Gilbert Kennedy 
Gilbert was born about 1405 in Scotland. Gilbert's father was James Kennedy and his mother was Mary Stewart. His paternal grandfather was Gilbert Kennedy; his maternal grandparents were Robert John Stewart and Annabella Drummond. He had two brothers and a sister, named John, James and Elizabeth Margaret. He was the second oldest of the four children. He had six half-brothers and three half-sisters, named George, William, Robert, William, Walter, William, Elizabeth (Mary), Elizabeth Mary and Mary. He died about 1480 in Scotland.General Notes
Name Suffix:<NSFX> 1st Lord Kennedy
Kennedy of Dunure and 1st Lord Kennedy
Made a Lord of Parliament as 1st Lord Kennedy in 1457. In 1465, he
plotted with Robert Lord Fleming and Sir Alexander Boyd to trap young
James III, and thus in 1466 became one of the three Regents of Scotland
whild King James III was still a child. He married Catherine, daughter
of Herbert, 1st Lord Maxwell
Lord Kennedy's brother, James Kennedy, Bishop of Dunkeld and St. Andrews
was among the greatest of Scottish statesmen and founded the University
of St. Andrews
SCOTTS PEERAGE, pgs. 444 to471
Was Chamberlain of Carrick, Dundonald, Leswalt, Menybrig, And Barquhany.
Made Keeper And Constable of Sterling Castle in 1466
Was an Intimate of Young King James III and first cousin of James II.
Commanded Scots Under Joan ofArc.
Tartans of The Clans And Families OF Scotland, PG 454.
Kennedy of Dunure and 1st Lord Kennedy
Made a Lord of Parliament as 1st Lord Kennedy in 1457. In 1465, he
plotted with Robert Lord Fleming and Sir Alexander Boyd to trap young
James III, and thus in 1466 became one of the three Regents of Scotland
whild King James III was still a child. He married Catherine, daughter
of Herbert, 1st Lord Maxwell
Lord Kennedy's brother, James Kennedy, Bishop of Dunkeld and St. Andrews
was among the greatest of Scottish statesmen and founded the University
of St. Andrews
SCOTTS PEERAGE, pgs. 444 to471
Was Chamberlain of Carrick, Dundonald, Leswalt, Menybrig, And Barquhany.
Made Keeper And Constable of Sterling Castle in 1466
Was an Intimate of Young King James III and first cousin of James II.
Commanded Scots Under Joan ofArc.
Tartans of The Clans And Families OF Scotland, PG 454.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1280 in Carrick, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1300 in Dunure, Ayr, Scotland
- b.~ 1323 in Carrick, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland d.>20 Oct 1385 in Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1348 in Dunure Castle, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland d.>08 Nov 1408
- b.~ 1247 in Cassillis House, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland d.1297 in Murdered
- b.~ 1276 in Cassillis House, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1320 in Ayr, Scotland
- b.~ 1375 in Dumure Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland d.08 Nov 1408
- b.~ 1405 in Scotland d.~ 1480 in Scotland
- b.1243 in Dundonald Castle, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland d.16 Jul 1309 in Dundonald Castle, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.1292/1293 in Dundonald, Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland d.09 Apr 1326 in Bathgate Castle, Bathgate, West-Lothian, Scotland
- b.1263 in Of, , Ulster, Ireland
- b.2 Mar 1315/1316 in Paisley, Renfrewshire d.1390 in Dundonald Castle, Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.11 Jul 1274 in Writtle, Chelmsford, Essex, England d.07 Jun 1329 in Cardoss Castle, Firth of Clyde, Scotland
- b.~ 1297 in Dundonald, Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland d.2 Mar 1315/1316 in , , , Scotland
- b.~ 1275 in Of Kildrummy Castle, Kildrummy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.~ 1320
- b.1339 in Dunkeld, Dumfries, Scotland d.03 Sep 1420 in Stirling Castle, Scotland
- b.1265 in Craigie, Rowallan, Ayr, Scotland d.~ 1348
- b.~ 1290 in Rowallan, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1263 in Craigie, Rowallan, Ayr, Scotland
- b.~ 1320 in Of, Rowallan, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland d.1355/1358 in Scotland
- b.~ 1293 in Scotland
- b.~ 1380 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland d.1458 in Scotland
- b.~ 1285
- b.~ 1315 in Of Inchmohomo, , Scotland d.1346 in Battle Of Durhan
- b.~ 1295 in Of Kincardine, , Scotland
- b.~ 1326 in Inchmohem, Scotland d.1373
- b.~ 1345 in Of, Stobhall, Cargill, Perthshire, Scotland d.1401 in , Scone, Perthshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1295
- b.~ 1325 in Menteith, Scotland
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