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25 de ene. de 2021 · Miss Elphinstone tends to appear most prominently, not in history books, but in online family trees, earning her the nickname, ‘the mother of the Shetland is...
Euphemia Elphinstone was born 11 May 1509 in Elphinstone, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom to Alexander Elphinstone, 1st Lord Elphinstone (1480-1513) and Elizabeth Barlow (1476-1518) and died after 1547 Scotland, United Kingdom of unspecified causes. She married John Bruce (1507-1547) .
Euphemia Elphinstone (1509 – 1547) was the second daughter of Alexander Elphinstone, 1st Lord Elphinstone. She was only 4 when he died at The Battle of Flodden. Euphemia was a mistress of James V and bore his illegitimate son, Robert in 1533 who was to become the 1st Earl of Orkney in 1564.
29 de may. de 2024 · Robert Stewart was the illegitimate son of James V by his mistress Euphemia Elphinstone and half-brother to Mary Queen of Scots. He was granted the royal and earldom estates of Orkney and Shetland in 1564, but not the title itself. In 1567, Robert Stewart was temporarily dispossessed. Queen Mary ...
Brief Life History of John. When John Bruce 3rd of Cultmalindie was born on 10 April 1507, in Tibbermore, Perthshire, Scotland, his father, Hector Bruce, was 28 and his mother, Gelis Wardlaw, was 22. He married Euphemia Elphinstone on 13 April 1540, in Scotland. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter.
Euphemia Elphinstone, who was a mistress of King James V of Scotland and mother of the royal bastard Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney. She married John Bruce of Cultmalindie and was the mother of Laurence Bruce, builder of Muness Castle. Elizabeth Barlow or Barlay, Lady Elphinstone, later married John Forbes, 6th Lord Forbes.
