BRUCE, Christian ¹

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Christian married James CARNEGIE of Balmachie, son of Sir Robert CARNEGIE 5th of Kinnaird and Margaret GUTHRIE.¹ (James CARNEGIE of Balmachie was born about 1534 and died before 1 March 1597 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"James, who received a charter of the lands of Balmachie from his brother David, dated 1 June 1563. His wife's name was Christian Bruce, and they as spouses received, on 14 May 1575, from John Carnegie of that Ilk (a natural son of Sir Robert), a charter of eleven acres of arable land in Punderlaw, in the barony and regality of Aberbrothock. His death occurred before 1 March 1597, when his son David is styled ' of Balmachie.' He left four children..."

from Scots Peerage (vol 8) ¹