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James Stewart, Commendator of Kelso and Melrose 1533–1569 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 MAY 1533

Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Death Date: 21 Jan 1569

Death Location: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland

Father: 🩵Charles Erskine

Mother: 👑🩵Lady Erskine

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In 1533, James Stewart, Commendator of Kelso and Melrose entered the world in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, born to Charles Murray 6Th Lord Of Erskine And Lady Margaret Christie Tudor Erskine. James Stewart, Commendator of Kelso and Melrose passed away in 1569 in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1533, James Stewart, Commendator of Kelso and Melrose entered the world in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, born to Charles Murray 6Th Lord Of Erskine And Lady Margaret Christie Tudor Erskine.
  • James Stewart, Commendator of Kelso and Melrose passed away in 1569 in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland.

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James Melrose's Ancestors

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James Melrose
1533–1569
Birth Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Parents
🩵Charles Murray 6th Lord of Erskine
1520–1583
Haddon, Roxburghshire, Scotland
👑🩵Lady (Margaret Christie Tudor) Erskine
1515–1578
Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
🤴👑King (Francis I of) France
1494–1547
Cognac, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France
Claude (Duchesse de Valois de BRETAGNE Queen Consort of) France
1500–1524
Romorantin-Lanthenay, Departement du Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France
Great-Grandparents
Louis France
1462–1515
👑👸🩵Anne Brittany
1477–1514
2nd-Great-Grandparents
👑🤴🩵Charles, Orléans
1394–1465
👸👑🩵Marie Cleves
1426–1487

James Melrose's Timeline

2 Records

1533
22 MAY 1533
Birth of James Stewart, Commendator of Kelso and Melrose in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
1569
21 Jan 1569
Age 36
Death of James Stewart, Commendator of Kelso and Melrose in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 MAY 1533
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Jan 1569
    Event Place: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland

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