Stewart, Lady Janet

Female 1502 - 1562  (60 years)


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  1. 1.  Stewart, Lady Janet was born on 17 Jul 1502 in Scotland (daughter of Stewart, Earl John II and Campbell, Lady Janet Mary); died on 5 Oct 1562 in Richmond Palace (Demolished), Surrey, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Appointments / Titles: Countess of Sutherland
    • FSID: LJLL-LF2
    • Residence: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

    Notes:

    Henry was discovered to have been keeping a mistress in one of Margaret's castles. Margaret Tudor wished to divorce him but James V was reluctant to allow it. After she died in 1541, Methven was able to marry his mistress, Janet Stewart, daughter of John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Atholl and Lady Janet Campbell. Her maternal grandparents were Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll and Elizabeth Stewart. Elizabeth was a daughter of John Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox and Margaret Montgomerie. Margaret was a daughter of Alexander Montgomerie, 1st Lord Montgomerie and Margaret Boyd.

    Janet married Stewart, Sir Henry after 1541 in Scotland. Henry (son of Stewart, Lord Andrew and Kennedy, Lady Margaret Jane) was born in 1497 in Avondale, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died on 15 Oct 1551 in Battle of Pinkie Cleough, Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; was buried after 15 Oct 1552 in Avondale, Lanarkshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Stewart, Margaret was born in 1542 in Methven, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 1 Jan 1627 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.
    2. Stewart, Lady Dorothea was born in 1528 in Ruthven, Perthshire, Scotland; was christened in Avondale, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died in 1528 in Ruthven Castle, Huntingtower, Perthshire, Scotland; was buried in 1528 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
    3. Stewart, Lady Margaret was born in 1540 in Methven Castle, Methven, Perthshire, Scotland; died in 1593 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.
    4. Stewart, Joan was born in 1540 in Methven, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 17 Nov 1593 in Argyll, Scotland; was buried after 17 Nov 1593 in Methven, Perthshire, Scotland.

    Janet married Kennedy, Sir Hugh in 1530 in Scotland. Hugh was born in 1502 in Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland; died on 16 Aug 1565 in Tofts, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Kennedy, Lady Elizabeth was born in 1532 in Girvan Mains, Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland; died in 1572 in Scotland.
    2. Kennedy, Lady Margaret was born in 1540 in Ruthven Castle, Huntingtower, Perthshire, Scotland; died in 1578 in Galloway, Scotland.

    Janet married Rathven, Patrick in 1557 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland. Patrick was born in 1497 in Ruthven Castle, Huntingtower, Perthshire, Scotland; died in DECEASED in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Gordon, Alexander. Alexander was born in 1505 in Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland; died on 13 Jan 1530 in Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland; was buried after 13 Jan 1530 in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Gordon, Katherine was born in 1521 in Lesmoir Castle, Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; died in 1569 in Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
    2. Gordon, Sir John was born in 1520 in Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland; died on 23 Jun 1567 in Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland; was buried in Jun 1567 in Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland.
    3. Gordon, William was born in 1529 in Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland; died in DECEASED in Scotland.
    4. Gordon, Alexander was born in 1526 in Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland; died in 1552 in Scotland.
    5. Gordon, Beatrice was born in 1528 in Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland; died in 1565 in Dunbeath, Caithness, Scotland.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Stewart, Earl John II was born on 19 Apr 1475 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland (son of Stewart, Sir John and Sinclair, Lady Eleanor); died between 1521 and 1522 in Branxton, Northumberland, England; was buried between 1521 and 1522 in Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Appointments / Titles: Scotland; 2nd Earl of Auchleuchries
    • Appointments / Titles: Lennox, Scotland; 2nd Earl of Lennox
    • Appointments / Titles: Restalrig, Midlothian, Scotland; 4th Baron
    • Appointments / Titles: Earl of Marr
    • Appointments / Titles: Darnley Mill, Renfrewshire, Scotland; Lord Darnley
    • House: Stewart
    • FSID: LZNF-SRR
    • Residence: Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland
    • Appointments / Titles: 19 Apr 1475, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland; 2nd Earl
    • Appointments / Titles: 1497, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; Lord Provost of Glasgow
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 1509 and 1513, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; Lord Provost of Glasgow
    • Military: 9 Sep 1513, Battle of Flodden Field, Branxton, Northumberland, England

    Notes:

    II. John, second Earl of Atholl, succeeded his father. He is usually stated to have fallen at Flodden, but in reality he died after 1520, and before 1522. On 3 May 1522 his son was infeft as heir by a precept from chancery dated 4 January 1521-22. He married Janet, daughter of Archibald Campbell, second Earl of Argyll, who survived him, and died about Candlemas 1545-46. Had issue:-
    1. John, third Earl.
    2. Janet, married, first, about 1520, to Alexander Gordon, Master of Sutherland, eldest son of Adam Earl of Sutherland; secondly, before 1532, to Sir Hugh Kennedy of Girvanmains; thirdly, before 1544, to Henry Stewart, Lord Methven; fourthly, in 1557, to Patrick, Lord Ruthven.
    3. Helen, married to John, fifth Lord Lindsay of the Byres. She was married, secondly, to Thomas Moncur, a dependant, and died May 1577. Her son Patrick, Lord Lindsay, attempted to stop this marriage in January 1564.
    4. Jean, married, August 1507, to James Arbuthnott of that Ilk.
    5. Elizabeth, stated to have been married to Colin Mackenzie of Kintail.
    6. Isabel, stated to have been married to James Hering of Lethendy.

