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Dame Jean (Countess of Orkney) Kennedy 1542–1598 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1542

Birth Location: Cassillis-Maybole, Ayr, Scotland

Death Date: Sep 1598

Death Location: Orkney

Father: Gilbert Kennedy

Mother: Margaret Kennedy

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Dame Jean (Countess of Orkney) Kennedy was born in 1542 in Cassillis-Maybole, Ayr, Scotland, the child of Gilbert Kennedy And Margaret Sophia Kennedy. Dame Jean (Countess of Orkney) Kennedy passed away in 1598 in Orkney.

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Biography

  • Dame Jean (Countess of Orkney) Kennedy was born in 1542 in Cassillis-Maybole, Ayr, Scotland, the child of Gilbert Kennedy And Margaret Sophia Kennedy.
  • Dame Jean (Countess of Orkney) Kennedy passed away in 1598 in Orkney.

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Dame Kennedy's Ancestors

Self
Dame Kennedy
1542–1598
Birth Place: Cassillis-Maybole, Ayr, Scotland
Parents
Gilbert Kennedy
1515–1558
Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
Margaret (Sophia) Kennedy
1517–1596
Bargany, Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Lord (Alexander "Lord of Bargany" Kennedy (4th Earl of) Bargany)
1491–1551
Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland
Mariot Dunbar
1495–1595
Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Lord Bargany
1461–1525
Lady Kennedy
1465–1533
Sir Dunbar
1448–1504
Lady Stewart
1460–1530
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Kennedy
1436–1508
Elizabeth Montgomerie
1440–1467

Dame Kennedy's Timeline

2 Records

1542
1542
Birth of Dame Jean (Countess of Orkney) Kennedy in Cassillis-Maybole, Ayr, Scotland
Cassillis-Maybole, Ayr, Scotland
1598
Sep 1598
Age 56
Death of Dame Jean (Countess of Orkney) Kennedy in Orkney
Orkney

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1542
    Event Place: Cassillis-Maybole, Ayr, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Sep 1598
    Event Place: Orkney

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