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Lady Janet Fife Stewart the Dowagar Dutchess of Southerland 1505–1566 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1505

Birth Location: Athol Castle, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland

Death Date: 13 May 1566

Death Location: Athol, Perthshire, Scotland

Father: Earl Stewart

Mother: Janet Campbell

Spouse(s): Henry Methven

Children(s): Lady Drummond

Lady Janet Fife Stewart the Dowagar Dutchess of Southerland was born in 1505 in Athol Castle, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, the child of Earl Ii John Stewart And Janet Mary Campbell. Lady Janet Fife Stewart the Dowagar Dutchess of Southerland married Henry Stewart Killed In Battle At Pinkie Cleugh 1St Lord Methven, and had children including Lady Baroness Lilias Ruthven Lady Of Kynnard 2Nd Baroness Of Drummond. Lady Janet Fife Stewart the Dowagar Dutchess of Southerland passed away in 1566 in Athol, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Lady Janet Fife Stewart the Dowagar Dutchess of Southerland was born in 1505 in Athol Castle, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, the child of Earl Ii John Stewart And Janet Mary Campbell.
  • Lady Janet Fife Stewart the Dowagar Dutchess of Southerland married Henry Stewart Killed In Battle At Pinkie Cleugh 1St Lord Methven, and had children including Lady Baroness Lilias Ruthven Lady Of Kynnard 2Nd Baroness Of Drummond.
  • Lady Janet Fife Stewart the Dowagar Dutchess of Southerland passed away in 1566 in Athol, Perthshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Earl Stewart
1465–1513
Birth Location: , Balveny, Fifeshire, Scotland
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Janet Campbell
1486–1546
Birth Location: Of, Balveny, Fifeshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Henry Methven
1500–1551
Birth Location: Avondale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Lady Drummond
1526–1579
Birth Location: Perth, Perth and Kinross, Tayside, Scotland
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Lady Southerland's Ancestors

Self
Lady Southerland
1505–1566
Birth Place: Athol Castle, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Parents
Earl ( II ) John Stewart
1465–1513
, Balveny, Fifeshire, Scotland
Janet (Mary) Campbell
1486–1546
Of, Balveny, Fifeshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Southerland's Descendants

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Lady (Janet Fife Stewart the Dowagar Dutchess of) Southerland (1505–13 May 1566) m. Henry (Stewart, (killed in battle at Pinkie cleugh) 1st Lord) Methven (1500–10 Oct 1551)
  1. 1. Lady (Baroness Lilias Ruthven Lady of Kynnard, 2nd Baroness of) Drummond 1526–1579 m. Sir (Lord David 2nd Baron Earl of Perth Drummond, Knight of) Cargill 1515–1580
    1. 1. Patrick (Laird Sir 3rd Lord Drummond Perth) Drummond 1560–1611 m. Elizabeth (Lady Edzell Angus Scotland) Lindsay 1552–1585 m. Agnes Drummond 1523–1590
      1. 1. Lilias (Dame) Drummond 1574–1609 m. Alexander (1st Earl of Dunfermline 6th Lord Seton) Seton 1555–1622
        1. 1. Margaret (Seton \) Seyton 1599–1630 m. Colin ((1st Earl of Seaforth)) Mackenzie 1586–1633 m. Alexander (Sir) Erskine 1591–1633

Lady Southerland's Timeline

2 Records

1505
1505
Birth of Lady Janet Fife Stewart the Dowagar Dutchess of Southerland in Athol Castle, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Athol Castle, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
1566
13 May 1566
Age 61
Death of Lady Janet Fife Stewart the Dowagar Dutchess of Southerland in Athol, Perthshire, Scotland
Athol, Perthshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1505
    Event Place: Athol Castle, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 May 1566
    Event Place: Athol, Perthshire, Scotland
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