    Source: THE SCOTS PEERAGE, ed. by Sir James Balfour Paul, Vol I, Edinburgh, 1906, p. 443.
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    Death: Battle of Flodden Field,

    John married Campbell, Lady Janet Mary in 1500 in Scotland. Janet was born on 23 Jun 1478 in Eglinton Castle,, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland; died on 2 Feb 1546 in Castle Balveny, Dufftown, Banffshire, Scotland; was buried after 2 Feb 1546 in Dunkeld Cathedral, Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Campbell, Lady Janet Mary was born on 23 Jun 1478 in Eglinton Castle,, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland; died on 2 Feb 1546 in Castle Balveny, Dufftown, Banffshire, Scotland; was buried after 2 Feb 1546 in Dunkeld Cathedral, Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Appointments / Titles: Countess of Argyll
    • FSID: LBZB-Q9R
    • Appointments / Titles: 15 Sep 1512; After her marriage, Lady Janet Campbell was styled as Countess of Atholl.
    • Appointments / Titles: 15 Sep 1512, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland; Countess of Atholl

    Notes:

    The Life Summary of Janet Mary
    Lady Janet Mary Campbell was born in 1475, in Fife, Scotland, to her father, Sir Archibald Gillispie Campbell 2nd Earl of Argyll and Elizabeth Stewart of the Lennox Stewart Earls .She married Sir John Stewart 2nd Earl of Atholl on 20 June 1489, in Fife, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 2 February 1546, in her hometown, at the age of 71, and was buried in Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland.

    Janet Campbell married to John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Atholl

    http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY.htm#John2Atholldied1521

    JOHN Stewart, son of Sir JOHN Stewart of Balveny 1st Earl of Atholl & his second wife Eleanor Sinclair (-1521). 2nd Earl of Atholl. m JANET Campbell, daughter of ARCHIBALD Campbell 2nd Earl of Argyll & his wife Elizabeth Stewart of the Earls of Lennox (-[2 Feb 1546]).

    Earl John & his wife had six children:

    Children:
    1. 1. Stewart, Lady Janet was born on 17 Jul 1502 in Scotland; died on 5 Oct 1562 in Richmond Palace (Demolished), Surrey, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Stewart, Sir John was born on 21 Sep 1439 in Castle Balveny, Dufftown, Banffshire, Scotland; was christened in Scotland; died on 15 Sep 1512 in Laighwood Castle, Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland; was buried on 19 Sep 1512 in Dunkeld Cathedral, Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Appointments / Titles: First Earl of Buchan
    • Appointments / Titles: Lord Auchterhouse (by marriage)
    • FSID: LZJ2-RSB
    • Appointments / Titles: 1457, Scotland; 1st Earl of Atholl
    • Life Event: 1484; Scottish Nobleman and Ambassador to England
    • Possessions: 1 Apr 1517; Redeemed by Purchase

    Notes:

    PAF - RIN: 34592.

    Sir John Stewart, first Earl of Atholl, was the son of Sir James Stewart, Black Knight of Lorn, and Lady Joan Beaufort. He was married to Beatrix (Margaret) Douglas, Fair Maid of Galloway who died before 1470. Their daughter, Janet Stewart, was married to Alexander Gordon, 3rd Earl of Huntley. After Beatrix's death, he married Eleanor of Nithsdale Sinclair by April 19, 1470

    Their children are:

    Lady Jean or Janet Stewart Arbuthnott
    Sir John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Atholl
    Anne Stewart (married to John Stewart, 3rd Earl of LennoxO
    Andrew Stewart, Bishop of Caithness
    Catherine Stewart
    Christina Stewart
    Margaret Stewart Murray
    Elizabeth Stewart
    Marjory Stewart
    Isabel Stewart

    John married Sinclair, Lady Eleanor on 19 Apr 1470 in Dunkeld Cathedral, Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland. Eleanor was born on 19 Apr 1457 in Ravenscraig Castle, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland; died on 21 Mar 1518 in Laighwood Castle, Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland; was buried on 31 Mar 1518 in Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Sinclair, Lady Eleanor was born on 19 Apr 1457 in Ravenscraig Castle, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland; died on 21 Mar 1518 in Laighwood Castle, Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland; was buried on 31 Mar 1518 in Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Appointments / Titles: 2nd Countess of Atholl
    • FSID: LYVL-B5N

    Notes:

    The Life Summary of Eleanor

    When Lady Eleanor Sinclair was born on 19 April 1457, in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, her father, William Sinclair, was 49 and her mother, Marjory Sutherland, was 21. She married Sir John Stewart of Balveny, 1st Earl of Atholl on 19 April 1470, in Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 9 daughters. She died on 21 March 1518, in Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland, at the age of 60, and was buried in Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland.

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    Children:
    1. 2. Stewart, Earl John II was born on 19 Apr 1475 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland; died between 1521 and 1522 in Branxton, Northumberland, England; was buried between 1521 and 1522 in Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland.