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Janet Baroness Ruthven Douglas Nisbet 1530–1566 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1530

Birth Location: Kynnard, Perthshire, Scotland

Death Date: December 1566

Death Location: Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland

Father: James Morton

Mother: *Lady *1491

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Janet Baroness Ruthven Douglas Nisbet was born in 1530 in Kynnard, Perthshire, Scotland, the child of James Douglas Earl Van Morton And Lady Catherine Kate Stewart Lady Of Edinburgh Castle Princess Of Scotland 3Rd Countess Of Morton 1491. Janet Baroness Ruthven Douglas Nisbet passed away in 1566 in Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Janet Baroness Ruthven Douglas Nisbet was born in 1530 in Kynnard, Perthshire, Scotland, the child of James Douglas Earl Van Morton And Lady Catherine Kate Stewart Lady Of Edinburgh Castle Princess Of Scotland 3Rd Countess Of Morton 1491.
  • Janet Baroness Ruthven Douglas Nisbet passed away in 1566 in Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Janet Nisbet's Ancestors

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Janet Nisbet
1530–1566
Birth Place: Kynnard, Perthshire, Scotland
Parents
James Douglas Earl van Morton
1487–1548
Morton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
*Lady (Catherine (Kate) STEWART, Lady of Edinburgh Castle, Princess of Scotland, 3rd Countess of Morton) *1491
1502–1554
Edinburgh, Scotland
Grandparents
John Douglas
1459–1513
Morton, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Janet Crichton
1457–1493
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
King (James IV "Iron Belt" Stewart, Knight of the Order of the Thistle, Baron of Renfrew, Earl of Carrick, 6th Duke of Ross, 6th) Stewart
1473–1513
Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret (Queen of) Scotland
1489–1541
Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
Great-Grandparents
James III
1451–1488
Margaret
1456–1486
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Stewart
1430–1460
Marie Guelders
1432–1463

Janet Nisbet's Timeline

2 Records

1530
1530
Birth of Janet Baroness Ruthven Douglas Nisbet in Kynnard, Perthshire, Scotland
Kynnard, Perthshire, Scotland
1566
December 1566
Age 36
Death of Janet Baroness Ruthven Douglas Nisbet in Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1530
    Event Place: Kynnard, Perthshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: December 1566
    Event Place: Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland

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