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MERCER, Robert of Baleve
(About 1400-)
MERCER, Robert of Baleve, Provost of Perth
(About 1423-1505)
SERES, Margaret
(About 1425-)
MERCER, Christian
(About 1455-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. FORBES, Duncan of Corsindae

MERCER, Christian 1 3

  • Born: About 1455
  • Marriage (1): FORBES, Duncan of Corsindae 1 2

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Christian married Duncan FORBES of Corsindae, son of James FORBES 2nd Lord Forbes and Egidia KEITH.1 2 (Duncan FORBES of Corsindae was born about 1443.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Duncan (Forbes), mentioned in the Acta Auditorum, 13 February 1491, as brother of the deceased William, Lord Forbes. He married Christian Mercer, daughter of the Laird of Ballief, Provost of Perth, widow of Gilbert Skene of that Ilk (see Note below). He became ancestor of the Forbeses of Corsindae, and other families of the name."

from Scots Peerage (vol 4)

Note:

The Scots Peerage, vol. 4, states above that there was one Christian Mercer, daughter of the provost of Perth, married to both Gilbert Skene of Skene and Duncan Forbes of Corsindae. Other sources differ. This site follows stirnet. com here, which lists two women named Christian Mercer, of two different fathers, each woman married to one husband. 1 2

Sources


1 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 4 (1907).

2 Internet Site, https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/mm4ae/mercer1.php#dau1 Mercer1.

3 e-books, Memorials of the Family of Skene of Skene ed. William Forbes Skene (1887).

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