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Elizabeth Forbes 1487–1545 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1487

Birth Location: Traquair House, Innerleithen, Peeblesshire, Schotland

Death Date: 1545

Death Location: Perth and Kinross, Scotland

Father: John Forbes

Mother: Catherine Stewart

Spouse(s): James Grant

Children(s): Janet Grant

Elizabeth Forbes was born in 1487 in Traquair House, Innerleithen, Peeblesshire, Schotland, the child of John Forbes And Catherine Stewart. Elizabeth Forbes married James Grant, and had children including Janet Grant. Elizabeth Forbes passed away in 1545 in Perth and Kinross, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Elizabeth Forbes was born in 1487 in Traquair House, Innerleithen, Peeblesshire, Schotland, the child of John Forbes And Catherine Stewart.
  • Elizabeth Forbes married James Grant, and had children including Janet Grant.
  • Elizabeth Forbes passed away in 1545 in Perth and Kinross, Scotland.

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Elizabeth Forbes's Ancestors

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Elizabeth Forbes
1487–1545
Birth Place: Traquair House, Innerleithen, Peeblesshire, Schotland
Parents
John Forbes
1472–1547
Forbes, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Catherine Stewart
1473–1515
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Grandparents
William Forbes
1440–1483
Forbes, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Christian Gordon
1443–1500
Huntly, Aberdeen, Scottland
John Stewart
1440–1512
Balveny, Fife, Scotland
Margaret Douglas
1430–1475
Falahill/Eddleston, Peeblesshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
James Forbes
1423–1462
Egidia Keith
1424–1473
Alexander Seton
1410–1470
Elizabeth Crichton
1410–1479
James Stewart
1383–1454
Joan Beaufort
1404–1445
Archibald Douglas
1390–1439
Euphemia Graham
1408–1468
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Alexander Forbes
1380–1448
Elizabeth Douglas
1398–1460
William Keith
1389–1444
Mary Hamilton
1395–1442
Alexander Seton
1382–1441
Elizabeth Gordon
1384–1439
William Crichton
1383–1454
Margaret Maitland
1385–1421
John Stewart
1358–1421
Isabel MacDougall
1362–1439
John Beaufort
1373–1410
Margaret Holland
1385–1439
Archibald Douglas
1372–1424
Mary Stewart
1378–1458
Patrick Graham
1382–1413
Euphemia Stewart
1384–1434

Elizabeth Forbes's Descendants

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Elizabeth Forbes (1487–1545) m. James Grant (1483–26 August 1553)
  1. 1. Janet Grant 1534–1600 m. Alexander Sutherland 1519–1570
    1. 1. Elizabeth Sutherland 1556– m. Archibald Douglas 1562–1618
      1. 1. Robert (Deccan) Douglas 1588–1614
        1. 1. Robert Douglas 1611–1692 m. Margaret Kirkcaldie 1611–1660

Elizabeth Forbes's Timeline

2 Records

1487
1487
Birth of Elizabeth Forbes in Traquair House, Innerleithen, Peeblesshire, Schotland
Traquair House, Innerleithen, Peeblesshire, Schotland
1545
1545
Age 58
Death of Elizabeth Forbes in Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Perth and Kinross, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1487
    Event Place: Traquair House, Innerleithen, Peeblesshire, Schotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1545
    Event Place: Perth and Kinross, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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