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Sir David Bethune 1460–1522 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1460

Birth Location: Raith, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 1522

Death Location: St Andrews, Orkney, Scotland

Father: John Balfour

Mother: Lady Stirling

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In 1460, Sir David Bethune entered the world in Raith, Fife, Scotland, born to John Bethune Beaton 4Th Laird Lord Of Balfour And Lady Katherine Margaret Stirling. Sir David Bethune passed away in 1522 in St Andrews, Orkney, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1460, Sir David Bethune entered the world in Raith, Fife, Scotland, born to John Bethune Beaton 4Th Laird Lord Of Balfour And Lady Katherine Margaret Stirling.
  • Sir David Bethune passed away in 1522 in St Andrews, Orkney, Scotland.

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Sir Bethune's Ancestors

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Sir Bethune
1460–1522
Birth Place: Raith, Fife, Scotland
Parents
John Bethune\Beaton 4th Laird\Lord of Balfour
1418–1499
Holkettle, Fifeshire, , Scotland
Lady (Katherine Margaret) Stirling
1419–1526
Keir, Perthshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (John Bethune 4th Lord of) Balfour
1405–1499
Holkettle, Fifeshire, Schotland
Margaret Boiswald
1410–1526
SIR (DAVID OF LOCHORWART AND YESTER) HAY
1400–1478
Lochorwart Castle, Midlothian, Scotland
Mary (Douglas) Lady
1398–1448
Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Bethune's Timeline

2 Records

1460
1460
Birth of Sir David Bethune in Raith, Fife, Scotland
Raith, Fife, Scotland
1522
1522
Age 62
Death of Sir David Bethune in St Andrews, Orkney, Scotland
St Andrews, Orkney, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1460
    Event Place: Raith, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1522
    Event Place: St Andrews, Orkney, Scotland

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