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Robert Balfour 1538–1576 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1538

Birth Location: Munquhanny, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: Aug 1576

Death Location: Sweden

Father: Sir Munquhanny

Mother: Janet Bruce

Spouse(s):

Children(s):

The story of Robert Balfour began in 1538 in Munquhanny, Fife, Scotland. Robert Balfour passed away in 1576 in Sweden.

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Biography

  • The story of Robert Balfour began in 1538 in Munquhanny, Fife, Scotland.
  • Robert Balfour passed away in 1576 in Sweden.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Munquhanny
1509–1593
Birth Location: Pittendreich, Midlothian, Scotland
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Janet Bruce
1516–1593
Birth Location: Pittendreich, Midlothian, Scotland
JB

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Robert Balfour's Ancestors

Self
Robert Balfour
1538–1576
Birth Place: Munquhanny, Fife, Scotland
Parents
Sir Andrew Balfour 2nd Baron of Munquhanny
1509–1593
Pittendreich, Midlothian, Scotland
Janet Bruce
1516–1593
Pittendreich, Midlothian, Scotland
Grandparents
Michael Balfour
1446–1513
Balfour, Orkney, Orkney Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
Marjorie Durie
1465–1570
Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
William Bruce
1487–1583
Airth, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret (Ann) Meldrum
1500–1580
Caskiben, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Robert Balfour's Timeline

2 Records

1538
1538
Birth of Robert Balfour in Munquhanny, Fife, Scotland
Munquhanny, Fife, Scotland
1576
Aug 1576
Age 38
Death of Robert Balfour in Sweden
Sweden

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1538
    Event Place: Munquhanny, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Aug 1576
    Event Place: Sweden
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