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Jeanette van Bethune 1485–1522 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1485

Birth Location: Creich Castle, Fifeshire, Schotland

Death Date: 1522

Death Location: Kinneil House, Bo'ness, West-Lothian, Schotland

Father: Sir Bethune

Mother: Marjory Balfour)

Spouse(s): Robert Wemyss

Children(s): Margaret Livingston

Jeanette van Bethune was born in 1485 in Creich Castle, Fifeshire, Schotland, the child of Sir John 5Th Lord Of Balfour Bethune And Marjory Boswell Lady Balfour. Jeanette van Bethune married Robert Livingstone Laird Van Easter Wemyss, and had children including Margaret Livingston. Jeanette van Bethune passed away in 1522 in Kinneil House, Bo'ness, West-Lothian, Schotland.

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Biography

  • Jeanette van Bethune was born in 1485 in Creich Castle, Fifeshire, Schotland, the child of Sir John 5Th Lord Of Balfour Bethune And Marjory Boswell Lady Balfour.
  • Jeanette van Bethune married Robert Livingstone Laird Van Easter Wemyss, and had children including Margaret Livingston.
  • Jeanette van Bethune passed away in 1522 in Kinneil House, Bo'ness, West-Lothian, Schotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Bethune
1440–1510
Birth Location: Holkettle, Fifeshire, Schotland
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Marjory Balfour)
1443–1466
Birth Location: Balmuto, Fifeshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Robert Wemyss
1475–1513
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Margaret Livingston
1500–1573
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, , Scotland
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Jeanette Bethune's Ancestors

Self
Jeanette Bethune
1485–1522
Birth Place: Creich Castle, Fifeshire, Schotland
Parents
Sir John (5th Lord of Balfour) Bethune
1440–1510
Holkettle, Fifeshire, Schotland
Marjory (Boswell (Lady) Balfour)
1443–1466
Balmuto, Fifeshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Jeanette Bethune's Descendants

1.
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Jeanette (van) Bethune (1485–1522) m. Robert (Livingstone Laird van Easter) Wemyss (1475–9 SEP 1513)
  1. 1. Margaret Livingston 1500–1573 m. James Hamilton 1495–1540
    1. 1. Elizabeth (Finnart) Hamilton 1522–1553 m. Sir (John) Maxwell 1518–1572
      1. 1. James (Calderwood) Maxwell 1548–1622 m. Helen Porterfield –1573 m. Lady (Margaret) CUNNINGHAME 1575–1623
        1. 1. John Maxwell 1611–1649 m. Jane Scott 1614–
    2. 2. GRIZEL (Leslie HAMILTON Of) Rothesay 1531–1575 m. Andrew. (5th Earl of Rothes Leslie Earl of) Rothes 1534–1611
      1. 1. Patrick (Walter Leslie, 1st Baron, Lord Lindores (My) line) 1550–1608 m. Lady (Jean Leslie) Stewart 1570–1644
        1. 1. Margaret LESLIE 1593–1668 m. John ((Lord Maderty)) DRUMMOND 1584–1649

Jeanette Bethune's Timeline

2 Records

1485
1485
Birth of Jeanette van Bethune in Creich Castle, Fifeshire, Schotland
Creich Castle, Fifeshire, Schotland
1522
1522
Age 37
Death of Jeanette van Bethune in Kinneil House, Bo'ness, West-Lothian, Schotland
Kinneil House, Bo'ness, West-Lothian, Schotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1485
    Event Place: Creich Castle, Fifeshire, Schotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1522
    Event Place: Kinneil House, Bo'ness, West-Lothian, Schotland
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