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Alexander Bruce 1539 – 1600 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1539

Birth Location: Earlshall Castle, Leuchars, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 30 September 1600

Death Location: Earlshall, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Earlshall

Mother: Dame Scrymgeourg

Spouse(s): Euphamia Leslie, Janet Livingstone

Children(s): Sir Earlshall, Sir Earlshall

In 1539, Alexander Bruce entered the world in Earlshall Castle, Leuchars, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to Sir John Peter Bruce, Younger of Earlshall and Dame Lady Agnes Scrymgeourg. Alexander Bruce married Euphamia Leslie, Janet Livingstone, and had children including Sir William Robert Bruce, 4th of Earlshall, Sir William Robert Bruce, 4th of Earlshall. Alexander Bruce passed away in 1600 in Earlshall, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1539, Alexander Bruce entered the world in Earlshall Castle, Leuchars, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to Sir John Peter Bruce, Younger of Earlshall and Dame Lady Agnes Scrymgeourg.
  • Alexander Bruce married Euphamia Leslie, Janet Livingstone, and had children including Sir William Robert Bruce, 4th of Earlshall, Sir William Robert Bruce, 4th of Earlshall.
  • Alexander Bruce passed away in 1600 in Earlshall, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

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Alexander Bruce's Ancestors

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Alexander Bruce
1539 – 1600
Birth Place: Earlshall Castle, Leuchars, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir John Peter Bruce, Younger of Earlshall
1510 – 1572
Earshall Castle, Fife, Scotland
Dame (Lady Agnes) Scrymgeourg
1520 – 1595
Dudhope Castle Dundee, Angus, Scotland
Grandparents
William Bruce
1486 – 1584
Blair Hall, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret (Ann) Meldrum
1491 – 1580
Caskiben, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Sir (James II Scrymgeour Van) Dudhope
1470 –
Dundee, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Isobel) Gray
1472 – 1551
Lawers, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Alexander Bruce's Descendants

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Alexander Bruce (1539 – 30 September 1600) m. Euphamia Leslie (1544 – 4 March 1607) m. Janet Livingstone (Abt 1540 – )
  1. 1. Sir (William Robert Bruce, 4th of) Earlshall (Abt. 1570 – 4 Jul 1635) m. Lady (Elizabeth Anne Wood) (Bruce) (1573 – 15 Oct 1613) m. Jane Fleming (Abt 1560 – )
    1. 1. Andrew Bruce (1598 – )
    2. 2. Robert Bruce (1602 – 1 December 1668)
    3. 3. Robert Bruce (1602 – December 1668)
    4. 4. Sir (William) Bruce (1603 – 1690) m. Lady (Issobell Black) Clark* (28 Apr 1610 – 1700)
      1. 1. Margaret Bruce (11 July 1626 – ) m. Sir (Henry Stacey) (Staige) (1625 – 1660)
        1. 1. Margaret (Stacye) \Staige (2 April 1647 – 1685) m. Hew (Paxton) (Paistoun) (29 Jan 1641 – AFT 1679)
    5. 5. Alexander Bruce (1605 – 15 August 1645)
    6. 6. Andrew Bruce (1605 – 25 May 1664)
    7. 7. John Bruce (1608 – 1690)
    8. 8. George Bruce (1608 – )
    9. 9. Jean Bruce (1611 – )
    10. 10. George ((James)) Bruce (1613 – )

Alexander Bruce's Timeline

2 Records

1539
1539
Birth of Alexander Bruce in Earlshall Castle, Leuchars, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Earlshall Castle, Leuchars, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1600
30 September 1600
Age 61
Death of Alexander Bruce in Earlshall, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Earlshall, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1539
    Event Place: Earlshall Castle, Leuchars, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 September 1600
    Event Place: Earlshall, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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