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Sir Alexander Bruce of Airth and Stenhouse 5th Lord of Livingston 1547 – 1600 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1547

Birth Location: Airth, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Death Date: 6 March 1600

Death Location: Airth, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Livingston

Mother: Lady Bruce

Spouse(s): Isbell Forbes, Lady Biggar

Children(s): James Bruce

In 1547, Sir Alexander Bruce of Airth and Stenhouse 5th Lord of Livingston entered the world in Airth, Stirlingshire, Scotland, born to Sir Alexander Bruce of Airth and Stenhouse 5th Lord of Livingston and Lady Janet Jonet Livingstone Bruce. Sir Alexander Bruce of Airth and Stenhouse 5th Lord of Livingston married Isbell Forbes, Lady Jane Flemming, of Biggar, and had children including James Bruce. Sir Alexander Bruce of Airth and Stenhouse 5th Lord of Livingston passed away in 1600 in Airth, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1547, Sir Alexander Bruce of Airth and Stenhouse 5th Lord of Livingston entered the world in Airth, Stirlingshire, Scotland, born to Sir Alexander Bruce of Airth and Stenhouse 5th Lord of Livingston and Lady Janet Jonet Livingstone Bruce.
  • Sir Alexander Bruce of Airth and Stenhouse 5th Lord of Livingston married Isbell Forbes, Lady Jane Flemming, of Biggar, and had children including James Bruce.
  • Sir Alexander Bruce of Airth and Stenhouse 5th Lord of Livingston passed away in 1600 in Airth, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir Livingston's Ancestors

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Sir Livingston
1547 – 1600
Birth Place: Airth, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir Alexander Bruce of Airth and Stenhouse 5th Lord of Livingston
1530 – 1600
Airth, Stirlingshire, West Lothian, Scotland
Lady (Janet Jonet Livingstone) Bruce
1535 – 1600
Callendar, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Robert (II Bruce of) Airth
1505 – 1548
Airth, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Janet (Forrester of) Carden
1510 – 1610
Carden,,,Scotland
Sir (Alexander "Lord Livingston of Callendar" Livingston (Guardian of Mary Queen of) Scotts)
1503 – 1558
Edzell, Angushire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Elizabeth (Innes) Abernethy
1505 – 1571
Great-Grandparents
Sir AIRTH
1466 – 1513
Lady *
1468 – 1528
Alexander Buckie
Lady Graham
1462 – 1510
Alexander Angus,
1465 – 1537
Lady Dunbar
1475 – 1520
Adam Hepburn
1460 – 1513
Elizabeth Ogstoun
1465 – 1542
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Livingston's Descendants

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Sir (Alexander Bruce of Airth and Stenhouse 5th Lord of) Livingston (1547 – 6 March 1600) m. Isbell Forbes (1555 – 30 Nov 1611) m. Lady (Jane Flemming, of) Biggar (30 Sep 1570 – 26 July 1598)
  1. 1. James Bruce (1571 – 20 November 1612) m. Barbara (Wallace) Bruce (1575 – abt 1625) m. Elizabeth Wood (1572 – 15 Oct 1613)
    1. 1. Archibald ((Archebald)) Bruce (5 Mar 1597 – 19 Jan 1665)
      1. 1. Thomas (Bruce of) Blairhall (1630 – 1722) m. MAGDALEN (EVANS) BRUCE (1644 – 1709)
        1. 1. John Bruce (1667 – 7 Sep 1742) m. Elisebeth (8 Dec 1674 – 24 Jan 1738)

Sir Livingston's Timeline

2 Records

1547
1547
Birth of Sir Alexander Bruce of Airth and Stenhouse 5th Lord of Livingston in Airth, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Airth, Stirlingshire, Scotland
1600
6 March 1600
Age 53
Death of Sir Alexander Bruce of Airth and Stenhouse 5th Lord of Livingston in Airth, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
Airth, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1547
    Event Place: Airth, Stirlingshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Airth, Gloucestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Airth, Stirlingshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Lanarkshire, Stirling, & Clackmannan: Commissariot Record of Lanark, Register of Testaments, 1595-1800 and Commissariot Record of Stirling, 1607-1800

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 March 1600
    Event Place: Airth, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom

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