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Alexander Erskine 1549 – 1573 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1549

Birth Location: Gogar, Scotland

Death Date: 1573

Death Location: Castle, McPherson, Scotland

Father: Lord Erskine

Mother: Lady Hay

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Alexander Erskine was born in 1549 in Gogar, Scotland, the child of Lord Sir Sir John Erskine, 17th Earl of Van Mar Eskrine and 5th Lord of Erskine and Lady Mary Margaret (Baroness of Argyll) Campbell Hay. Alexander Erskine passed away in 1573 in Castle, McPherson, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Alexander Erskine was born in 1549 in Gogar, Scotland, the child of Lord Sir Sir John Erskine, 17th Earl of Van Mar Eskrine and 5th Lord of Erskine and Lady Mary Margaret (Baroness of Argyll) Campbell Hay.
  • Alexander Erskine passed away in 1573 in Castle, McPherson, Scotland.

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Alexander Erskine's Ancestors

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Alexander Erskine
1549 – 1573
Birth Place: Gogar, Scotland
Parents
Lord Sir Sir John Erskine, 17th Earl of Van Mar Eskrine and 5th Lord of Erskine
1487 – 1555
Nibet, Roxburghshire, Falkland, Fife, Scotland
Lady (Mary Margaret (Baroness of Argyll) Campbell) Hay
1485 – 1555
Bridgend, Lochgilphead, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Grandparents
Lady (Isabella Elizabeth) Campbell,
1458 – 1516
New Byth, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Sir (Lt Gen Archibald Gillispe Campbell, 3rd Lord Campbell, 2nd Lord Lorne 2nd Earl of) Argyll,
1460 – 1513
Castle Lochow, Argylishire, Scotland
Elizabeth (Stewart\ Lady, Countess of) Argyll
1465 – 1529
Traquhair, Peeblesshire, Scotland
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Alexander Erskine's Timeline

2 Records

1549
1549
Birth of Alexander Erskine in Gogar, Scotland
Gogar, Scotland
1573
1573
Age 24
Death of Alexander Erskine in Castle, McPherson, Scotland
Castle, McPherson, Scotland

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1549
    Event Place: Gogar, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1573
    Event Place: Castle, McPherson, Scotland

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