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Lady Dame Helena Elizabeth Leslie 1526 – 1596 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1526

Birth Location: Rothes, Morayshire, Ardersier, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Death Date: 18 Aug 1596

Death Location: Abbey Newbattle, West Lothian, Scotland

Father: Sir Leslie

Mother: Margaret Crichton

Spouse(s): Mark Kerr\Carr\Carroll

Children(s): Mark Kerr

The story of Lady Dame Helena Elizabeth Leslie began in 1526 in Rothes, Morayshire, Ardersier, Inverness-shire, Scotland. Lady Dame Helena Elizabeth Leslie married Mark Commendator (Abbott) of Newbattle Ker Kerr\Carr\Carroll, and had children including Mark 1st Earl of Lothian Kerr. Lady Dame Helena Elizabeth Leslie passed away in 1596 in Abbey Newbattle, West Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Lady Dame Helena Elizabeth Leslie began in 1526 in Rothes, Morayshire, Ardersier, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
  • Lady Dame Helena Elizabeth Leslie married Mark Commendator (Abbott) of Newbattle Ker Kerr\Carr\Carroll, and had children including Mark 1st Earl of Lothian Kerr.
  • Lady Dame Helena Elizabeth Leslie passed away in 1596 in Abbey Newbattle, West Lothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Leslie
1500 – 1558
Birth Location: Rothes/Morayshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Margaret Crichton
1500 – 1546
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
MC

Spouses(s)

Mark Kerr\Carr\Carroll
1516 – 1584
Birth Location: Ferniehirst, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
MK

Children(s)

Mark Kerr
1558 – 1609
Birth Location: Rothes, Moray, Scotland
MK

Lady Leslie's Ancestors

Self
Lady Leslie
1526 – 1596
Birth Place: Rothes, Morayshire, Ardersier, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Parents
Sir George 4th Earl of Rothes, Sheriff of Fife, Leslie
1500 – 1558
Rothes/Morayshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret (Wood (Countess of Rothes)) Crichton
1500 – 1546
Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
George (William Evelyn Earl Rothes) Leslie
1460 – 1513
Rothes, Morayshire, Schotland
Lady (Margaret) Balfour-Leslie
1465 – 1987
Montquanie, Fifeshire, Schotland
John Wade
1453 – 1638
Cherry Burton, Yorks, Eng., England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Somerville
1473 –
South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Leslie's Descendants

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Lady (Dame Helena Elizabeth) Leslie (1526 – 18 Aug 1596) m. Mark (Commendator (Abbott) of Newbattle Ker) Kerr\Carr\Carroll (29 Aug 1516 – 29 Aug 1584)
  1. 1. Mark (1st Earl of Lothian) Kerr (20 February 1558 – 8 April 1609) m. Lady (Margaretha "Margaret" Fergusson - Maxwell -) Kerr (8 Jan 1548 – 8 Jan 1617)
    1. 1. Lady (Isabel Kerr -) Douglas (1585 – 30 May 1628) m. Sir (Willem (William) Douglas (9th Lord of Drumlanrig & Knight of The Garter & 1st Earl of Queensburry & Earl of Morton & Earl of) Doug (1585 – 8 Mar 1640)
      1. 1. Col (Hon Sir William Douglas of) Kelhead (1618 – 13 Dec 1673) m. Agnes Home (1618 – 29 Jan 1652) m. Lady (Jean Stuart of) Schelinlaw (16 Jan 1620 – Dec 1662)
        1. 1. Mary Douglas (Sep 1645 – 1680) m. John Kimbrough (1640 – 1715)

Lady Leslie's Timeline

2 Records

1526
1526
Birth of Lady Dame Helena Elizabeth Leslie in Rothes, Morayshire, Ardersier, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Rothes, Morayshire, Ardersier, Inverness-shire, Scotland
1596
18 Aug 1596
Age 70
Death of Lady Dame Helena Elizabeth Leslie in Abbey Newbattle, West Lothian, Scotland
Abbey Newbattle, West Lothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1526
    Event Place: Rothes, Morayshire, Ardersier, Inverness-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 Aug 1596
    Event Place: Abbey Newbattle, West Lothian, Scotland
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