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Lady Janet, Dowager Stewart 1505 – 1566 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 Jul 1505

Birth Location: Athol, Perthshire, Scotland

Death Date: 13 May 1566

Death Location: Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Stewart

Mother: Dame Campbell,

Spouse(s): Alexander Sutherland, Hendrik Methven, Sir Girvanmains, Patrick Ruthven

Children(s): Sir Earl, John Gordon, Janet Gordon-Sutherland, Beatrice Gordon-Sutherland, William Gordon-Sutherland, Alexander Kennedy

Lady Janet Dowager Stewart Countess of Sutherland was born in 1505 in Athol, Perthshire, Scotland, the child of Sir John Stewart and Dame Jane (Jean) "Janet", Countess Atholl, Moir Campbell,. Lady Janet Dowager Stewart Countess of Sutherland later married Alexander I Gordon Earl van Sutherland, Hendrik Lord Stuart van Methven, Sir Hew (Hugh) Kennedy of Girvanmains, Patrick 6th Lord Dirleton, 3rd Lord Ruthven, Provost, Constable of Perth and Sheriff of Strathearn Ruthven, and together they raised children including Sir John Graham (3d Earl of Montrose & 4th Earl, John 11th Earl of Sutherland Gordon, Janet Gordon-Sutherland, Beatrice Gordon-Sutherland, William Gordon-Sutherland and Alexander Kennedy. In 1566, Lady Janet Dowager Stewart Countess of Sutherland passed away in Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Parents

Sir Stewart
1475 – 1513
Birth Location: Balveny Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland
SS
Dame Campbell,
1484 – 1543
Birth Location: Lochowe, Argyllshire, Scotland
DC

Spouses(s)

Alexander Sutherland
1501 – 1529
Birth Location: Dunrobin Castle, Golspier, Sutherland, Scotland
AS
Hendrik Methven
1499 – 1555
Birth Location: Chatteau, De, Saint-Germain, En, Leye, France
HM
Sir Girvanmains
1500 – 1565
Birth Location: Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland
SG
Patrick Ruthven
1520 – 1566
Birth Location: Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
PR

Children(s)

Sir Earl
1523 – 1565
Birth Location: Kilbride, Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland
SE
John Gordon
1525 – 1567
Birth Location: Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland
JG
Janet Gordon-Sutherland
1527 – 1586
Birth Location: Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Scotland
JG
Beatrice Gordon-Sutherland
1529 – 1552
Birth Location: Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Scotland
BG
William Gordon-Sutherland
1530 – 1567
Birth Location: Dunrobin Castle, Dunrobin, Sutherland, Scotland
WG
Alexander Kennedy
Birth Location: –
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 17 Jul 1505
    Event Place: Athol, Perthshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Global, Find a Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 16 Mar 1898
    Event Place: St. Michael, South Westoe, Durham, England
    Record Source: England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Year: 26 Oct 1813
    Event Place: Ballaugh,Isle of Man,England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 9 April 1557
    Event Place: Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Glanderstoune-dyke, Ayr, Scotland
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Tanergie, Ayr, Scotland
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Perthshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Town: Edinburgh; County/Colonial: Scotland edinburgh
    Record Source: U.K. and U.S. Directories, 1680-1830

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: of Allanbank, Charlotte street; Town: Edinburgh; County/Colonial: Scotland
    Record Source: U.K. and U.S. Directories, 1680-1830

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 13 May 1566
    Event Place: Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Global, Find a Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015, Ancestry Family Tree

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