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Lady Janet Bethune 1490 – 1522 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1490

Birth Location: Balfour, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 1522

Death Location: Bo'ness, West Lothian, , Scotland

Father: Lord Bethune

Mother: Lady Monypenny

Spouse(s): Lord II

Children(s): Lord Hamilton

Lady Janet Bethune , Lady of Creich & Hamilton, Baroness of Torrance, 5th Baroness of Hamilton, 6th Baroness of Raploch, 4th Countess of Arran, was born in 1490 in Balfour, Fife, Scotland, the child of Lord John Bethune and Lady Elizabeth Isobel Monypenny. Lady Janet Bethune , Lady of Creich & Hamilton, Baroness of Torrance, 5th Baroness of Hamilton, 6th Baroness of Raploch, 4th Countess of Arran, married Lord James Hamilton, II, and had children including Lord James Hamilton. Lady Janet Bethune , Lady of Creich & Hamilton, Baroness of Torrance, 5th Baroness of Hamilton, 6th Baroness of Raploch, 4th Countess of Arran, passed away in 1522 in Bo'ness, West Lothian, , Scotland.

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Biography

  • Lady Janet Bethune , Lady of Creich & Hamilton, Baroness of Torrance, 5th Baroness of Hamilton, 6th Baroness of Raploch, 4th Countess of Arran, was born in 1490 in Balfour, Fife, Scotland, the child of Lord John Bethune and Lady Elizabeth Isobel Monypenny.
  • Lady Janet Bethune , Lady of Creich & Hamilton, Baroness of Torrance, 5th Baroness of Hamilton, 6th Baroness of Raploch, 4th Countess of Arran, married Lord James Hamilton, II, and had children including Lord James Hamilton.
  • Lady Janet Bethune , Lady of Creich & Hamilton, Baroness of Torrance, 5th Baroness of Hamilton, 6th Baroness of Raploch, 4th Countess of Arran, passed away in 1522 in Bo'ness, West Lothian, , Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lord Bethune
1470 – 1524
Birth Location: Balfour, Fife, Scotland
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Lady Monypenny
1471 – 1541
Birth Location: Kingsbarns, Fife, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Lord II
1475 – 1529
Birth Location: Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Lord Hamilton
1517 – 1575
Birth Location: Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Lady Bethune's Ancestors

Self
Lady Bethune
1490 – 1522
Birth Place: Balfour, Fife, Scotland
Parents
Lord John Bethune
1470 – 1524
Balfour, Fife, Scotland
Lady (Elizabeth Isobel) Monypenny
1471 – 1541
Kingsbarns, Fife, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Bethune's Descendants

1.
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Lady (Janet) Bethune (1490 – 1522) m. Lord (James Hamilton,) II (1475 – 26 March 1529)
  1. 1. Lord (James) Hamilton (1517 – 22 Jan 1575) m. Lady (Margaret) Douglas (1523 – 24 May 1579)
    1. 1. Lord (Claud) Hamilton (1546 – 15 Jan 1622) m. Lady (Margaret Montgomerie) Seton (1555 – March 1616)
      1. 1. Lady (Margaret Anne) Hamilton (21 September 1577 – 23 December 1577) m. Lewis (Rodolphi) Bayly (1565 – 26 Oct 1631)
        1. 1. Margaret Bailey (abt 1615 – 1662) m. John Rowland (1614 – 1653)

Lady Bethune's Timeline

9 Records

1486
1486
Birth of Lady Janet Bethune , Lady of Creich & Hamilton, Baroness of Torrance, 5th Baroness of Hamilton, 6th Baroness of Raploch, 4th Countess of Arran, in Balfour, Fife, Scotland
Balfour, Fife, Scotland
1490
1490
Birth of Lady Janet Bethune , Lady of Creich & Hamilton, Baroness of Torrance, 5th Baroness of Hamilton, 6th Baroness of Raploch, 4th Countess of Arran, in Balfour, Fife, Scotland
Balfour, Fife, Scotland
1490
28 April 1490
Lady Janet Bethune , Lady of Creich & Hamilton, Baroness of Torrance, 5th Baroness of Hamilton, 6th Baroness of Raploch, 4th Countess of Arran, was married
None
1500
1500
Age 10
Birth of Lady Janet Bethune , Lady of Creich & Hamilton, Baroness of Torrance, 5th Baroness of Hamilton, 6th Baroness of Raploch, 4th Countess of Arran, in Creich, Fife, Scotland
Creich, Fife, Scotland
1500
1500
Age 10
Birth of Lady Janet Bethune , Lady of Creich & Hamilton, Baroness of Torrance, 5th Baroness of Hamilton, 6th Baroness of Raploch, 4th Countess of Arran, in Balfour, Fife, Scotland
Balfour, Fife, Scotland
1500
1500
Age 10
Birth of Lady Janet Bethune , Lady of Creich & Hamilton, Baroness of Torrance, 5th Baroness of Hamilton, 6th Baroness of Raploch, 4th Countess of Arran, in Balfour, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Balfour, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1522
1522
Age 32
Death of Lady Janet Bethune , Lady of Creich & Hamilton, Baroness of Torrance, 5th Baroness of Hamilton, 6th Baroness of Raploch, 4th Countess of Arran, in Bo'ness, West Lothian, , Scotland
Bo'ness, West Lothian, , Scotland
1529
21 Jul 1529
Age 39
Death of Lady Janet Bethune , Lady of Creich & Hamilton, Baroness of Torrance, 5th Baroness of Hamilton, 6th Baroness of Raploch, 4th Countess of Arran, in Kinneil House, Boness, West Lothian, Scotland
Kinneil House, Boness, West Lothian, Scotland
1529
21 Jul 1529
Age 39
Death of Lady Janet Bethune , Lady of Creich & Hamilton, Baroness of Torrance, 5th Baroness of Hamilton, 6th Baroness of Raploch, 4th Countess of Arran, in Bo'ness, West Lothian, , Scotland
Bo'ness, West Lothian, , Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Creich, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Balfour, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1486
    Event Place: Balfour, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Balfour, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1490
    Event Place: Balfour, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 28 April 1490
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Jul 1529
    Event Place: Kinneil House, Boness, West Lothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Jul 1529
    Event Place: Bo'ness, West Lothian, , Scotland

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1522
    Event Place: Bo'ness, West Lothian, , Scotland
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Strathaven, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current
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