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Cardinal David John Beaton 1494–1546 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1494

Birth Location: Balfour, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 29 May 1546

Death Location: St. Andrews, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Mother: Elizabeth Moneypenny

Spouse(s): Lady Airlie

Children(s): Lady Crawford

Cardinal David John Beaton was born in 1494 in Balfour, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of John Bethune And Elizabeth Moneypenny. Cardinal David John Beaton married Lady Marion Mariota Ogilvy Of Airlie, and had children including Lady Margaret Beaton Countess Of Crawford. Cardinal David John Beaton passed away in 1546 in St. Andrews, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Cardinal David John Beaton was born in 1494 in Balfour, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of John Bethune And Elizabeth Moneypenny.
  • Cardinal David John Beaton married Lady Marion Mariota Ogilvy Of Airlie, and had children including Lady Margaret Beaton Countess Of Crawford.
  • Cardinal David John Beaton passed away in 1546 in St. Andrews, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Cardinal Beaton's Ancestors

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Cardinal Beaton
1494–1546
Birth Place: Balfour, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Elizabeth Moneypenny
1470–1541
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Cardinal Beaton's Descendants

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Cardinal (David John) Beaton (1494–29 May 1546) m. Lady (Marion Mariota Ogilvy of) Airlie (1495–27 June 1575)
  1. 1. Lady (Margaret Beaton, Countess of) Crawford 1530–1574 m. David (Lindsay, 10th Earl of) Crawford 1527–1574
    1. 1. Alexander (Lindsay, 1st Lord) Spynie 1554–1607 m. Jean Lyon 1566–1609
      1. 1. Alexander (Lindsay, 2nd Lord) Spynie 1597–1646 m. Margaret (Hay) \Lindsay 1600–1650
        1. 1. Margaret Lindsay 1623–1687 m. William (Robert) Fullerton 1637–
    2. 2. David Lindsay 1547–1607
    3. 3. Elizabeth Lindsay 1550–1597
    4. 4. Elizabeth Lindsay 1563–1589
    5. 5. James Lindsay 1561–1580
    6. 6. Lady (Helen Drummond) Lindsay 1558–1579
    7. 7. Sir (Henry) Lindsay 1548–1623

Cardinal Beaton's Timeline

3 Records

1494
1494
Birth of Cardinal David John Beaton in Balfour, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Balfour, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1518
1518
Age 24
Cardinal David John Beaton was married in Melgund Castle, Melgund, Aberlemno, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Melgund Castle, Melgund, Aberlemno, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
1546
29 May 1546
Age 52
Death of Cardinal David John Beaton in St. Andrews, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
St. Andrews, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1494
    Event Place: Balfour, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1518
    Event Place: Melgund Castle, Melgund, Aberlemno, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 May 1546
    Event Place: St. Andrews, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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