George Leslie, 1st Earl of Rothes

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http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/minibios/l/George_Leslie.pdf for his descendants NOTE this does noe seem to be the sam person dates & wife do not fit.

Descendants of George Leslie, of Drumbarrow 1st Laird Aikenway Generation No. 1 ~~~1. GEORGE20 LESLIE, OF DRUMBARROW 1ST LAIRD AIKENWAY (GEORGE19, NORMAN18 ....1 was born Abt. 1470 in Fifeshire, Scotland, and died Abt. 1535 in Rothes, Morayshire, Scotland. He married ANNE GRANT Abt. 1498 in Elginshire, Scotland, daughter of DUNCAN GRANT, SIR OF FREUCHIE. She was born Abt. 1478 in Scotland, and died Unknown in Scotland.

George Leslie, 1st Earl of Rothes
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George Leslie, 1st Earl of Rothes (c. 1406/1417 – 1490)[1] was a Scottish nobleman and the first to hold the title of "Earl of Rothes", a hereditary title of the ruler of Leslie, Fife and the lands belonging to the Earl of Rothes.
Family - George was the son of Norman Leslie of Fythkill in Fife, and was born sometime between 1406 and 1417. George was the brother of Elizabeth Leslie and father of George Leslie, First Laird of Aikenway; Christian Sinclair, Countess of Orkney; Andrew Leslie, Master of Rothes; Lady Elizabeth Leslie and John Leslie, First Laird of Pitnamoon. He was also the husband of Margaret Lundie, Christina Halyburton and Elizabeth Campbell.

From the Peerage.com:

George Leslie, 1st Earl of Rothes was born circa 1417. He was the son of Sir Norman Leslie of Rothes and Christian Seton. He married, secondly, Christian Haliburton, daughter of Walter Haliburton and Isabella Stewart. He married, firstly, Margaret Lundin, daughter of John Lundin of that Ilk, circa 1435. He died circa 1489/90.

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• George [Leslie], 1st Lord Leslie later 1st Earl of Rothes
• 1st son of Norman Leslie of Rothes, co. Moray, and Ballinbreich, co. Fife, by his wife Christian Seton, dau. of Sir John Seton of Seton
• born
• mar. (1) c.1435 Margaret Lundin, dau. of John Lundin of Lundin
• only child by first wife 1. Lady Margaret Leslie, mar. Alexander Comyn of Ernside
• mar. (2) Christian Halyburton, only dau. of Sir Walter Halyburton of Dirletoun, by his second wife Lady Isabel Leslie, widow of Alexander [Leslie], 7th Earl of Ross, and 1st dau. by his first wife of Robert [Stewart], 1st Duke of Albany
• children by second wife
• 1. Sir Andrew Leslie, Master of Rothes (dvp. bef. 3 Aug 1473), mar. Lady Elizabeth Sinclair (d. 1508), dau. of William [Sinclair], 3rd Earl of Orkney later 1st Earl of Caithness, by his first wife Lady Elizabeth Stewart, widow of (1) her first cousin once removed John [Stewart], 3rd Earl of Buchan, and (2) Sir Thomas Stewart, styled Master of Mar, illegit. son of Sir Alexander Stewart, jure uxoris Earl of Mar, and only dau. of Archibald [Douglas], 4th Earl of Douglas, by his wife Lady Margaret Stewart, 1st dau. of Robert III, King of Scotland, and had issue:
• 1a. John Leslie of Balmain (dvp. and sp. bef. 23 Jun 1481), mar. bef. 16 Jan 1477/8 Lady Janet Keith (mar. (2) bef. 23 Jun 1481 Thomas [Stewart], 2nd Lord Innermeath; d. after 18 Jul 1509), 1st dau. of William [Keith], 1st Earl Marischal, by his wife Mariota Erskine, 4th dau. of Thomas [Erskine], 2nd Lord Erskine and de jure 13th Earl of Mar
• 2a. George Leslie, later 2nd Earl of Rothes
• 3a. William Leslie, later 3rd Earl of Rothes
• 2. Lady Elizabeth Leslie (d. between 17 May 1509 and Aug 1511), mar. (1) after 14 Oct 1485 as his second wife William [Hay], 3rd Earl of Erroll, and (2) Sir William Edmondston of Duntreath, and had issue by her first husband
• 3. Lady Christian Leslie (d. aft. 20 Feb 1491/2), mar. William [Sinclair], 2nd Lord Sinclair, and had issue
• mar. (3) Elizabeth Campbell (d. after 17 May 1491)
• died betw. 31 Aug 1489 and 24 May 1490)
• created 1445 Lord Leslie
• ante 20 Mar 1457/8 Earl of Rothes
• suc. by grandson
• note

[https://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getpe... Name George Leslie [1]]

• Suffix 1st Earl of Rothes
• Gender Male
• Died 1490
• Person ID I5615 Clan current
• Last Modified 1 Aug 2019
• Father Sir Norman Leslie, of Rothes and Fythkill, b. Abt 1380, d. Bef Feb 1440 (Age ~ 60 years)
• Mother Christian Seton, d. Yes, date unknown
• Married Abt 2 Sep 1416 [2]
• Family ID F3374 Group Sheet | Family Chart

George Leslie Earl of Rothes 1st formerly Leslie

• Born 2 Sep 1416 in Fythkill, now Leslie, Fife, Scotland
• ANCESTORS ancestors
• Son of Norman Leslie and Christian (Seton) Leslie
• [sibling%28s%29 unknown]
• Husband of Christian (Halyburton) Leslie — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
• Husband of Margaret (Lundin) Leslie — married 1435 [location unknown]
• DESCENDANTS descendants
• Father of Margaret Leslie, Andrew (Leslie) Leslie Master of Rothes, Christian Leslie and Elizabeth Leslie
• Died 24 May 1490 in Leslie, Fife, Scotland
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