'Leslie01'
Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Leslie of Leslie, Leslie of Ross, Leslie of Rothes

Bertolf / Bartolf / Bartholomew (d c1121)
Bartolf was probably a Hungarian nobleman who came to Scotland in 1067 with Margaret who later married King Malcolm Canmore. His reported wife Beatrix was Malcolm's sister. Although the following Malcolm is recorded as "son of Bertolf", it is possible that there was an intervening generation, perhaps of another Bertolf or of another Malcolm, as the dates do not match easily.
m. Beatrix of Scotland (dau of Duncan I, King of Scots)
1. Malcolm
  A. Norman (d by 1248)
  m. A*****, dau of lord of Lorn
  i. Norman (Norino)
  m. ?? Blair, heiress of Teases ??
  a. Sir Norman of Leslie (d before 1320, Sheriff of Aberdeenshire)
  m. Elizabeth Leith, heiress of Edengarich
  (1) Sir Andrew of Leslie (d c1323)§D
  m. (1313) Mary Abernethy (dau of Alexander Abernethy of that ilk)
(A) Sir Andrew Leslie of that ilk (d by 1353)
  (i) Andrew Leslie of that ilk (d c1398)
  (a) Norman Leslie (dvp 1391)
  m. ?? Hay (dau of Sir Thomas Hay of Erroll)
  ((1)) David Leslie of that ilk (d 03.1438-9)
  m. Margaret Davidson (dau of Sir Robert Davidson, Provost of Aberdeen)
  ((A)) Johanna (Elizabeth) Leslie
  m. Alexander Leslie
  (ii) Margaret Leslie
  m. (c1360) David de Abercromby
  (B) Norman Leslie (d Crusades by 1366, ambasador)
  m. Margaret (Lamberton ?)
(C) John of Rothes (b c1319, d by 24.10.1396)
  (i) Sir George Leslie of Rothes (d c02.1411-2)
  m. Elizabeth Hay (dau of Sir Thomas Hay of Erroll)
  (a) Sir Norman Leslie of Rothes and Fythkill (b c1380, d before 02.1439-40)
  m. (c02.09.1416) Christian Seton (dau of Sir John de Seton of Seton)
  ((1)) George Leslie, 1st Earl of Rothes (d 1489-90)
  m1. (c1435) Margaret Lundin (dau of John Lundin of that ilk)
  ((A)) Margaret Leslie
  m. Alexander Comyn of Ernside
  m2. (1440) Christian Halyburton (dau of Sir Walter Halyburton of Dirleton, 0th/1st Lord)
((B)) Andrew Leslie, Master of Rothes (dvp before 01.1477-8)
  m. Marjory Sinclair (dau of William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney and Caithness)
  ((i)) John Leslie of Balmain, Master of Rothes (dsp by 23.06.1481)
  m. (1476) Janet Keith (dau of William Keith, 1st Earl Marischal)
  ((ii)) George Leslie, 2nd Earl of Rothes (dsp 03.1512-3)
  m. Janet Douglas (d 1494, dau of George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus)
  ((iii)) William Leslie, 3rd Earl of Rothes (d Flodden 09.09.1513)
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  m. Margaret Balfour (dau of Sir Michael Balfour of Monquhanny)
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((C)) Elizabeth Leslie (d before 08.1511)
  m1. (mcrt 14.10.1485) William Hay, 3rd Earl of Erroll (d 14.01.1506)
  m2. Sir William Edmonstone, 4th of Duntreath (d Flodden 09.09.1513)
  ((D)) Christian Leslie (a 02.1492-3)
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  m. William Sinclair 'The Waster', 2nd Lord (d 1487)
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  m3. Elizabeth Campbell (a 17.05.1491)
  partner unknown
  ((E)) Christian Leslie
  m. George Leslie 'of that ilk'
partner unknown
  ((2)) John Leslie of Foulis-Mowat (a 22.07.1442)
  (D) Walter Leslie, Earl of Ross (d 27.02.1381-2)
  m. (by 13.09.1365) Euphemia, Countess of Ross (dau of William, 5th Earl of Ross)
  (i) Alexander Leslie, Earl of Ross (d 08.05.1402)
  m. (before 1398) Isabel Stewart (dau of Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany)
  (a) Euphemia Leslie
  (ii) Margaret / Mary Leslie
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  m. Donald MacDonald, Lord of the Isles (d 1423)
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  (E) Margaret Leslie
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  m. William de Innes, 7th of that ilk (a 12.1330)
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  (F) George Leslie, 1st of Balquhain (d c1351)
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  BLG1850 (Leslie of Balquhain) reports George as son of Sir Norman by his second wife, Elizabeth daughter of the Lord of Douglas, but Elizabeth is not mentioned in either TSP or BP whilst Mary Abernethy is known to have married again after Sir Andrew died and no record of Elizabeth has so far been found in any Douglas records.
  m. Elizabeth Keith
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  (2) Margaret of Leslie doubted by TSP
  m. Sir John Innes of Innes
  (3) Ann of Leslie doubted by TSP
  m. Sir Alexander Dunbar of Westfield
  ii. John
  iii. Leonard
  m. Catharin Muir
  iv. Bartholomew or William
  B. Malcolm (a 1243, d Crusade)
2. Norman

Main sources:
(1) TSP (Rothes), BP1934 (Rothes), BP1999 (Rothes).
(2) TSP (Ross).
(3) BLG1850 (Leslie of Balquhain, in the supplement).
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