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Sir Walter de Kennedy 1442 – 1518 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1442

Birth Location: Glentig, Scotland

Death Date: 1518

Death Location: Scotland

Father: Sir Kennedy,

Mother: Lady Maxwell,

Spouse(s):

Children(s):

Sir Walter de Kennedy was born in 1442 in Glentig, Scotland, the child of Sir Gilbert Kennedy, and Lady Catherine Maxwell,. Sir Walter de Kennedy passed away in 1518 in Scotland.

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Biography

  • Sir Walter de Kennedy was born in 1442 in Glentig, Scotland, the child of Sir Gilbert Kennedy, and Lady Catherine Maxwell,.
  • Sir Walter de Kennedy passed away in 1518 in Scotland.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir Kennedy's Ancestors

Self
Sir Kennedy
1442 – 1518
Birth Place: Glentig, Scotland
Parents
Sir Gilbert Kennedy,
1406 – 1479
Dunure Castle, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
Lady (Catherine) Maxwell,
1409 – 1484
Caerlaverrock Castle, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (James) Kennedy
1378 – 1408
Cassillis House, Ayrshire, Scotland
Mary Stewart,
1380 – 1458
Scotland
Herbert Maxwell
1388 – 1454
Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
Janet Herries
1400 – 1439
Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Kennedie
1350 – 1408
Marion Sandilands
1348 – 1379
King Stewart,
1337 – 1421
Annabella Drummond,
1350 – 1401
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Kennedy
1323 – 1385
Mary MacDowall,
1325 – 1400
Sir Sandilands,
1317 – 1358
Eleanor Douglas,
1316 –
Robert Stewart,
1316 – 1390
Elizabeth Rowallan,
1320 – 1355
Sir Drummond,
1318 – 1373
Lady Glenurchy
1328 – 1357

Sir Kennedy's Timeline

2 Records

1442
1442
Birth of Sir Walter de Kennedy in Glentig, Scotland
Glentig, Scotland
1518
1518
Age 76
Death of Sir Walter de Kennedy in Scotland
Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1442
    Event Place: Glentig, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 10; Page: 1323
    [2] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1518
    Event Place: Scotland
    Record Source: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 10; Page: 1323

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