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     Maria d'Enghien, Vrouwe van Sottegem Burggravin van Gent was born in 1290.¹ She was the daughter of Gerard d'Enghien Heer van Sottegem and Maria Burggravin van Gent Vrouwe van Houdain.¹ She married Guy de Dampierre, son of Guillaume de Dampierre, Heer van Dendermonde en Crèvecoeur and Alix de Beaumont-en-Beauvaisis, Comtesse de Châteaudun, in 1315.¹ She died in 1318.¹

     Guy de Dampierre was born in 1295.¹ He was the son of Guillaume de Dampierre, Heer van Dendermonde en Crèvecoeur and Alix de Beaumont-en-Beauvaisis, Comtesse de Châteaudun.¹ He married, firstly, Maria d'Enghien, Vrouwe van Sottegem Burggravin van Gent, daughter of Gerard d'Enghien Heer van Sottegem and Maria Burggravin van Gent Vrouwe van Houdain, in 1315.¹ He married, secondly, Beatrix Persijn Vrouwe van Putten en Strijen, daughter of Nicolaas III Persijn Heer van Putten and Aleida Vrouwe van Strijen, in October 1321.¹ He died in 1350.¹

     Gerard d'Enghien Heer van Sottegem was born in 1217.¹ He married Maria Burggravin van Gent Vrouwe van Houdain in 1290.¹ He died in 1319.¹

     Maria Burggravin van Gent Vrouwe van Houdain was born in 1270.¹ She married Gerard d'Enghien Heer van Sottegem in 1290.¹ She died in 1295.¹

     Hugo d'Enghien, Heer van Sottegem Burggraf van Gent was born in 1290.¹ He married Beatrix Persijn Vrouwe van Putten en Strijen, daughter of Nicolaas III Persijn Heer van Putten and Aleida Vrouwe van Strijen, in 1310.¹ He died in 1318.¹

     Jeannie Paterson Galloway married Thomas Walker McIntyre of Sorn.¹
     She lived at Sorn Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland.¹ Her married name became McIntyre.¹

     Michael Nairn was born on 4 April 1804.¹ He was the son of James Nairn.¹ He married Catherine Ingram, daughter of Alexander Ingram and Euphemia Burt, on 15 December 1834.¹ He died on 18 January 1858 at age 53.¹
     He was founder of the Scottish floorcloth industry.¹ He lived at The Priory, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.¹

     Alexander Ingram married Euphemia Burt.¹
     He lived at Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.¹

     Catherine Ingram was the daughter of Alexander Ingram and Euphemia Burt.^2,1 She married Michael Nairn, son of James Nairn, on 15 December 1834.¹ She died on 3 May 1891.¹
     From 15 December 1834, her married name became Nairn.

     Sir Michael Barker Nairn of Rankeilour, 1st Bt. was born on 29 May 1838.¹ He was the son of Michael Nairn and Catherine Ingram.² He married Emily Frances Spencer, daughter of Alfred Rimington Spencer, on 7 June 1866.¹ He died on 24 November 1915 at age 77.¹
     He was Chairman of Michael Nairn & Co, Nairn Linoleum USA, Compagnie Française de Linoleum Nairn Orly and Germania Linoleum-Werke.¹ He lived at Springfield, Fife, Scotland.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.)¹ He was recognised by Lord Lyon King of Arms as under designation ‘of Rankeilour', and matriculated his arms at the Lyons Court under designation ‘of Rankeilour' on 26 November 1904.¹ He succeeded as the 1st Baronet Nairn, of Rankeilour, Collessie, and Dysart House, Dysart, co. Fife [U.K., 1904] on 16 December 1904.¹