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LADY MARGARETHA of BALFOUR HAY 1453–1521 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1453

Birth Location: Erroll, Perthshire, Scotland

Death Date: c 1521

Death Location: Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland

Father: Rt Hay,

Mother: Lady Douglas,

Spouse(s): Robert Douglas, Alexander Fraser

Children(s): Sir Douglas,

In 1453, LADY MARGARETHA of BALFOUR HAY entered the world in Erroll, Perthshire, Scotland, born to Rt Hon Sir Lord William I Hay Knight Of Errol The Right Honourable 2Nd Lord Of Hay And Lady Beatrice Douglas. LADY MARGARETHA of BALFOUR HAY married Alexander Fraser, Robert Ii Lord Of Loch Leven Sir Douglas, and had children including Sir Thomas The Younger Douglas. LADY MARGARETHA of BALFOUR HAY passed away in 1521 in Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland.

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  • In 1453, LADY MARGARETHA of BALFOUR HAY entered the world in Erroll, Perthshire, Scotland, born to Rt Hon Sir Lord William I Hay Knight Of Errol The Right Honourable 2Nd Lord Of Hay And Lady Beatrice Douglas.
  • LADY MARGARETHA of BALFOUR HAY married Alexander Fraser, Robert Ii Lord Of Loch Leven Sir Douglas, and had children including Sir Thomas The Younger Douglas.
  • LADY MARGARETHA of BALFOUR HAY passed away in 1521 in Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland.

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LADY HAY's Ancestors

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LADY HAY
1453–1521
Birth Place: Erroll, Perthshire, Scotland
Parents
Rt Hon. Sir Lord William I Hay, Knight of Errol, The Right Honourable, 2nd Lord of Hay,
1415–1461
Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire, Schotland
Lady (Beatrice) Douglas,
1428–1490
Douglas Castle, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Great-Grandparents
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LADY HAY's Descendants

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LADY (MARGARETHA of BALFOUR) HAY (1453–c 1521) m. Robert (II, Lord of Loch Leven, Sir) Douglas (1451–1526) m. Alexander Fraser (1440–1480)
  1. 1. Sir (Thomas "The Younger") Douglas, 1475–1539 m. Elizabeth (Hester) Boyd 1475–1498
    1. 1. Robert (Douglas Laird Van) Lochleven 1515–1547 m. Lady (Margaret) Erskine 1513–1572
      1. 1. Robert (4th Earl of Buchan) Douglas 1543–1580 m. Countess (Christian Thomas Stewart) Buchan 1547–1580
        1. 1. Marion (Margaret Countess Buchan) Douglas 1567–1630 m. Sir (William Forbes Alexander) Irvine 1570–1636
      2. 2. Catherine Douglas 1530–
      3. 3. Eupheme Douglas 1533–1580
      4. 4. Janet Douglas 1536–
      5. 5. Margaret stewart 1539–
      6. 6. William ((of Lochleven, 6th Earl of Morton, PC)) Douglas 1539–1606
      7. 7. James (of) rothesay 1540–1541
      8. 8. Arthur (Of) scotland 1541–1541
      9. 9. Euphemia Douglas 1547–
      10. 10. Jean Stewart 1528–1586
      11. 11. George Douglas 1544–1625
    2. 2. Elizabeth Douglas 1505–1545

LADY HAY's Timeline

2 Records

1453
1453
Birth of LADY MARGARETHA of BALFOUR HAY in Erroll, Perthshire, Scotland
Erroll, Perthshire, Scotland
1521
c 1521
Age 68
Death of LADY MARGARETHA of BALFOUR HAY in Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland
Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1453
    Event Place: Erroll, Perthshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: c 1521
    Event Place: Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current

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