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Dame Grissel Maxwell 1550–1597 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1550

Birth Location: Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Death Date: July 13, 1597

Death Location: Genoch, Ireland

Father: Maxwell None

Mother: Lady TERREGLES*

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In 1550, Dame Grissel Maxwell entered the world in Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, born to Maxwell And Lady Agnes Baroness Herries Of Terregles Baroness Of Terregles. Dame Grissel Maxwell passed away in 1597 in Genoch, Ireland.

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Biography

  • In 1550, Dame Grissel Maxwell entered the world in Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, born to Maxwell And Lady Agnes Baroness Herries Of Terregles Baroness Of Terregles.
  • Dame Grissel Maxwell passed away in 1597 in Genoch, Ireland.

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Dame Maxwell's Ancestors

Self
Dame Maxwell
1550–1597
Birth Place: Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Parents
Maxwell
–1583
Scotland
Lady (Agnes Baroness Herries (of Terregles) *BARONESS OF) TERREGLES*
1534–1593
Terregles, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Lord (Robert Maxwell, 4th Lord Maxwell 18th) GGF
1493–1546
Carlaverock Castle, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Janet (of Angus -G+E-) Douglas
1491–1537
Douglasdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Lord (William Herries, 3rd Lord of Terregles 18th) GGF
1508–1543
Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Catherine (" Countess of Cassillis") Kennedy
1510–1545
Maybole, Ayrshire, Schotland
Great-Grandparents
Baron Maxwell
1455–1513
Lady GGM
1475–1558
Lord GGF
1475–1513
Lady Terregles
1485–1537
Gilbert Cassilis
1485–1551
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Dame Maxwell's Timeline

2 Records

1550
1550
Birth of Dame Grissel Maxwell in Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
1597
July 13, 1597
Age 47
Death of Dame Grissel Maxwell in Genoch, Ireland
Genoch, Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1550
    Event Place: Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: July 13, 1597
    Event Place: Genoch, Ireland

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