Who is the mother of Sir Robert Cunningham

Question

Sir Alexander 1st Earl of Cunningham-2577

Wife:  Margaret Hepburn-173 or Agnes Montgomery-646

The Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 120, 22 shows Margaret, by his wife Margaret, daughter of Adam Hepburn of Hailes, he had four sons.  .... Robert was deprived of the earldom and reduced to the rank of Lord KIlmaurs.  

http://interactive.ancestry.com/1981/31205_Vol5-00322/17602?backurl=http://person.ancestry.com/tree/61082523/person/36510442063/facts/citation/223335948214/edit/record

Thank you for you help.

B Holland-3338

Answer 1

Hi.

A good authoritative source is The Scots Peerage; by Sir James Balfour Paul, who was Lord Lyon King of Arms for 30 years or so and the authority in Scotland.  The specific book for the Cunningham, Earl of Glencairn is vol 4.  See: https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun04pauluoft#page/234/mode/2up

The mother to Robert was Margaret Hepburn who is shown as the wife to Alexander on Cunningham-2577 but not on his page (Cunningham-4435).  Robert must also have been the eldest legitimate son, older than William, as he inherits to Kilmaurs and Glencairn.

Both wikipedia and the DNB carry the same, sourcing one another really.

I have noticed the source for the marriage but the quote does not relate to the same Robert and is not sufficiently extended.  The source provides an obligation, in 1425, to marry Anne (Anny) Montgomery to Robert Cunningham, Lord of Kilmaurs (this well before Cunningham-4435 is born.  However, on page 87 of that same source (History of Renfrew) it provides an assertion that "Anny" had died and the obligation discharged to Anges, in 1432.  In this I notice that Sir James Balfour Paul is incorrect but the real issue is that this relates to the grandfather of the Sir Robert, Cunningham-2060, and not the Sir Robert in question (Cunningham-4435).

It seems that there are a number of duplicates in these families and clearly the incorrect links.  If you need a bit of help to sort it out please pass me an email.

Comments

Thank you, Doug Straiton, for your answer to my question, and the link to the Scots Peerage, all very welcomed! I checked Sir Alexander Cunningham, and see he now has Margaret Hepburn as wife, so all is right with his profile.

Best Regards

B Holland-3338

Answer 2

According to WikiTree, Agnes was Alexander's aunt.  She and/or her sister Anne married his father.

Maybe Agnes and Anne were the same person.