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Alexander Colville 1530–1597 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1530

Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland

Death Date: Apr 1597

Death Location: Fife, Scotland

Father: Sir Wemyss

Mother: Janet Castle

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Alexander Colville was born in 1530 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, the child of Sir Capt James Colville Of Easter Wemyss And Janet Douglas Colville Of Tilquhillie Castle. Alexander Colville passed away in 1597 in Fife, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Alexander Colville was born in 1530 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, the child of Sir Capt James Colville Of Easter Wemyss And Janet Douglas Colville Of Tilquhillie Castle.
  • Alexander Colville passed away in 1597 in Fife, Scotland.

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Alexander Colville's Ancestors

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Alexander Colville
1530–1597
Birth Place: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir (Capt.) James Colville of Easter Wemyss
1532–1561
Easter Wemyss (Fife) Scotland
Janet (Douglas* (Colville) of Tilquhillie) Castle
1536–1586
Lochleven Castle (Kinross-Shire), Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (James KNT Colville, Lord of Ochiltree, Lord Sessions, Comptroller to Parliament, Illegitiment son of Robert) Coville
1512–1540
Easter Wemyss, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Alison Bruce
1510–1536
Clackmannan, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Sir (Knight Robert Douglas, Laird van Lochleven 3rd Lord of Lochleven, 3rd Earl of) Buchan
1510–1547
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Schotland
Margaret, (Duchess of Berry and Savoy, de Valois-Angouleme (Mistress of the King and Step-mother to Mary, Queen of) Scots)
1513–1572
(Stirling Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian or )Linlithgow Palace, East Linton, West Lothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Robert Colville
1456–1513
Elisabeth Arnot
1456–1526
LorSir Buchan
1475–1535
Lady Lochleven
1475–1517
Claude GUISE
1496–1550
Antoinette Bourbon-Vendome
1493–1583
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Archibald Lochleven
1449–1513
Margaret Moreton
1450–1482
René LORRAINE-VAUDÉMONT
1451–1508
Philippa Guelders
1467–1547
Francois Bourbon-Vendome
1470–1495
Marie Pol
1472–1546

Alexander Colville's Timeline

2 Records

1530
1530
Birth of Alexander Colville in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
1597
Apr 1597
Age 67
Death of Alexander Colville in Fife, Scotland
Fife, Scotland

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1530
    Event Place: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Apr 1597
    Event Place: Fife, Scotland

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