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Janet Lady of Kirkcudbright Herries 1400–1439 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1400

Birth Location: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Death Date: 1439

Death Location: Caulderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Father: Herbert Herries

Mother: Margaret Douglas

Spouse(s): Sir Caerlaverock

Children(s): Catherine Maxwell

In 1400, Janet Lady of Kirkcudbright Herries entered the world in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, born to Herbert Herries And Margaret Douglas. Janet Lady of Kirkcudbright Herries married Sir Herbert Baron Maxwell 11Th Earl Of Caerlaverock, and had children including Catherine Maxwell. Janet Lady of Kirkcudbright Herries passed away in 1439 in Caulderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1400, Janet Lady of Kirkcudbright Herries entered the world in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, born to Herbert Herries And Margaret Douglas.
  • Janet Lady of Kirkcudbright Herries married Sir Herbert Baron Maxwell 11Th Earl Of Caerlaverock, and had children including Catherine Maxwell.
  • Janet Lady of Kirkcudbright Herries passed away in 1439 in Caulderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Herbert Herries
1380–1440
Birth Location: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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Margaret Douglas
1380–1425
Birth Location: Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Sir Caerlaverock
1385–1453
Birth Location: Caerlaverrock Castle, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
SC

Children(s)

Catherine Maxwell
1408–1484
Birth Location: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
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Janet Herries's Ancestors

Self
Janet Herries
1400–1439
Birth Place: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Parents
Herbert Herries
1380–1440
Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Margaret Douglas
1380–1425
Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Janet Herries's Descendants

1.
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Janet (Lady of Kirkcudbright) Herries (abt 1400–1439) m. Sir (Herbert Baron Maxwell, 11th Earl of) Caerlaverock (1385–14 Feb 1453)
  1. 1. Catherine Maxwell 1408–1484 m. Gilbert Kennedy 1406–1479
    1. 1. Elizabeth Kennedy 1439–1475
    2. 2. James KENNEDY 1440–
    3. 3. Walter KENNEDY 1442–
    4. 4. Mariot KENNEDY 1444–
    5. 5. Catherine Kennedy 1445–1533
    6. 6. Agnes Kennedy 1450–
    7. 7. Margaret Kennedy 1454–
    8. 8. John Kennedy 1436–1508 m. Elizabeth Gordon 1444–1500
      1. 1. David Kennedy 1462–1513
      2. 2. Janet KENNEDY 1472–1543
      3. 3. Margaret Kennedy 1473–1542
      4. 4. Elizabeth Kennedy 1473–1573
      5. 5. John Kennedy 1474–
      6. 6. Alexander KENNEDY 1478–1481
      7. 7. William KENNEDY 1480–
      8. 8. Helen KENNEDY 1482–
      9. 9. John Kennedy 1474–
      10. 10. Jean Kennedy 1476–1500
      11. 11. Janet Kennedy 1484–1525
      12. 12. John Kennedy 1474–
      13. 13. Jean Kennedy 1476–1500
      14. 14. Janet Kennedy 1484–1525 m. Robert Stewart 1533–1593
        1. 1. Jean Stewart 1570–1642 m. Patrick Leslie 1557–1608
      15. 15. Margaret Kennedy 1472–1500 m. Andrew (1st Lord Avandale) Stewart 1470–1513
        1. 1. James STEWART 1506–1547 m. Margaret LINDSAY 1500–1577
        2. 2. Andrew Stewart 1490–1548
        3. 3. Henry Stewart 1500–1551
        4. 4. James (Sir Beath) Stewart 1485–1547
        5. 5. Barbara STEWART 1506–

Janet Herries's Timeline

2 Records

1400
abt 1400
Birth of Janet Lady of Kirkcudbright Herries in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
1439
1439
Age 39
Death of Janet Lady of Kirkcudbright Herries in Caulderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Caulderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1400
    Event Place: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1439
    Event Place: Caulderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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