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Personal data Sir Michael Balfour II Earl of Burleigh 

  • He was born on January 10, 1453.
  • He died on January 28, 1526, he was 73 years old.
  • This information was last updated on August 15, 2025.

Household of Sir Michael Balfour II Earl of Burleigh

He is married to Margaret Muschat.

They got married at fortasse, Scotland.


Child(ren):

  1. David Balfour  1484-1531 


Notes about Sir Michael Balfour II Earl of Burleigh

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Michael Balfour

Michael Balfour
1453-1526


Margaret Muschat
± 1462-1482

David Balfour
1484-1531

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Birthday January 10, 1453

  • Graaf Filips I de Goede (Beiers Huis) was from 1433 till 1467 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1453: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 6 » Mehmed II begins his siege of Constantinople (Istanbul), which falls on May 29.
    • April 20 » Three Genoese galleys and a Byzantine blockade runner fight their way through an Ottoman blockading fleet a few weeks before the fall of Constantinople.
    • May 29 » Fall of Constantinople: Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih capture Constantinople after a 53-day siege, ending the Byzantine Empire.
    • July 17 » Battle of Castillon: The last battle of Hundred Years' War, the French under Jean Bureau defeat the English under the Earl of Shrewsbury, who is killed in the battle in Gascony.
    • October 19 » Hundred Years' War: Three months after the Battle of Castillon, England loses its last possessions in southern France.
    • October 28 » Ladislaus the Posthumous is crowned king of Bohemia in Prague.

Day of death January 28, 1526

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1526: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 21 » The last ruler of the Lodi dynasty, Ibrahim Lodi is defeated and killed by Babur in the First Battle of Panipat.
    • August 29 » Battle of Mohács: The Ottoman Turks led by Suleiman the Magnificent defeat and kill the last Jagiellonian king of Hungary and Bohemia.


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