Andrew
Leslie Fifth Earl of Rothes
formerly Leslie
Born after in Rothesay, Bute, Scotland
Ancestors 
Brother of
Margaret Leslie [half], Norman (Leslie) Leslie Master of Rothes [half], Helen Leslie, Katherine Leslie [half], Janet Leslie [half], Margaret (Fleming) Cunningham [half], James Leslie, Euphemia (Leslie) Cunningham, Peter Leslie, Beatrice (Leslie) Leslie Lady Creich, Agnes (Leslie) Leslie Countess Morton and Christine (Leslie) Kincaid [half]
Husband of
Grizel (Hamilton) Leslie
— married
1548 [location unknown]
Husband of
Jean (Ruthven) Ruthven Countess Rothes
— married
after 3 Oct 1573 [location unknown]
Husband of
Janet Durie
— married
about 1592 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
James (Leslie) Leslie Master of Rothes, Patrick (Leslie) Leslie First Lord Lindores, Euphemia Leslie, Isabel Leslie, Mary (Leslie) Melville, Margaret Leslie, Elizabeth Leslie and John Leslie
Died
before age 81
in Fife, Scotland
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| Preceded by George Leslie, 4th Earl of Rothes |
5th Earl of Rothes 1558 - 1611 |
Succeeded by John Leslie, 6th Earl of Rothes |
Biography
Andrew (Leslie) Leslie Fifth Earl of Rothes is Notable.
Andrew Leslie was a member of the aristocracy in Scotland.
Andrew (Leslie) Leslie Fifth Earl of Rothes is a member of Clan Leslie.
Andrew Leslie, born after 1530, was the eldest son of George Leslie 5th Earl of Rothes and his third wife Agnes Somerville[1][2]
He was one of the Privy Council to Mary, Queen of Scots who stayed the night at his house in Leslie in September 1651.[2]
He succeeded his father as 5th Earl in 1558. His elder half-brothers, Norman and William forfeited their rights having been implicated in the murder of Cardinal Beaton in 1546.[2]
Andrew Leslie married firstly Grizel Hamilton in 1548[3] by whom he had six children:[3]
- James Master of Rothes
- Patrick
- Andrew, of Lumbany
- Euphemia who married James, Master of Lindsay
- Margaret, m. Archibald, 8th Earl of Angus
- Isabella, married James, Master of Sinclair
Grizel was alive in September 1568 but had died by 1573 when, in October, Andrew married Jean Ruthven[3] They had two children:[3]
Jean Ruthven died in September 1591 and Andrew then married Janet Durie in November 1592 by whom he had a further four children:[3]
- George, dsp 1614
- John, m. Elizabeth daughter of Patrick, 6th Lord Gray
- Robert, dsp
- Elizabeth, m. James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Findlater
Andrew Leslie died in 1611 and was succeeded by his grandson John Leslie, 6th Earl of Rothes[3][2]
Research Notes
- G. R. Hewitt,‘Leslie, Andrew, fifth earl of Rothes (c.1530–1611)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
Sources
- ↑ Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1910, Vol. VII, Archive.org, p. 290
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 The Complete Peerage; 1st Edn; Vol 6; p434; https://archive.org/details/completepeerage06cokahrish/page/n435
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1910, Vol. VII, Archive.org, pp. 292-4
See also:
- Wikipedia: Andrew_Leslie,_5th_Earl_of_Rothes
- Wikidata: Item Q4757744, en:Wikipedia
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