Boxing Day Road Trip Drive Into Leslie Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland Boxing Day travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish music, on ancestry visit to Leslie, Fife. Little is known about the history of Leslie before 1300. The village which bears the name of the Leslie family area descended from Bartolf or Bartholomew who was a Hungarian or maybe Flemish tradesman, who according to legend arrived in Scotland with Queen Margaret, the sister of Edgar the Ætheling in 1057. Finding favour with Queen Margaret's husband, King Malcolm III, Bartolf became the governor of Edinburgh Castle and was knighted and granted with lands in the Garioch in Aberdeenshire. In 1283, Norman de Leslie, the fourth descendent of Bartholomew, was granted the lands 'of Fettykill or Fythkill from King Alexander III. A settlement also known as Fettykill began to develop around these lands In 1455. The the settlement was renamed 'Leslie' after Sir George Leslie. Burgh of Barony status followed in 1458 being awarded by James II after Sir George Leslie who became 1st Earl of Rothes, a title which came from the family owning land at Rothes, near Elgin. During this time, the family started to become prominent in Scottish affairs. John Leslie, the then Earl of Rothes, was awarded the title of Lord High Chancellor to Charles II in 1667 and then became known as the Duke of Rothes in 1680. Leslie House was built for the Duke of Rothes between 1667 and 1674 and this became the seat of the Rothes family. From 1457 the Clan Chief of Clan Leslie also held the position of Earl of Rothes. Boxing Day, Thursday, 26 December, 2019. Boxing Day is a holiday celebrated the day after Christmas Day. It originated in the United Kingdom and is celebrated in a number of countries that previously formed part of the British Empire. In some European countries such as Romania, Hungary, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and Scandinavia, 26 December is celebrated as a Second Christmas Day.

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