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Lady Gisela "Grissel" Bethune 1520–1579 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1520

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

Death Date: 18 August 1579

Death Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Father: SIR BETHUNE)

Mother: Lady Creich

Spouse(s): Sir Scott

Children(s): Margaret Scott

The story of Lady Gisela "Grissel" Bethune began in 1520 in Criech Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. Lady Gisela "Grissel" Bethune married Sir Walter Wicked Wat Scott Laird Of Buccleuch 1St Of Branxholme 3Rd Of Buccleuch Chief Of Clan Scott, and had children including Margaret Ann Grissel Scott. Lady Gisela "Grissel" Bethune passed away in 1579 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Lady Gisela "Grissel" Bethune began in 1520 in Criech Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • Lady Gisela "Grissel" Bethune married Sir Walter Wicked Wat Scott Laird Of Buccleuch 1St Of Branxholme 3Rd Of Buccleuch Chief Of Clan Scott, and had children including Margaret Ann Grissel Scott.
  • Lady Gisela "Grissel" Bethune passed away in 1579 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

SIR BETHUNE)
1498–1534
Birth Location: Creich, Fife, Scotland
SB
Lady Creich
1500–1564
Birth Location: Creich, Fife, Scotland
LC

Spouses(s)

Sir Scott
1495–1552
Birth Location: Buccleuch, Selkirkshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
SS

Children(s)

Margaret Scott
1543–1603
Birth Location: Buccleuch, Selkirkshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
MS

Lady Bethune's Ancestors

Self
Lady Bethune
1520–1579
Birth Place: Criech Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
SIR JOHN BETHUNE (2ND LAIRD OF CREICH BETHUNE)
1498–1534
Creich, Fife, Scotland
Lady (Jeanette Sefton \ Hay, Lady Bethune of) Creich
1500–1564
Creich, Fife, Scotland
Grandparents
John Hay
1450–1513
Yester, East-Lothian, Schotland
Elizabeth Crichton
1470–1524
Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John Yester)
1426–1508
Elizabeth Belton)
1430–1529
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Yester)
1400–1478
Elizabeth Douglas
1398–1460

Lady Bethune's Descendants

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Lady (Gisela "Grissel") Bethune (1520–18 August 1579) m. Sir (Walter 'Wicked Wat" Scott, Laird of Buccleuch, 1st of Branxholme, 3rd of Buccleuch, Chief of clan) Scott (16 Jan 1495–5 Oct 1552)
  1. 1. Margaret (Ann Grissel) Scott 1543–1603
    1. 1. Lady (Margaret Borthwick (Baroness) Haltoun) 1572–1634 m. Sir (Robert Lauder (Laird of) Haltoun) 1570–1620
      1. 1. Richard (Lauder (Laird of) Haltoun) 1605–1675 m. Lady (Mary Mariota Margaret) Scott 1584–1660
        1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth Lauder (Countess of) Lauderdale) 1632–1700 m. Sir (Charles David Maitland (3rd Earl of) Lauderdale) 1618–1691

Lady Bethune's Timeline

2 Records

1520
1520
Birth of Lady Gisela "Grissel" Bethune in Criech Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Criech Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1579
18 August 1579
Age 59
Death of Lady Gisela "Grissel" Bethune in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1520
    Event Place: Criech Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 August 1579
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
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