LESLIE, Alexander of Kininvie 1
- Born: About 1465
- Marriage (1): CALDER, Marian 1
- Died: 1549
User ID: C295.
General Notes:
"The Leslies of Kininvie, cadets of the Earls of Rothes and the Leslies of Balquhain, acquired the estate of Kininvie, Mortlach, in 1521, from John, Earl of Athol, Lord of Balvenie. The first laird Alexander, in 1525, built the present house of Kininvie. His third son George, of Drummuir, was grandfather of Alexander Leslie, the soldier of fortune who became first Earl of Leven."
from Records of the County of Banff 2
Alexander married Marian CALDER.1 (Marian CALDER was born about 1475.)
Marriage Notes:
"Alexander Leslie, first Laird of Kininvie, second son of George Leslie, first Laird of New Leslie, by his wife, Comney Constantia Eamsay, got, or bought from the Earl of Athole the lands of Kininvie in Balveny, in the parish of Mortlach, in Banffshire, and built a mansion-house there. In his youth he travelled in France and Germany, He married Marian Calder, daughter of Alexander Calder or M'Pherson of Napferson, and had issue"
from Family of Leslie 1
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