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Kerelaw castle, Ayrshire, sacked by Clan Montgomery in 1488

Name:
Robert Cunningham (2nd Earl of Glencairn)
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Birth:
ABT 1450 Glencairn, Scotland
Father:
Alexander Cunningham (1st Earl of Glencairn)
Mother:
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Married:
Christina Lindsay
Children:
Cuthbert Cunningham (3rd Earl of Glencairn)
Born: 1470 Finlaystone Castle, Scotland
Died: 1541
Death:
Remarks:
Robert Cunningham, Stripped of title 2nd Earl of Glencairn (c1450-1490).
Robert Cunningham, 2nd Earl of Glencairn was the son of Alexander Cunningham, 1st Earl of Glencairn. He married Christina Lindsay, daughter of John Lindsay, 1st Lord Lindsay of the Byres before 19 July 1476. He died circa 1490.

In 1488 the Clan Montgomery burnt down the Clan Cunningham's Kerelaw Castle. Soon after King James IV of Scotland revoked all titles given out by his father over the last twenty years thereby Alexander Cunningham's son Robert Cunningham is stripped of his title of 2nd Earl of Glencairn.

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