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Janet Herries Baroness Maxwell 1400 – 1439 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1400

Birth Location: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland

Death Date: 9 March 1439

Death Location: Caulderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Father: Herbert Herries

Mother: Mariot Carlyle

Spouse(s): Herbert Caerlaverock

Children(s): Elizabet Maxwell

Janet Herries Baroness Maxwell was born in 1400 in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland, the child of Herbert Herries and Mariot (Marion) Cunningham Carlyle. Janet Herries Baroness Maxwell married Herbert Maxwell Caerlaverock, and had children including Elizabet Maxwell. Janet Herries Baroness Maxwell passed away in 1439 in Caulderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Janet Herries Baroness Maxwell was born in 1400 in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland, the child of Herbert Herries and Mariot (Marion) Cunningham Carlyle.
  • Janet Herries Baroness Maxwell married Herbert Maxwell Caerlaverock, and had children including Elizabet Maxwell.
  • Janet Herries Baroness Maxwell passed away in 1439 in Caulderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Herbert Herries
Birth Location: –
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Mariot Carlyle
1460 – 1486
Birth Location: Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Herbert Caerlaverock
1388 – 1453
Birth Location: Caerlaverrock Castle, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Elizabet Maxwell
1419 – 1472
Birth Location: Calderwood, East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Janet Maxwell's Ancestors

Self
Janet Maxwell
1400 – 1439
Birth Place: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
Parents
Herbert Herries
Mariot ((Marion) Cunningham) Carlyle
1460 – 1486
Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Janet Maxwell's Descendants

1.
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Janet (Herries Baroness) Maxwell (1400 – 9 March 1439) m. Herbert (Maxwell) Caerlaverock (1388 – 14 February 1453)
  1. 1. Elizabet Maxwell (1419 – 25 June 1472) m. John (Knox of) Ranfurly (1410 – 1463)
    1. 1. Robert (Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd of) Kilmarnock (1440 – 09 Sept 1513) m. Agnes Lyle (1450 – 1507)
      1. 1. Lady (Elisabeth Boyd, Countess of) Angus (1452 – 1498) m. Archibald ("Bell The Cat" 5th Earl Of) Douglas (16 Oct 1449 – 29 Nov 1513)
        1. 1. Lady (Marjory Marion Mariota, Countess of Glencairn,) Douglas (8 Mar 1469 – March 06, 1542) m. Sir (Lord Robert Cuthbert "The Good Earl" Cunningham, 2nd Earl of Glencairn, 3rd Lord of) Kilmaurs (19 Jul 1476 – 23 May 1541)

Janet Maxwell's Timeline

2 Records

1400
1400
Birth of Janet Herries Baroness Maxwell in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
1439
9 March 1439
Age 39
Death of Janet Herries Baroness Maxwell in Caulderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Caulderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1400
    Event Place: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 March 1439
    Event Place: Caulderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
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