Campbell of Loudoun Hugh Campbell b. 1553 d. 15 Dec 1622
- 2 Isabel Ruthven [1.1]