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Sir John Wemyss, Earl of Wemyss 1557 – 1624 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11 Apr 1557

Birth Location: Wemyss Castle, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 27 Apr 1624

Death Location: Wemyss, Fifeshire, Scotland

Father: William Hutton

Mother: 👑🩵Lady Erskine

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In 1557, Sir John Wemyss, Earl of Wemyss 1557 entered the world in Wemyss Castle, Fife, Scotland, born to William Tennant Hutton and 👑🩵Lady Margaret Christie Tudor Erskine. Sir John Wemyss, Earl of Wemyss 1557 passed away in 1624 in Wemyss, Fifeshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1557, Sir John Wemyss, Earl of Wemyss 1557 entered the world in Wemyss Castle, Fife, Scotland, born to William Tennant Hutton and 👑🩵Lady Margaret Christie Tudor Erskine.
  • Sir John Wemyss, Earl of Wemyss 1557 passed away in 1624 in Wemyss, Fifeshire, Scotland.

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Sir Wemyss's Ancestors

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Sir Wemyss
1557 – 1624
Birth Place: Wemyss Castle, Fife, Scotland
Parents
William Tennant Hutton
1531 – 1597
Scotland
👑🩵Lady (Margaret Christie Tudor) Erskine
1515 – 1578
Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
🤴🩵👑King (Francis I - King Francois of France Count of Provence Angouleme Duke of Brittany\Capetian Dynasty House of) Valois
1494 – 1547
Cognac, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France
Claude, (Princess de France de Valois, 👸🩵👑 Queen of France\Duchess of) Brittany,
1500 – 1524
Romorantin-Lanthenay, Departement du Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France
Great-Grandparents
Louis France
1462 – 1515
👑👸🩵Anne Brittany
1477 – 1514
🤴👑King VII
👑👸Queen Brittany
2nd-Great-Grandparents
👑🤴🩵Charles, Orléans
1394 – 1465
👸👑🩵Marie Cleves
1426 – 1487

Sir Wemyss's Timeline

2 Records

1557
11 Apr 1557
Birth of Sir John Wemyss, Earl of Wemyss 1557 in Wemyss Castle, Fife, Scotland
Wemyss Castle, Fife, Scotland
1624
27 Apr 1624
Age 67
Death of Sir John Wemyss, Earl of Wemyss 1557 in Wemyss, Fifeshire, Scotland
Wemyss, Fifeshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 Apr 1557
    Event Place: Wemyss Castle, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Apr 1624
    Event Place: Wemyss, Fifeshire, Scotland

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