Francis le Chen

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Sir Francis le Chen or Cheyne of Straloch was a 14th-century Scottish noble.

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Francis was the son of Sir Reginald le Chen (d.1312) and Mary, daughter of Freskin de Moravia of Duffus and of Strabok and lady Johanna de Strathnaver. [1]

Family

He married Isabel, daughter of John Comyn, Earl of Buchan and Isabella MacDuff, and had the following known issue:

Citations

  1. Taylor 1858, p. 40.

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