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Lady Janet Colville 1457–1517 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1457

Birth Location: Ochiltree, Ayrshire, , Scotland

Death Date: 21 April 1517

Death Location: Kilmarnock Castle, Renfrewshire, , Scotland

Father: Robert Ochiltree

Mother: Christine Erskine

Spouse(s): Alexander Kilmarnock

Children(s): Sir Kilmarnock

In 1457, Lady Janet Colville entered the world in Ochiltree, Ayrshire, , Scotland, born to Robert I Colville Liard Van Ochiltree And Christine Crichton Erskine. Lady Janet Colville married Alexander Boyd 3Rd Lord Of Kilmarnock, and had children including Sir Robert Boyd I 4Th Lord Of Kilmarnock. Lady Janet Colville passed away in 1517 in Kilmarnock Castle, Renfrewshire, , Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1457, Lady Janet Colville entered the world in Ochiltree, Ayrshire, , Scotland, born to Robert I Colville Liard Van Ochiltree And Christine Crichton Erskine.
  • Lady Janet Colville married Alexander Boyd 3Rd Lord Of Kilmarnock, and had children including Sir Robert Boyd I 4Th Lord Of Kilmarnock.
  • Lady Janet Colville passed away in 1517 in Kilmarnock Castle, Renfrewshire, , Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Ochiltree
1405–1456
Birth Location: Oxnam, Roxburghshire, Scotland
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Christine Erskine
1420–1496
Birth Location: Sanquhar Castle, Dumfrieshire, Scotland
CE

Spouses(s)

Alexander Kilmarnock
1452–1507
Birth Location: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, , Scotland
AK

Children(s)

Sir Kilmarnock
1485–1558
Birth Location: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
SK

Lady Colville's Ancestors

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Lady Colville
1457–1517
Birth Place: Ochiltree, Ayrshire, , Scotland
Parents
Robert I Colville Liard van Ochiltree
1405–1456
Oxnam, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Christine (Crichton) Erskine
1420–1496
Sanquhar Castle, Dumfrieshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (Robert, Knight, 9th Laird of Oxnam,) Colville
1385–1450
Lord of Oxnam, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Margaret Colville
1385–1441
Oxam, Roxbough, Scotland
Sir (Robert Crichton, 5th Lord of) Sanquhar
1395–1478
Sanquhar Castle, Dumfrieshire, Schotland
Lady (Christiana Elisabeth Erskine,) Countess
1400–1479
Kinoull, Sanquhar, Perthshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
William Scotland
1383–1455
Margaret Maitland
1385–1421
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Colville's Descendants

1.
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Lady (Janet) Colville (1457–21 April 1517) m. Alexander (Boyd, 3rd Lord of) Kilmarnock (1452–04 May 1507)
  1. 1. Sir (Robert Boyd I, 4th Lord of) Kilmarnock 1485–1558 m. Helen Somerville 1489–1510 m. Marion Colquhoun 1518–
    1. 1. Robert (V Lord Boyd van) Kilmarnock 1517–1590 m. Margaret Colquhoun 1525–1601 m. Elizabeth Fairlie 1529–1601
      1. 1. Thomas, (6th Lord Boyd van) Kilmarnock 1544–1611 m. Lady (Margaret Ann) Campbell 1550–1597 m. Elizabeth Wallace 1547–1622 m. Jane Stockdale 1547–1586
        1. 1. Robert (VI Martin Boyd, Master of) Kilmarnock 1567–1597 m. Jean (Kerr, Countess of) Crawford 1577–1632

Lady Colville's Timeline

2 Records

1457
1457
Birth of Lady Janet Colville in Ochiltree, Ayrshire, , Scotland
Ochiltree, Ayrshire, , Scotland
1517
21 April 1517
Age 60
Death of Lady Janet Colville in Kilmarnock Castle, Renfrewshire, , Scotland
Kilmarnock Castle, Renfrewshire, , Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1457
    Event Place: Ochiltree, Ayrshire, , Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 April 1517
    Event Place: Kilmarnock Castle, Renfrewshire, , Scotland
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