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Lady Margaret (Tudor) Balfour Countess of Moreton 1450–1521 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 2 Aug 1450

Birth Location: Balfour, Fifeshire, Schotland

Death Date: 1521

Death Location: Burleigh Castle, Kincross Shire, Scotland

Father: David Balfour

Mother: Elisabeth Douglas

Spouse(s): Robert Ii

Children(s): Lord Lochleven

Lady Margaret (Tudor) Balfour Countess of Moreton was born in 1450 in Balfour, Fifeshire, Schotland, the child of David Laird Of Burleigh Balfour And Elisabeth Douglas. Lady Margaret (Tudor) Balfour Countess of Moreton married Robert Ii Douglas Laird Of Lochleven Ii, and had children including Lord Thomas Douglas Laird Van Lochleven. Lady Margaret (Tudor) Balfour Countess of Moreton passed away in 1521 in Burleigh Castle, Kincross Shire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Lady Margaret (Tudor) Balfour Countess of Moreton was born in 1450 in Balfour, Fifeshire, Schotland, the child of David Laird Of Burleigh Balfour And Elisabeth Douglas.
  • Lady Margaret (Tudor) Balfour Countess of Moreton married Robert Ii Douglas Laird Of Lochleven Ii, and had children including Lord Thomas Douglas Laird Van Lochleven.
  • Lady Margaret (Tudor) Balfour Countess of Moreton passed away in 1521 in Burleigh Castle, Kincross Shire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

David Balfour
1436–1531
Birth Location: Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland
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Elisabeth Douglas
1415–1450
Birth Location: Douglas, Lanarkshire, Schotland
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Spouses(s)

Robert Ii
1445–1520
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Lord Lochleven
1475–1539
Birth Location: Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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Lady Moreton's Ancestors

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Lady Moreton
1450–1521
Birth Place: Balfour, Fifeshire, Schotland
Parents
David Laird of Burleigh Balfour
1436–1531
Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland
Elisabeth Douglas
1415–1450
Douglas, Lanarkshire, Schotland
Grandparents
James ((de Grote) Douglas Earl Van) Avondale
1371–1443
Hermiston, Mid-Lothian, Schotland
Great-Grandparents
Archibald III
1328–1400
Johanna Murray
1345–1409
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Douglas
1286–1330
Beatrice great-grandmother
1291–1352

Lady Moreton's Descendants

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Lady (Margaret (Tudor) Balfour Countess of) Moreton (2 Aug 1450–1521) m. Robert (II Douglas Laird of Lochleven) Ii (1445–1520)
  1. 1. Lord (Thomas Douglas Laird van) Lochleven 1475–1539 m. Elizabeth Boyd 1475–1498
    1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth) Douglas 1505–1545 m. Alexander (MacAlexander (Bailie of Argyll) I, Lord of the) Isles 1472–1553
      1. 1. William (Alexander Baron of Menstrie) Scotland 1525–1579 m. Katherine Graham 1532–1545 m. Elizabeth (Coutts of) Argyle 1527–1550
        1. 1. Alexander (5th Baron of Menstrie Alexander Menstrie) Alexander 1545–1581 m. Marion Graham 1532–1567

Lady Moreton's Timeline

2 Records

1450
2 Aug 1450
Birth of Lady Margaret (Tudor) Balfour Countess of Moreton in Balfour, Fifeshire, Schotland
Balfour, Fifeshire, Schotland
1521
1521
Age 71
Death of Lady Margaret (Tudor) 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: Balfour, Fifeshire, Schotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1521
    Event Place: Burleigh Castle, Kincross Shire, Scotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
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