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Lady Janet Napier 1514–1540 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1514

Birth Location: Merchiston, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland

Death Date: 1540

Death Location: Home, Berwickshire, Scotland

Father: Alexander Merchiston

Mother: Janet Chisholm

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Lady Janet Napier was born in 1514 in Merchiston, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland, the child of Alexander Napier 5Th Laird Of Merchiston And Janet Lady Chisholm. Lady Janet Napier passed away in 1540 in Home, Berwickshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Lady Janet Napier was born in 1514 in Merchiston, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland, the child of Alexander Napier 5Th Laird Of Merchiston And Janet Lady Chisholm.
  • Lady Janet Napier passed away in 1540 in Home, Berwickshire, Scotland.

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Lady Napier's Ancestors

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Lady Napier
1514–1540
Birth Place: Merchiston, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
Parents
Alexander Napier 5th Laird of Merchiston
1479–1513
Merchiston Castle, Midlothian, Scotland
Janet ((Lady)) Chisholm
1483–1540
Cromlix, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Lady Napier's Timeline

2 Records

1514
1514
Birth of Lady Janet Napier in Merchiston, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
Merchiston, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
1540
1540
Age 26
Death of Lady Janet Napier in Home, Berwickshire, Scotland
Home, Berwickshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1514
    Event Place: Merchiston, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1540
    Event Place: Home, Berwickshire, Scotland

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