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David Decreich Bethune 1520–1567 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1520

Birth Location: Melgund, Aberlemno, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1567

Death Location: Tangier, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Cardinal Beaton

Mother: Lady Airlie

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The story of David Decreich Bethune began in 1520 in Melgund, Aberlemno, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom. David Decreich Bethune passed away in 1567 in Tangier, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of David Decreich Bethune began in 1520 in Melgund, Aberlemno, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • David Decreich Bethune passed away in 1567 in Tangier, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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David Bethune's Ancestors

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David Bethune
1520–1567
Birth Place: Melgund, Aberlemno, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Cardinal Archbishop Andrews David Bethune Beaton
1494–1546
Balfour, Castle, Milton of Balgonie, Fife, Scotland
Lady (Marion Mariota Ogilvy of) Airlie
1495–1575
Airlie, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
John (Laird of Balfour van) Bethune
1470–1532
Elisabeth Monypenny
1475–
James (1st Lord Ogilvy of Airlie) Ogilvy
1430–1505
Lintrathen, Forfar, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Janet Lyle
1470–1525
Lyle, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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David Bethune's Timeline

2 Records

1520
1520
Birth of David Decreich Bethune in Melgund, Aberlemno, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Melgund, Aberlemno, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
1567
1567
Age 47
Death of David Decreich Bethune in Tangier, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Tangier, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1520
    Event Place: Melgund, Aberlemno, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1567
    Event Place: Tangier, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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