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Lady Margaret Balfour, Countess of Moreton 1450–1482 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 2 Aug 1450

Birth Location: Burleigh Castle, Kinross-shire, Scotland

Death Date: 1482

Death Location: Burleigh Castle, Kincross Shire, Scotland

Father: Willem Erroll

Mother: Beatrix Douglas

Spouse(s): Sir Angus

Children(s): Sir Lochleven, Margaret Douglas, George, Douglas

Lady Margaret Balfour, Countess of Moreton was born in 1450 in Burleigh Castle, Kinross-shire, Scotland, the child of Willem Lord Hay Earl Van Erroll And Beatrix Douglas. Lady Margaret Balfour, Countess of Moreton married Sir Laird Archibald Bell The Cat Douglas 5Th Earl Of Angus, and had children including George Master Douglas, Margaret Douglas, Sir Knight Thomas The Younger Douglas Laird Of Lochleven. Lady Margaret Balfour, Countess of Moreton passed away in 1482 in Burleigh Castle, Kincross Shire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Lady Margaret Balfour, Countess of Moreton was born in 1450 in Burleigh Castle, Kinross-shire, Scotland, the child of Willem Lord Hay Earl Van Erroll And Beatrix Douglas.
  • Lady Margaret Balfour, Countess of Moreton married Sir Laird Archibald Bell The Cat Douglas 5Th Earl Of Angus, and had children including George Master Douglas, Margaret Douglas, Sir Knight Thomas The Younger Douglas Laird Of Lochleven.
  • Lady Margaret Balfour, Countess of Moreton passed away in 1482 in Burleigh Castle, Kincross Shire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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Lady Moreton's Ancestors

Self
Lady Moreton
1450–1482
Birth Place: Burleigh Castle, Kinross-shire, Scotland
Parents
Willem Lord Hay Earl van Erroll
1415–1461
Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire, Schotland
Beatrix Douglas
1420–1490
Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Moreton's Descendants

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Lady (Margaret Balfour, Countess of) Moreton (2 Aug 1450–1482) m. Sir (Laird Archibald "Bell The Cat" Douglas, 5th Earl of) Angus (17 Feb 1451–29 Nov 1513)
  1. 1. Sir (Knight Thomas "The Younger" Douglas, Laird of) Lochleven 1475–1517 m. Lady (Elizabeth Boyd, of Nariston, Bonshaw & Dririg , Countess Of) Lochleven 1480–1517
    1. 1. Sir (Robert Lochleven) Douglas 1515–1547 m. Mrs. (Martin) Wylie 1513–1572 m. Margaret Douglas 1515–1572
      1. 1. Eupheme Douglas 1529–1580 m. Patrick Lindsay 1521–1589
        1. 1. Janet Lindsay 1557–1584 m. James Wishart 1554–1584 m. James Wishart 1554–
        2. 2. James Lindsay 1554–1601
        3. 3. Margaret Lindsay 1555–1594
        4. 4. Janet Lindsay 1552–
      2. 2. Janet Douglas 1536–1590
      3. 3. Catherine Douglas 1530–1598
      4. 4. George Douglas 1544–1625
      5. 5. Earl Morton 1539–1570
      6. 6. Robert (IV Lochleven) Douglas 1535–1580
      7. 7. Margaret (Duchess Baillie) Douglas 1520–1596
      8. 8. LORD (SIR WILLIAM 6th EARL OF MORTON) DOUGLAS 1539–1606
      9. 9. James Stewart 1528–1557
      10. 10. ``Euphemia Douglas 1547–1609
      11. 11. Lady (Jean) Stewart 1533–1586
    2. 2. Lady (Elizabeth) Douglas 1505–1545
    3. 3. John (Douglas, Parson of) Newlandsm 1504–1539
    4. 4. Margaret Douglas 1510–1584
    5. 5. Marion Douglas 1512–
    6. 6. Marion Douglas 1467–1524
    7. 7. Christian (Lady) Lundin 1488–1520
    8. 8. Sir (James Dundas, 16th Laird of) Dundas 1509–1553
    9. 9. James Douglas 1498–1575
    10. 10. Elizabeth Douglas 1444–1545
    11. 11. Henry Douglas 1508–
    12. 12. Elizabeth Douglas –1518
    13. 13. Margaret Douglas 1510–1584
    14. 14. Robert (Douglas Laird van) Lochleven 1515–1547
    15. 15. Lady (Elizabeth Hay, Lady of) Culross,Fife 1510–1538
    16. 16. Elizabeth Douglas –1518
    17. 17. Elizabeth Douglas –1518
  2. 2. Margaret Douglas 1482–
  3. 3. George, (Master) Douglas 1469–1513

Lady Moreton's Timeline

2 Records

1450
2 Aug 1450
Birth of Lady Margaret Balfour, Countess of Moreton in Burleigh Castle, Kinross-shire, Scotland
Burleigh Castle, Kinross-shire, Scotland
1482
1482
Age 32
Death of Lady Margaret Balfour, Countess of Moreton in Burleigh Castle, Kincross Shire, Scotland
Burleigh Castle, Kincross Shire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 Aug 1450
    Event Place: Burleigh Castle, Kinross-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Perth, Scotland
    Record Source: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1482
    Event Place: Burleigh Castle, Kincross Shire, Scotland

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