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Eleanor ("Helenor") Fleming
b. circa 1615, d. 20 April 1652
Birth
Eleanor ("Helenor") Fleming was born circa 1615.
Parents
| Father | John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming (b. before 5 December 1589, d. 7 May 1650) |
| Mother | Margaret Livingstone, Countess of Wigtown (d. after 1634) |
Family life
Eleanor ("Helenor") Fleming and David Wemyss, 2nd Earl of Wemyss, entered into a marriage contract on 4 April 1650.1,2,3
Partner with David Wemyss, 2nd Earl of Wemyss (b. 6 September 1610, d. July 1679)
Death
Eleanor ("Helenor") Fleming died on 20 April 1652 at age ~37.1 She was buried on 6 May 1652 in Wemyss.1
Citations
- [S28] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland (Edinburgh: T and A Constable, 1911), vol viii, Fleming Earl of Wigtown pages 519 - 558.
- [S60] Bernard Burke, A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire (London: Harrison, 1866), Fleming, Earl of Wigton, p 218-19; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_K3MaAAAAYAAJ/page/n7/mode/2up?q=fleming : accessed 27 February 2025.
- [S17] Francis J Grant (Ed), Charter Chest of the Earldom of Wigtown: 1214-1681 (Edinburgh: James Skinner & Company for the Scottish Record Society, 1910), Charters 346–347.
| Last Edited | 14 November 2023 |