Ancestral Trails 2016 » John III LYON (1427-1497)
Personal data John III LYON
- He was born in the year 1427 in Glamis Castle, Forfar, Angus, Scotland.
- Title: 3rd Lord Glamis
- He died on April 1, 1497 in Glamis Castle, Forfar, Angus, Scotland, he was 70 years old.
- A child of Patrick LYON and Isabel OGILVY
Household of John III LYON
He is married to Elizabeth SCRYMGEOUR.
They got married in the year 1450 at Glamis Castle, Forfar, Angus, Scotland, he was 23 years old.
Child(ren):
- William LYON ± 1451-1513
- Christian LYON ± 1460-1529
- Agnes LYON ± 1462-> 1493
- George LYON ± 1457-1513
- Elizabeth LYON ± 1464-< 1509
- Margaret LYON ± 1466-± 1523
- David LYON ± 1455-1513
Notes about John III LYON
John Lyon, 3rd Lord of Glamis (1431- 1 April 1497) was a Scottish nobleman.
Born in Angus, he was the second son of Patrick Lyon, 1st Lord Glamis, and inherited the title on his brother's death in 1486. He attended university, possibly in Paris. He was active in royal service during the early reign of James IV of Scotland, and was appointed justiciar north of Forth.
Before 1479 he married Elizabeth Scrymgeour, daughter of John Scrymgeour of Dudhope, constable of Dundee and they had four sons and seven daughters. The eldest, John Lyon, succeeded his father as Lord Glamis. The three younger sons: David Lyon of Cossins, William and George, were killed at the Battle of Flodden in 1513.
Lord Glamis was buried in Glamis Kirk, Angus.
SOURCE: Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lyon,_3rd_Lord_Glamis
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Historical events
Day of death April 1, 1497
- Graaf Filips II de Schone (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1494 till 1506 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
- In the year 1497: Source: Wikipedia
- February 7 » In Florence, Italy, supporters of Girolamo Savonarola burn cosmetics, art, and books, in a "Bonfire of the vanities".
- May 10 » Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves Cádiz for his first voyage to the New World.
- May 20 » John Cabot sets sail from Bristol, England, on his ship Matthew looking for a route to the west (other documents give a May 2 date).
- June 27 » Cornish rebels Michael An Gof and Thomas Flamank are executed at Tyburn, London, England.
- July 8 » Vasco da Gama sets sail on the first direct European voyage to India.
- December 16 » Vasco da Gama passes the Great Fish River, where Bartolomeu Dias had previously turned back to Portugal.
Same birth/death day
- 1431 » Nuno Álvares Pereira, Portuguese general (b. 1360)
- 1441 » Blanche I, queen of Navarre and Sicily (b. 1387)
- 1455 » Zbigniew Oleśnicki, Polish cardinal and statesman (b. 1389)
- 1528 » Francisco de Peñalosa, Spanish composer (b. 1470)
- 1548 » Sigismund I, king of Poland (b. 1467)
- 1580 » Alonso Mudarra, Spanish guitarist and composer (b. 1510)
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The Ancestral Trails 2016 publication was prepared by Patti Lee Salter.
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