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James Fife 1539–1594 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1539

Birth Location: Bute, Argyll and Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: February 1594

Death Location: Loch Leven Castle Perthshire Scotland, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Rothes

Mother: Lady GGM***

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The story of James Fife began in 1539 in Bute, Argyll and Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom. James Fife passed away in 1594 in Loch Leven Castle Perthshire Scotland, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of James Fife began in 1539 in Bute, Argyll and Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • James Fife passed away in 1594 in Loch Leven Castle Perthshire Scotland, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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James Fife's Ancestors

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James Fife
1539–1594
Birth Place: Bute, Argyll and Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir George 4th Earl of Rothes, Sheriff of Fife, Leslie Earl of Rothes
1500–1558
Rothes/Morayshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Margaret, Countess Rothes Crichton Sinclair , Countess of Bothwell ***14th) GGM***
1505–1546
Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
George (William Evelyn Earl Rothes) Leslie
1460–1513
Rothes, Morayshire, Schotland
Lady (Margaret) Balfour-Leslie
1465–1987
Montquanie, Fifeshire, Schotland
William (Henry) Sinclair
1459–1513
Wick, Caithness, Scotland
Lady (Elizabeth) Innes
1485–1557
Kincairdy Castle, Innes, Morayshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

James Fife's Timeline

2 Records

1539
1539
Birth of James Fife in Bute, Argyll and Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Bute, Argyll and Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1594
February 1594
Age 55
Death of James Fife in Loch Leven Castle Perthshire Scotland, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Loch Leven Castle Perthshire Scotland, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1539
    Event Place: Bute, Argyll and Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: February 1594
    Event Place: Loch Leven Castle Perthshire Scotland, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom

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