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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 Her marriage tocher was 20,000 merks.^1,2

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, 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, Fleming, Earl of Wigton, p 218-19

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Last Edited

14 November 2023