From Darryl Lundy's Peerage page on Janet Kennedy:

http://www.thepeerage.com/p10834.htm#i108335

Lady Janet Kennedy [1]

• F, #108335,
• d. 1598
• Last Edited=23 Jan 2011

Lady Janet Kennedy was the daughter of Gilbert Kennedy, 3rd Earl of Cassillis and Margaret Kennedy.[1]

She married Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney, son of James V Stewart, King of Scotland and Euphemia Elphinstone, on 14 December 1561 at Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

She died in 1598.[1]

She was also known as Jean Kennedy. From 14 December 1561, her married name became Stewart.

Children of Lady Janet Kennedy and Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney

• 1. John Stewart, 1st and last Earl of Carrick+[2] d. fr 22 Jun 1643 - 3 Mar 1645/46
• 2. Henry Stewart, Master of Orkney d. a 1589
• 3. Sir James Stewart+
• 4. Robert Stewart
• 5. Lady Mary Stewart+
• 6. Lady Jean Stewart+[3] b. c 1563
• 7. Patrick Stewart, 2nd Earl of Orkney b. a 1568, d. 6 Feb 1615

Citations

• 1. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 242. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Family.
• 2. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 59. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
• 3. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume VIII, psge 2.

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'A concise history of Port Beaufort & White Sands (also known as Witsand) including Family Trees White Sands & Port Beaufort' by John McGregor

- wherein she is known as Janet Kennedy