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Lady Janet Herries Baroness Maxwell 1400–1439 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1400

Birth Location: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Death Date: 9 Mar 1439

Death Location: Caulderwood Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Father: Herbert Herries

Mother: Margaret Douglas

Spouse(s): Herbert Maxwell

Children(s): Mariotta Calderwood

The story of Lady Janet Herries Baroness Maxwell began in 1400 in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-shire, Scotland. Lady Janet Herries Baroness Maxwell married Herbert Sir 11Th Earl Of Caerlaverock Baron L Maxwell, and had children including Mariotta Janet Maxwell Of Calderwood. Lady Janet Herries Baroness Maxwell passed away in 1439 in Caulderwood Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Lady Janet Herries Baroness Maxwell began in 1400 in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.
  • Lady Janet Herries Baroness Maxwell married Herbert Sir 11Th Earl Of Caerlaverock Baron L Maxwell, and had children including Mariotta Janet Maxwell Of Calderwood.
  • Lady Janet Herries Baroness Maxwell passed away in 1439 in Caulderwood Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Herbert Herries
1371–1440
Birth Location: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
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Margaret Douglas
1371–1425
Birth Location: Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Herbert Maxwell
1388–1453
Birth Location: Caerlaverrock Castle, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
HM

Children(s)

Mariotta Calderwood
1410–1467
Birth Location: East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, Scotland
MC

Lady Maxwell's Ancestors

Self
Lady Maxwell
1400–1439
Birth Place: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Parents
Herbert (Sir) Herries
1371–1440
Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
Margaret Douglas
1371–1425
Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Maxwell's Descendants

1.
LM
Lady (Janet Herries Baroness) Maxwell (1400–9 Mar 1439) m. Herbert ((Sir)11th Earl of Caerlaverock, Baron l,) Maxwell (9 Aug 1388–14 February 1453)
  1. 1. Mariotta (Janet Maxwell of) Calderwood 1410–1467 m. Sir (Gilbert Kennedy "First Lord Kennedy" Keeper of the Castle of Lochdoun, Constable of Stirling Castle and 1st Lord of Cassillis) Kennedy 1396–1489
    1. 1. John (Kennedy,\ 2nd Lord) Kennedy 1436–1497 m. Lady (Elizabeth Gordon Baroness Kennedy Countess) Errol 1444–1525
      1. 1. Elizabeth ((Lady)) Kennedy 1470–1573 m. Alexander ((of Greenan)) Stewart 1492–1513
        1. 1. Mary (Stuartel) (Stewart) 1513–1570 m. William (John) Holloway 1517–1560

Lady Maxwell's Timeline

2 Records

1400
1400
Birth of Lady Janet Herries Baroness Maxwell in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
1439
9 Mar 1439
Age 39
Death of Lady Janet Herries Baroness Maxwell in Caulderwood Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Caulderwood Castle, 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-Current

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