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Gisela van Bethune 1520–1579 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1520

Birth Location: Creich Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 18 August 1579

Death Location: Dundee, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Beaton

Mother: Lady Haye

Spouse(s): Lord Blackbarony, William Scott, Willem Scott

Children(s): Margaret Heriot, Lady Scott, Janet Banffshire, John Scott, Sir Buccleuch, Elisabeth Murray, Gideon Elibank, Margaret Scott, Grissel Scott, Thomas Scott

Gisela van Bethune was born in 1520 in Creich Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Sir John Hopton Beaton Beaton And Lady Janet Haye. Gisela van Bethune married Lord Andrew Murray Van Blackbarony, Robert Murray, Willem Sir Scott, William Scott, and had children including Alexander Murray, Elisabeth Murray, Gideon Murray Laird Van Elibank, Grissel Scott, Janet Kirkcaldy Baroness Of Grange Banffshire, John Scott, Lady Janet Scott, Margaret Heriot, Margaret Scott, Sir Walter Scott Of Brachxholme And Buccleuch, Thomas Scott, William Scott. Gisela van Bethune passed away in 1579 in Dundee, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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  • Gisela van Bethune was born in 1520 in Creich Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Sir John Hopton Beaton Beaton And Lady Janet Haye.
  • Gisela van Bethune married Lord Andrew Murray Van Blackbarony, Robert Murray, Willem Sir Scott, William Scott, and had children including Alexander Murray, Elisabeth Murray, Gideon Murray Laird Van Elibank, Grissel Scott, Janet Kirkcaldy Baroness Of Grange Banffshire, John Scott, Lady Janet Scott, Margaret Heriot, Margaret Scott, Sir Walter Scott Of Brachxholme And Buccleuch, Thomas Scott, William Scott.
  • Gisela van Bethune passed away in 1579 in Dundee, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Gisela Bethune's Ancestors

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Gisela Bethune
1520–1579
Birth Place: Creich Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir John Hopton \Beaton Beaton
1485–1534
Dalby, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Janet) Haye
1498–1533
Creich, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
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Gisela Bethune's Descendants

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Gisela (van) Bethune (1520–18 August 1579) m. Lord (Andrew Murray van) Blackbarony (1512–1 September 1572) m. William Scott (7 January 1522–19 May 1552) m. Willem (Sir) Scott (7 January 1522–21 November 1593)
  1. 1. Margaret Heriot 1539–1612 m. Thomas (Hamilton Liard van Priestfield) III 1540–1610 m. John Gourlay 1836–
    1. 1. James Craig –1641
    2. 2. John Craig 1884–
    3. 3. Lewis Craig 1569–1622
    4. 4. William (Robert) Gourlay 1874–
    5. 5. Henry Gourlay 1880–
    6. 6. Charles (Aikman) Gourlay 1877–
    7. 7. John (George) Gourlay 1870–
    8. 8. Sarah (Langlands) Gourlay 1876–
    9. 9. Andrew (Murray) Gourlay 1871–
  2. 2. Lady (Janet) Scott 1546–1597 m. Thomas (Lord Kerr van) Ferniehurst 1529–1586
    1. 1. Anna Kerr 1595–1649
    2. 2. Robert (Kerr Earl van) Somerset 1585–1645
  3. 3. Janet (Kirkcaldy (Baroness of Grange) Banffshire 1537–1572
  4. 4. John Scott 1540–1578
  5. 5. Sir (Walter Scott of Brachxholme and) Buccleuch 1549–1574 m. Lady (Elizabeth Of Angus Douglas, Baroness of Carlaverock, Countess of) Morton 1555–1637
    1. 1. Walter (Lord Scott van) Buccleuch 1570–1611
  6. 6. Elisabeth Murray 1540–1612
  7. 7. Gideon (Murray Laird Van) Elibank 1545–1621
  8. 8. Margaret Scott 1549–1618
  9. 9. Grissel Scott 1545–1604
  10. 10. Thomas Scott 1540–1579

Gisela Bethune's Timeline

2 Records

1520
1520
Birth of Gisela van Bethune in Creich Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Creich Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1579
18 August 1579
Age 59
Death of Gisela van Bethune in Dundee, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dundee, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1520
    Event Place: Creich Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: A true history of several honourable families of the right honourable name of Scot in the shires of Roxburgh and Selkirk

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 August 1579
    Event Place: Dundee, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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