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Lady Janet Dunbar 1390–1429 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1390

Birth Location: Cockburn, Berwickshire, Scotland

Death Date: 23 Apr 1429

Death Location: Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland

Father: Sir Man

Mother:

Spouse(s): Sir Lord, Sir War

Children(s): Catherine Dunbar, Margaret Johnstone, Lady Seton, George Seton, Janet Seton

Lady Janet Dunbar was born in 1390 in Cockburn, Berwickshire, Scotland, the child of Sir George De Dunbar 11Th Earl Of Dunbar March 13Th Lord Of Annandale Lord Of The Isle Of Man And Beatrix Dunbar. Lady Janet Dunbar married Sir Adam Johnstone Lord, Sir William Seton 100 Years War, and had children including Catherine Seton Countess Of Dunbar, George Seton, Janet Seton, Lady Margaret Seton, Margaret Johnstone. Lady Janet Dunbar passed away in 1429 in Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Lady Janet Dunbar was born in 1390 in Cockburn, Berwickshire, Scotland, the child of Sir George De Dunbar 11Th Earl Of Dunbar March 13Th Lord Of Annandale Lord Of The Isle Of Man And Beatrix Dunbar.
  • Lady Janet Dunbar married Sir Adam Johnstone Lord, Sir William Seton 100 Years War, and had children including Catherine Seton Countess Of Dunbar, George Seton, Janet Seton, Lady Margaret Seton, Margaret Johnstone.
  • Lady Janet Dunbar passed away in 1429 in Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Man
1370–1457
Birth Location: Dunbar Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
SM

Spouses(s)

Sir Lord
1360–1455
Birth Location: Annandale, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
SL
Sir War
1390–1424
Birth Location: Seton Manor, Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland
SW

Children(s)

Catherine Dunbar
1410–1478
Birth Location: Seton Castle, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland
CD
Margaret Johnstone
1400–1472
Birth Location: Abernathy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
MJ
Lady Seton
1414–1471
Birth Location: Seton Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
LS
George Seton
1404–1478
Birth Location: East Lothian, Scotland
GS
Janet Seton
1410–1493
Birth Location: Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland
JS

Lady Dunbar's Ancestors

Self
Lady Dunbar
1390–1429
Birth Place: Cockburn, Berwickshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir George de Dunbar, 11th Earl of Dunbar & March, 13th Lord of Annandale, Lord of the Isle of Man
1370–1457
Dunbar Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
Grandparents
George (Dunbar, 10th Earl of March, 12th Lord of Annandale; Lord of the Isle of) Man
1338–1420
Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Dunbar's Descendants

