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Sir Robert Maxwell 1403 – 1485 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1403

Birth Location: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland

Death Date: 8 May 1485

Death Location: Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Father: Sir Caerlaverock

Mother: Janet Maxwell

Spouse(s): Janet stake*

Children(s): Martha Maxwell

1403 marked the beginning of Sir Robert Maxwell's life in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, to parents Sir Herbert Baron Maxwell, 11th Earl of Caerlaverock and Janet Herries Baroness Maxwell. Eventually, Sir Robert Maxwell married Janet H Douglas, Lady Glamis *accused of witchcraft and burnt at the stake*, and they welcomed Martha ,Lady Bailiffe Maxwell. Sir Robert Maxwell passed in 1485 at Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Parents

Sir Caerlaverock
1388 – 1453
Birth Location: Caerlaverrock Castle, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
SC
Janet Maxwell
1400 – 1439
Birth Location: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
JM

Spouses(s)

Janet stake*
1403 – 1485
Birth Location: Linlithgowshire, Scotland
Js

Children(s)

Martha Maxwell
1416 – 1493
Birth Location: Yorkshire, England
MM

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1403
    Event Place: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: Millennium File, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 8 May 1485
    Event Place: Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Millennium File, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
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