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| Name |
Janet Douglas |
| Birth |
1495 |
Argyllshire, Scotland  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
17 Jul 1537 |
Edinburgh Castle, Edinburghshire, Scotland |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
7 Feb 1913 |
| FamilySearch ID |
LRTR-QCS |
| Person ID |
I92870 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
George Douglas, Master of Angus, b. 1469, Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland d. 9 Sep 1513, Battle of Flodden, Branxton, Nothumberland, England (Age 44 years) |
| Mother |
Elizabeth Drummond, b. Abt 1472, Cargill, Perthshire, Scotland d. 21 Aug 1514, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland (Age 42 years) |
| Marriage |
1488 |
| Family ID |
F5260 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
John Lyon, 6th Lord Glamis, b. 1491, Glamis Castle, Glamis, Forfarshire, Scotland d. 8 Apr 1528, Leith, Midlothian, Scotland (Age 37 years) |
| Children |
| | 1. John Lyon, 7th Lord Glamis, b. 1521, Glamis Castle, Glamis, Forfarshire, Scotland d. 3 Oct 1592, Ruislip, Middlesex, England (Age 71 years) |
| | 2. George Lyon, b. Abt 1522, Glamis Castle, Glamis, Forfarshire, Scotland d. 15 Jan 1543 (Age 21 years) |
| + | 3. Margaret Lyon, Countess of Cassilis, b. 15 Jun 1551, Glamis Castle, Glamis, Forfarshire, Scotland d. 23 Nov 1626, Avondale, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 75 years) |
| | 4. Elizabeth Lyon, b. 1528, Glamis Castle, Glamis, Forfarshire, Scotland |
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| Family ID |
F30395 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
3 Sep 2024 |
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| Notes |
- The Douglas family was far from favoured by King James V of Scotland ; J a n et's brother, Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, was the King' s st ep fa ther, and Angus had imprisoned the young James. James's hatre d fo r Ang u s extended to his whole family, including Janet. After Jame s ha d broke n f ree of the Douglas family, in December 1528 Janet was su mmone d for tr easo n. She was accused with others for bringing supporter s of t he Earl o f Ang us to Edinburgh in June. However, James called he r "our l ovittis Da me Jon at Douglas" in a licence of 1529 allowing he r and a co- accused Pat rick Ch arteris of Cuthilgurdy to go on pilgrimag e and be exe mpt from leg al proce edings.
A recent historian, Jamie Cameron, thinks it unlikely that Janet w e n t o n pilgrimage, as she was the subject of a number of legal action s c ul mina ting in a charge of poisoning her husband John Lyon, 6th Lor d Gla mi s wh o had died on 17 September 1528. This case was dropped an d Jane t wa s fre e to marry her second husband, Archibald Campbell of Sk ipnes s by th e summ er of 1532. However on 17 July 1537 Janet was convic ted o f plannin g to po ison the King and communicating with her brothers , th e Earl of An gus an d George Douglas.
James had Janet accused of witchcraft against him, although it was c l e a r that the accusations were false. She was imprisoned with her husb a n d (w ho escaped but was later killed) in a dungeon of Edinburgh Castl e . I t wa s easy for James to imprison Janet, but actually convicting h e r wa s mor e difficult. To gain "evidence", James had Janet's family me mb ers a nd ser vants subjected to torture. Janet was convicted and burne d a t th e stake o n 17 July 1537 on the esplanade of Edinburgh Castle, w hic h he r young so n was forced to watch
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