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Margaretha Balfour 1450–1521 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1450

Birth Location: Balfour, Fifeshire, Schotland

Death Date: 1521

Death Location: Burleigh, Kinross, Schotland

Father: Sir (17thGGF)

Mother:

Spouse(s): Robert Lochleven

Children(s): Margaretha )

Margaretha Balfour was born in 1450 in Balfour, Fifeshire, Schotland, the child of Sir Michael Earl Balfour 1422 1500 17Thggf And Elizabeth Wife Of Michael Earl Balfour. Margaretha Balfour married Robert Ii Douglas Laird Van Lochleven, and had children including Margaretha Douglas Of Pumpherston And Adeston 15Thggm Pumphreston. Margaretha Balfour passed away in 1521 in Burleigh, Kinross, Schotland.

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Biography

  • Margaretha Balfour was born in 1450 in Balfour, Fifeshire, Schotland, the child of Sir Michael Earl Balfour 1422 1500 17Thggf And Elizabeth Wife Of Michael Earl Balfour.
  • Margaretha Balfour married Robert Ii Douglas Laird Van Lochleven, and had children including Margaretha Douglas Of Pumpherston And Adeston 15Thggm Pumphreston.
  • Margaretha Balfour passed away in 1521 in Burleigh, Kinross, Schotland.

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Margaretha Balfour's Ancestors

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Margaretha Balfour
1450–1521
Birth Place: Balfour, Fifeshire, Schotland
Parents
Sir Michael Earl Balfour (1422-1500) (17thGGF)
1422–1500
Kinross, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaretha Balfour's Descendants

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Margaretha Balfour (1450–1521) m. Robert (II Douglas Laird van) Lochleven (1445–1520)
  1. 1. Margaretha (Douglas of Pumpherston and Adeston (15thGGM) * ( Pumphreston) ) 1480–1508 m. Patrick (Halyburton , 6th Lord Dirleton (5th) (Dirletoun) ( Haliburton ) *) (15thGGF) 1475–1505
    1. 1. Jeanette (Halyburton Lady) Dirleton 1510–1560 m. Willem (Lord) Ruthven 1500–1552
      1. 1. Catharina Ruthven 1530–
      2. 2. Barbara Ruthven 1535–
      3. 3. Jeanette Ruthven 1540–1593
      4. 4. Lilian( (Lilias ) Ruthven (1525-1579)) (13thGGM) 1525–1579 m. David (Drummond , 2nd Lord Drummond (1515-1571)) (13thGGF) 1515–1571
        1. 1. Catherine (Drummond (1552-1607)) (12thGGM) 1552–1607 m. John (Murray , 1st Earl of Tullibardine (1550-1613)) (12thGGF) 1550–1613
      5. 5. Patrick (Ruthven Lord) Dirleton 1520–1556
      6. 6. Katherine (Lady Glenorchy Ruthven) Campbell 1526–1579 m. Sir (Colin 6th Laird of Glenorchy) Campbell 1515–1584
        1. 1. Margaret Campbell 1560–1610 m. James (Master Glencairn) Cunninghame 1550–1630
        2. 2. Sir (Duncan of Glenurchie, 1st Baronet) Campbell 1550–1631 m. Elizabeth Sinclair 1575–1654 m. Jean Stewart 1557–1623
        3. 3. MARION Campbell 1574–1606
        4. 4. Katherine Campbell 1563–
        5. 5. Anna Campbell 1565–1589
        6. 6. James Campbell 1555–
        7. 7. Mary ((Maria)) Campbell 1551–1610
        8. 8. Elizabeth Campbell 1560–1589
        9. 9. Janet (MacEvir) Campbell 1563–1633
        10. 10. Maria (Mary) Campbell 1572–1618
        11. 11. Robert Graham 1543–1575
        12. 12. Margaret Campbell 1548–1571
        13. 13. Colin Campbell 1554–1610
        14. 14. Archibald Campbell 1559–1630
        15. 15. Patrick (Campbell ( Campbel ) ( DNA match FTDNA ) (1556-1622)) (13thGU) 1555–1622
        16. 16. Margaret (Marriot (Lady)) Campbell 1552–1610
        17. 17. Colin Campbell 1548–1610
        18. 18. Anna Campbell 1554–1589
        19. 19. George Graham –1576
        20. 20. Sir (Archibald (Gillespic) Dow) Campbell 1545–1640

Margaretha Balfour's Timeline

4 Records

1450
1450
Birth of Margaretha Balfour in Balfour, Fifeshire, Schotland
Balfour, Fifeshire, Schotland
1456
Abt. 1456
Age 6
Birth of Margaretha Balfour in Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland
Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland
1482
Abt. 1482
Age 32
Death of Margaretha Balfour in Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland
Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland
1521
1521
Age 71
Death of Margaretha Balfour in Burleigh, Kinross, Schotland
Burleigh, Kinross, Schotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1456
    Event Place: Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1450
    Event Place: Balfour, Fifeshire, Schotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Abt. 1482
    Event Place: Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1521
    Event Place: Burleigh, Kinross, Schotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

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