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LESLIE, George 4th Earl of Rothes, Sheriff of Fife
(About 1492-1558) |
LESLIE, George 4th Earl of Rothes, Sheriff of Fife 1 2 4 5
User ID: M548. Noted events in his life were: 1. Remarried: Margaret Crichton, by 21 October 1541. 1 5 6 George married Margaret CRICHTON, daughter of William CRICHTON of Frendraught, 3rd Lord Crichton and Margaret STEWART, before 1 April 1517.1 The marriage ended in annulment. (Margaret CRICHTON was born by 1494 5.) Marriage Notes: "George, Earl of Rothes, married, first, the honourable Margaret Crichton, daughter of William, third Lord Crichton of Frendraught, by Lady Margaret Stewart, second daughter of King James III." George next married Elizabeth GRAY, daughter of Andrew GRAY 2nd Lord Gray and Janet KEITH, before 5 June 1525.1 2 (Elizabeth GRAY was born about 1464 and died before 19 January 1529(1530) 2.) Marriage Notes: "George, Earl of Rothes, married, secondly, about 1525, Elizabeth Gray, daughter of Andrew, third Lord Gray, relict of John, fourth Lord Glammis, and of Alexander, third Earl of Huntly. George, Earl of Rothes, granted a charter, dated June 1525, of the lands and barony of Ballinbreich, to Elizabeth Gray, Countess of Huntly, relict of the deceased Alexander, Earl of Huntly, for her lifetime. By her the Earl of Rothes had no issue." George next married Agnes SOMERVILLE, daughter of Sir John SOMERVILLE of Quothquan, Baron of Cambusnethan and Elizabeth CARMICHAEL, by 29 January 1529 (1530).1 3 (Agnes SOMERVILLE was born about 1598 and died about 1541 1.) Marriage Notes: "He (George Leslie) married, thirdly, Agnes Somerville, daughter of Sir John Somerville of Cambusnethan, widow of John, second Lord Flemming, predecessor George next married Isobel LUNDY, daughter of Sir William LUNDY of that Ilk, Sheriff of Fife and Elizabeth HEPBURN.1 (Isobel LUNDY was born about 1490.) Marriage Notes: "George, Earl of Rothes, married, fifthly, Isobel Lundy, daughter of Lundy of Lundy, and widow of David, seventh Earl of Crawford, who died in 1542.... By Isobel Lundy, the Earl of Rothes had no issue." |
1 e-books, Historical Records of the Family of Leslie 1067-1869 vol. 2 by Col. Leslie of Balquhain (1869).
2 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 4 (1907).
3 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 8 (1911).
4 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 6 (1909).
5 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 3 (1906).
6 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 9 Index (1914).
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