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Alexander Leslie

Also Known As: "Alexander Andersson"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Death: circa January 12, 1644 (29-37)
Wemyss, Fife, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Immediate Family:

Son of Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven and Agnes Renton, Countess of Leven
Husband of Sofia Wilhelmsdotter Andersson and Margaret Leslie, Countess of Wemyss
Father of Catharina Elisabet Andersson; Herman Alexander Andersson; Sofia Margareta Torwigge; Vilhelm Jakob Andersson; Catharine Melville (Leslie), Countess of Melville and 1 other
Brother of Barbara Leslie; Lady Mary Cranstoun; Anne Leslie; Gustavus Leslie; Christian Leslie and 2 others

Occupation: Adlad överste
Managed by: Michael Lawrence Rhodes
Last Updated:

About Alexander Leslie, Lord Balgonie

From Darryl Lundy's Peerage page on Alexander Leslie:

http://www.thepeerage.com/p6726.htm#i67260

Alexander Leslie, Lord Balgonie [1]

  • M, #67260,
  • d. after 1642
  • Last Edited=30 Apr 2011

Alexander Leslie, Lord Balgonie was the son of Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven and Agnes Renton.[1]

He married Lady Margaret Leslie, daughter of John Leslie, 6th Earl of Rothes and Lady Anne Erskine, in 1636.[1]

He died after 1642.[2] He died circa 12 January 1644.[1]

He was styled as Master of Leven.[3] He was styled as Lord Balgonie.[3]

Children of Alexander Leslie, Lord Balgonie and Lady Margaret Leslie

  • 1. Catharine Leslie+[3]
  • 2. Alexander Leslie, 2nd Earl of Leven+[1] b. c 1637, d. 15 Jul 1664

Citations

  • 1. [S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 2312. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
  • 2. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 365. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
  • 3. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume I, page 380.

Not the same as Alexander Leslie, Lord Balgonie & not the son of Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven


Alexander Andersson, naturaliserad Andersson.

Kom från Skottland till Sverige är 1627.

Tjänade vid överste Mackays regemente under hela tyska kriget. Generaladjutant 1655 och bevistade drabbningen vid Bug. Kommendant å skansen Nowo Dwor 1655 och låg där i 2 år.

Överste och kommendant på Lowitz fästning samt var 1657 överste för generalissimi livregemente dragoner..

Kommendant i Nyenskans.

Död vid Nyenskans.

Hans mor var en Sinclair av huset Mourtell.

Gift med Sofia Vilhelmsdotter von Estorph (?), född i Skottland (????)

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https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Andersson_(%C3%B6verste)



Colonel Alexander Anderson, of a noble Scottish family (his mother was a Sinclair of Mourtell), is mentioned in 1661 sa com- mander of Nyenskans in Ingermanland, and was introduced into the Swedish House of Nobles 1668. His son Herman Alexander was lieutenant-captain and died in Karelen 1688. His son Alex- ander Magnus, major of the Österbotten regiment, went over ni 1712 to the Russians, but was sent to Siberia. Many of the sons w e r e officers.

Reference: A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE SCOTTISH FAMILIES IN FINLAND AND SWEDEN, RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH. [TERCENTENARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH. SCOTTISH FAMILIES IN FINLAND AND SWEDEN]
Otto Donner
Published by Finnish Literary Society's Press, Helsingfors, 1884

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Alexander Leslie, Lord Balgonie's Timeline

1610
September 6, 1610
Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1638
1638
Balgonie Castle,, Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1638
Fife, UK
1644
January 12, 1644
Age 33
Wemyss, Fife, Scotland (United Kingdom)
May 6, 1644
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