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Lady Christian Matilda Beth Bethune 1547 – 1590 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1547

Birth Location: Balfour, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1590

Death Location: Cairnbre, Ross, Ross &amp, Cromarty, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: John Balfour

Mother: Lady Balfour

Spouse(s): John III

Children(s): Matilda Melville

Lady Christian Matilda Beth Bethune was born in 1547 in Balfour, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of John Bethune 8th of Balfour and Lady Agnes Bethune Beaton of Anstruther Castle; 12th Lady of Balfour. Lady Christian Matilda Beth Bethune married John Learmonth Melville III, and had children including Matilda Melville. Lady Christian Matilda Beth Bethune passed away in 1590 in Cairnbre, Ross, Ross &amp, Cromarty, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Lady Christian Matilda Beth Bethune was born in 1547 in Balfour, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of John Bethune 8th of Balfour and Lady Agnes Bethune Beaton of Anstruther Castle; 12th Lady of Balfour.
  • Lady Christian Matilda Beth Bethune married John Learmonth Melville III, and had children including Matilda Melville.
  • Lady Christian Matilda Beth Bethune passed away in 1590 in Cairnbre, Ross, Ross &amp, Cromarty, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lady Bethune's Ancestors

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Lady Bethune
1547 – 1590
Birth Place: Balfour, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
John Bethune 8th of Balfour
1525 – 1564
, Fife, , Scotland
Lady (Agnes Bethune Beaton of Anstruther Castle; 12th Lady of) Balfour
1526 – 1582
Clatto, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Christian Stewart
1503 – 1578
Castle Atholl, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
John (Anstruther Lord Of That) ilk
1500 – 1574
Anstruther-Easter, Fife, Scotland
Margaret Clephane
1504 – 1574
Carslogie, Fife, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John Anstruther
1475 – 1547
Lady Abercrombie
1479 – 1574
George Carslogie
1475 – 1510
Christian Learmont
1479 – 1574
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Bethune's Descendants

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Lady (Christian Matilda Beth) Bethune (1547 – 1590) m. John (Learmonth Melville) III (1542 – 1590)
  1. 1. Matilda Melville (abt 1515 – 23 NOV 1608) m. William (Strong or) Strang (1513 – )
    1. 1. Mrs (William) Turnbull (1551 – ) m. William Turnbull (1549 – 1614)
      1. 1. Elisabeth Turnbull (Abt. 1576 – 1623) m. Sir (John) Preston (ABT 1572 – 14 Jun 1616)
        1. 1. Catherine Preston (1594 – 1640) m. Sir (Robert Nairne of Muckersie, then Strathford,member of Faculty of) Advocates (1602 – Feb 1652)

Lady Bethune's Timeline

2 Records

1547
1547
Birth of Lady Christian Matilda Beth Bethune in Balfour, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Balfour, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1590
1590
Age 43
Death of Lady Christian Matilda Beth Bethune in Cairnbre, Ross, Ross &amp, Cromarty, Scotland, United Kingdom
Cairnbre, Ross, Ross &amp, Cromarty, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1547
    Event Place: Balfour, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1590
    Event Place: Cairnbre, Ross, Ross &amp, Cromarty, Scotland, United Kingdom

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