1.
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Lady (Janet) Dunbar (1390–23 Apr 1429) m. Sir (Adam Johnstone,) Lord (1360–May 1455) m. Sir (William Seton, 100 Years) War (1390–17 Aug 1424)
  1. 1. Catherine (Seton, Countess of) Dunbar 1410–1478 m. Alan (Stuart of Darnley, 2nd Seigneur) d'Aubigny 1408–1439 m. Herbert Maxwell 1388–1454
    1. 1. John (Stuart, Lord of Darnley, 1st Earl of) Lennox 1428–1495 m. Margaret (Montgomerie, (not same as other Margaret Mont., Lady Countess) Lennox 1436–1493
      1. 1. Matthew (Stuart, 2nd Earl of) Lennox 1460–1513 m. Elizabeth (Hamilton, Countess of) Lennox 1473–1531
        1. 1. Sir (John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox, grandson Henry married Mary Queen of Scots, knight of) Lennox 1490–1526 m. Lady (Elizabeth Stewart, Countess of) Lennox 1494–1564
      2. 2. Barbara Stewart 1465–
      3. 3. Lady (Marion Stewart of) Lennox 1457–1488 m. Sir (Robert I Crichton of Kinnoull, 1st Laird of Sanguhar, 6th Laird) Crichton 1442–1492
        1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth Crichton ( Douglas) ) 1472–1524 m. John (Hay, 2nd Laird-Lord of Yester, Slains) Castle 1450–1513
        2. 2. Marion Crichton 1470–1493
        3. 3. Robert (Crichton, Lord Crichton) Sanquhar 1472–1513 m. Marion Maxwell 1472–1527
      4. 4. 1440–1510 m. Archibald Campbell 1460–1513
        1. 1. Lady (Janet Mary Campbell, Countness of) Atholl 1480–1546 m. John (Stewart, 2nd Earl of) Atholl 1475–1513
        2. 2. Colin (II Campbell, Earl of) Argyll 1485–1529 m. Janet (Gordon of) Huntly 1479–1530
        3. 3. John (Campbell, 1st Earl of) Cawdor 1490–1546
        4. 4. Margaret Campbell 1490–1555 m. John (Erskine) Baron 1487–1555
        5. 5. Sir (Lord John Campbell, knight, 5th Laird of Thane, Earl of) Cawdor 1479–1546 m. Lady (Muriëlle Calder of) Cawdor 1539–1575 m. Lady (Murielle Calder, heiress of the old Thane of Cawdor in Shakespeare's) "Macbeth" 1501–1561
        6. 6. Archibald Campbell 1511–1537 m. Janet (Douglas, Baroness of) Glamis 1502–1537
        7. 7. Reverend (Donald) Campbell 1492–1562 m. Lady (Margaret de) Gordon 1450–1525
    2. 2. Sir (Alexander Stewart of) Darnley 1431–1450
    3. 3. Elizabeth Stewart 1428–1491
  2. 2. Margaret Johnstone 1400–1472 m. Sir (John (Lieutenant-General) Wallace, 5th of Craigie, 10th of) Riccarton 1390–1447
    1. 1. William (Wallace, 6th of Craigie, 11th of) Riccarton 1421–1507 m. Lady (Margaret Dunbar, Countess) Crawford 1422–1498
      1. 1. John (Wallace, 7th Of Craigie, 12th Of) Riccarton 1455–1507 m. Catherine Kennedy 1455–1480 m. Elizabeth Campbell 1464–1519
        1. 1. John (II Wallace, 8th of Craigie, 13th of) Riccarton 1472–1507 m. Elizabeth (Sibella) Cathcart 1472–
    2. 2. Thomas Wallace 1417–1460
    3. 3. Margaret Wallace 1425–1466 m. Robert (II) Lyle 1417–1468
      1. 1. Robert (Lyle) III 1445–1498
      2. 2. Elizabeth Lyle 1446–1471
    4. 4. Christina Wallace 1421– m. William Davidson 1420–
      1. 1. George (S) Davidson 1440–1470
  3. 3. Lady (Margaret) Seton 1414–1471 m. Walter (Ogilvie, 4th Baron Auchterhouse &) Inverquharity 1420–1481
    1. 1. Lady (Isobel Ogilvy, Countess of) Kennedy 1442–1491 m. Sir (Gilbert) Kennedy... 1440–1509
      1. 1. Thomas (Kennedy, 3rd Laird of) Bargany 1462–1520 m. Hon. (Katherine Kennedy of) Dunure 1462–1488
        1. 1. Lord (Alexander Kennedy, 4th Earl of) Bargany 1491–1551 m. Mariëtte ((Mariot\Marion)) Dunbar 1495–1562
      2. 2. Elizabeth (Kennedy) Blairquehan 1470–1573
    2. 2. John (Ogilvie, 5th Baron of) Inverquharitie 1440–1510
  4. 4. George Seton 1404–1478
    1. 1. George (Seton, 2nd Lord) Seton 1449–1508 m. Margaretha (Margaret) Campbell 1455–1530
      1. 1. George (Seton, 3rd Lord) Seton 1481–1513 m. Janet (Hepburn, of Bothwell, retired to the Convent of Saint Catherine of Siena at) Edinburgh 1485–1558
        1. 1. Baron (George de Seton, 4th Laird of Seton, Baron of) Winton 1501–1549 m. Elizabeth (Christine Hay van) Yester 1501–1548
  5. 5. Janet Seton 1410–1493

Lady Dunbar's Timeline

3 Records

1390
1390
Birth of Lady Janet Dunbar in Cockburn, Berwickshire, Scotland
Cockburn, Berwickshire, Scotland
1429
23 Apr 1429
Age 39
Death of Lady Janet Dunbar in Wigtown, Scotland
Wigtown, Scotland
1434
1434
Age 44
Death of Lady Janet Dunbar in Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland
Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1390
    Event Place: Cockburn, Berwickshire, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1434
    Event Place: Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 Apr 1429
    Event Place: Wigtown, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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