Malcolm Gilroy Family » Janet GORDON (1535-1577)

Personal data Janet GORDON 

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  • She was born in the year 1535 in Lochinver, Sutherland, Scotland about.

    Waarschuwing Attention: Age at marriage (August 20, 1547) below 16 years (12).

  • She died on February 13, 1577 in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, she was 42 years old.

Household of Janet GORDON

She is married to William 6th Earl of Glencairn CUNNINGHAME.

They got married on August 20, 1547 at Galloway, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, she was 12 years old.


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Day of marriage August 20, 1547

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1547: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 8 » The first Lithuanian-language book, the Catechism of Martynas Mažvydas, is published in Königsberg.
    • January 13 » Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, is sentenced to death for treason, on the grounds of having quartered his arms to make them similar to those of the King, Henry VIII of England.
    • January 16 » Grand Duke Ivan IV of Muscovy becomes the first Tsar of Russia, replacing the 264-year-old Grand Duchy of Moscow with the Tsardom of Russia.
    • January 28 » Edward VI, the nine-year-old son of Henry VIII, becomes King of England on his father's death.
    • February 20 » Edward VI of England is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.
    • July 25 » Henry II of France is crowned.

Day of death February 13, 1577

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1577: Source: Wikipedia
    • September 17 » The Treaty of Bergerac is signed between King Henry III of France and the Huguenots.
    • December 1 » Francis Walsingham is knighted.
    • December 13 » Sir Francis Drake sets sail from Plymouth, England, on his round-the-world voyage.


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