Sherren Family Tree » Jean "Janet" (Jean "Janet") Kennedy (Lady) (Countess of Orkney) (1543-1598)

Personal data Jean "Janet" (Jean "Janet") Kennedy (Lady) (Countess of Orkney) 

  • First name Jean "Janet".
  • She was born in the year 1543 in Cassillis, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland.
  • She died September 1598 in Orkney Islands, Scotland, she was 55 years old.
  • A child of Gilbert Kennedy and Margaret

Household of Jean "Janet" (Jean "Janet") Kennedy (Lady) (Countess of Orkney)

She is married to Robert Stewart.

They got married on December 14, 1561, she was 18 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Mary Stewart  1559-???? 
  2. Robert Stewart  1560-???? 
  3. Jean Stewart  1563-????
  4. John Stewart  1566-1643 
  5. Henry Stewart  1566-1590
  7. Patrick Stewart  1568-1614
  8. Elizabeth Stewart  1569-????

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jean "Janet" Kennedy

Jean "Janet" Kennedy
1543-1598

1561

Robert Stewart
1537-1593

Mary Stewart
1559-????
Robert Stewart
1560-????
Jean Stewart
1563-????
John Stewart
1566-1643
Henry Stewart
1566-1590
James Graemsay Stewart
1567-1629
Patrick Stewart
1568-1614
Elizabeth Stewart
1569-????

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Historical events

Day of marriage December 14, 1561

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1561: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 2 » Mendoza, Argentina, is founded by Spanish conquistador Pedro del Castillo.
    • March 31 » The city of San Cristóbal, Táchira is founded.
    • April 14 » A celestial phenomenon is reported over Nuremberg, described as an aerial battle.
    • June 4 » The steeple of St Paul's, the medieval cathedral of London, is destroyed in a fire caused by lightning and is never rebuilt.
    • August 19 » Mary, Queen of Scots, who was 18 years old, returns to Scotland after spending 13 years in France.
    • September 9 » The ultimately unsuccessful Colloquy of Poissy opens in an effort to reconcile French Catholics and Protestants.

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