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BRUCE, Alexander of Airth, Sir
(About 1523-1600)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. LIVINGSTON, Janet

BRUCE, Alexander of Airth, Sir 1 2

  • Born: About 1523
  • Marriage (1): LIVINGSTON, Janet before 1 July 1547 1
  • Died: 16 March 1600 2

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Alexander married Janet LIVINGSTON, daughter of Alexander LIVINGSTON 5th Lord Livingston of Callendar and Agnes DOUGLAS, before 1 July 1547.1 (Janet LIVINGSTON was born about 1523 and died on 4 October 1599 1.)


  Marriage Notes:

"5. Janet (Livingstone), married, before 1 July 1547, to Sir Alexander Bruce of Airth. She died 4 October 1599."

from Scots Peerage (vol 5)




"Sir Alexander Bruce of Airth, was the eldest son of his father's first marriage and had a charter for the lands of Airth as heir to him on 1 July 1547. He m. Janet, daughter of Alexander, 5th Lord Livingstone, (she d. on 4 October 1599), with whom he had Sasine for the lands of Bothkennar Grange on 29 April 1552, and d. on 16 March 1600."

from The Red Book of Scotland 1 2

Sources


1 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 5 (1908).

2 Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland, Vol. 2 Bruce of Airth & Stenhouse.

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