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William Leslie 1519 – 1573 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1519

Birth Location: Rothes, Morayshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: March 1573

Death Location: Rothes, Morayshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: George Rothes

Mother: Henrietta Leslie

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William Leslie was born in 1519 in Rothes, Morayshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of George Leslie Earl van Rothes and Henrietta Anderson Morshead Leslie. William Leslie passed away in 1573 in Rothes, Morayshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • William Leslie was born in 1519 in Rothes, Morayshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of George Leslie Earl van Rothes and Henrietta Anderson Morshead Leslie.
  • William Leslie passed away in 1573 in Rothes, Morayshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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William Leslie's Ancestors

Self
William Leslie
1519 – 1573
Birth Place: Rothes, Morayshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
George Leslie Earl van Rothes
1485 – 1558
Rothes, Morayshire, Schotland
Henrietta (Anderson Morshead) Leslie
1500 – 1546
Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
William Ruthven
1478 – 1513
Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret Anderson-Morshead
1465 – 1987
Montquanie, Fifeshire, Schotland
Great-Grandparents
Lord Ruthven
1478 – 1513
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lord Ruthven
1478 – 1513

William Leslie's Timeline

2 Records

1519
1519
Birth of William Leslie in Rothes, Morayshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Rothes, Morayshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1573
March 1573
Age 54
Death of William Leslie in Rothes, Morayshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Rothes, Morayshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1519
    Event Place: Rothes, Morayshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: March 1573
    Event Place: Rothes, Morayshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom

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