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Sir Alexander Fraser 1527 – 1557 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1527

Birth Location: Castle Kinnell, Angus-shire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1 December 1557

Death Location: Iona, Argyllshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Hugh Lovat

Mother: Janet Balnagowan,

Spouse(s): Lady Lovat

Children(s): Sir Lovat

The story of Sir Alexander Fraser began in 1527 in Castle Kinnell, Angus-shire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom. Sir Alexander Fraser married Lady Janet Campbell, Baroness Lovat, and had children including Sir Hugh "Uisdean Ruadh" Fraser, 7th Earl of Arran, 5th Baron Fraser of Lovat. Sir Alexander Fraser passed away in 1557 in Iona, Argyllshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir Alexander Fraser began in 1527 in Castle Kinnell, Angus-shire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • Sir Alexander Fraser married Lady Janet Campbell, Baroness Lovat, and had children including Sir Hugh "Uisdean Ruadh" Fraser, 7th Earl of Arran, 5th Baron Fraser of Lovat.
  • Sir Alexander Fraser passed away in 1557 in Iona, Argyllshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Sir Fraser's Ancestors

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Sir Fraser
1527 – 1557
Birth Place: Castle Kinnell, Angus-shire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Hugh Fraser, Master of Lovat
1510 – 1544
Lovat, Inverness-shire, Highland, Scotland
Janet (Ross, Lady of) Balnagowan,
1510 – 1563
Balnagowan,Ross,Ross And Cromarty,Scotland
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Sir Fraser's Descendants

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Sir (Alexander) Fraser (1527 – 1 December 1557) m. Lady (Janet Campbell, Baroness) Lovat (1525 – 22 May 1561)
  1. 1. Sir (Hugh "Uisdean Ruadh" Fraser, 7th Earl of Arran, 5th Baron Fraser of) Lovat (1544 – 1 January 1577) m. Lady (Janet "Elizabeth" Stewart \Stuart , Countess of Arran, Baroness Campbell and Lovatt, Mistress to King James) I (19 Dec 1549 – 19 Apr 1621 or Jun 1622)
    1. 1. Lord (Simon Fraser, 6th Lord Fraser of) Lovat (7 April 1570 – 3 April 1633) m. Katherine (Margaret) Mackenzie (January 1573 – 15 May 1593)
      1. 1. Simon Fraser (1589 – 1596)
      2. 2. Hugh (Fraser 7th Lord Fraser of) Lovat (September 1590 – 16 February 1646) m. Isabell Redchester (1592 – 1636)
        1. 1. Lady (Mary Lovat Fraser, Lady of Beauly, 1st Baroness Ross of) Balblair (1617 – 22 DEC 1646)
        2. 2. Countess (Anne of Sutherland) Fraser (1619 – 23 Jul 1658)
        3. 3. Countess (Katherine Fraser or) Frazier (1619 – 18 Oct 1663)
        4. 4. Simon (of Lovat Fraser or) Frazier (1621 – 20 Mar 1640)
        5. 5. Lord (Hugh Fraser of) Lovat (1624 – Apr 1643)
        6. 6. Alexander (of Lovat Fraser or) Frazier (May 1626 – 27 Jun 1671)
        7. 7. Isabel (Fraser or) Frazier (1628 – )
        8. 8. Lord (Thomas of Beaufort de jure) Fraser (1631 – 16 May 1699) m. Sibylla (Sybella) MacLeod (Jun 1635 – 16 June 1682)
        9. 9. William (Fraser or) Frazier (1632 – 1639)
        10. 10. James (Fraser or) Frazier (1633 – 1657)
      3. 3. Elizabeth Frazier (1591 – 22 December 1651)
    2. 2. Mary Fraser (1574 – 16 March 1597)

Sir Fraser's Timeline

2 Records

1527
1527
Birth of Sir Alexander Fraser in Castle Kinnell, Angus-shire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Castle Kinnell, Angus-shire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
1557
1 December 1557
Age 30
Death of Sir Alexander Fraser in Iona, Argyllshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Iona, Argyllshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1527
    Event Place: Castle Kinnell, Angus-shire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 December 1557
    Event Place: Iona, Argyllshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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