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List of Earls of Rothes

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Earl of Rothes is a title in the Scottish peerage created in 1457 for George Leslie by James II of Scotland. The heir to the peerage gets the title Lord Leslie and the Earl is also the chief of Clan Leslie. Leslie is a town in Fife, Scotland which was named after George Leslie and every Earl of Rothes from 1457 is buried at the Greenside Graveyard in Leslie. Leslie House is the historic seat of the Earldom which also sits in the town of Leslie.

Earls of Rothes

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Name Term as Earl Portrait Countess Issue (order of birth)
George Leslie, 1st Earl of Rothes

Created Earl in 1457 and Lord

in 1445 by the king at the time

who was James II of Scotland.

1457-1490 Margaret Lundin

Christian Halyburton

Lady Margaret Leslie

Sir Andrew Leslie

John Leslie of Balmain

George Leslie (2nd Earl)

William Leslie (3rd Earl) 

Lady Elizabeth Leslie

Lady Christian Leslie

George Leslie, 2nd Earl of Rothes

2nd Earl and 2nd Lord, son of the

1st Earl and brother to the 3rd Earl.

1490-1513 Lady Janet Scott  Hon Walter Leslie
William Leslie, 3rd Earl of Rothes

Brother of 3rd Earl, served for

under a year in 1513.

1513 Margaret Balfour Hon George Leslie (4th Earl)

Hon John Leslie

Hon James Leslie

Lady Grizel Leslie 

George Leslie, 4th Earl of Rothes

Son of the 3rd Earl and brother of

3 other sons. Father of the 5th Earl

and 12 other children from 2 wives.

One of the longest serving

Earls of Rothes from 1513-1558.

1513-1558 Margaret Halkerston

Elizabeth Gordon

Hon Norman Leslie

Hon William Leslie 

Hon Robert Leslie

Lady Janet Leslie

Lady Helen Leslie

Lady Margaret Leslie

Hon Andrew Leslie (5th Earl)

Hon Peter Leslie

Hon James Leslie

Lady Euphemia Leslie

Lady Agnes Leslie

Lady Beatrix Leslie

Lady Elizabeth Leslie

TO BE CONTINUED: NOT YET FINISHED

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