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Janet Douglas, Lady Glamis (c. 1498 – 17 July 1537) was a Scottish noblewoman accused of attempted murder, who was executed by burning during the reign of James V of Scotland. Janet was accused of trying to poison James V, implicated by a spurned suitor.
On 17th July 1537, Janet Douglas, Lady Glamis, was burned to death on the castle hill at Edinburgh after being found guilty of two counts of treason. She had been charged with plotting King James V of Scotland's death (by poison) and assisting and corresponding with her brothers, Sir George Douglas and Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus.
A visit to Castle Glamis in County Angus, to commune with the spirit Lady Glamis (Janet Douglas Lyon) one of 2,000 Scots burned as witches at Castlehill between 1479-1722, when Edinburgh was the witch-burning capital of Europe. Europe's witch persecutions began in the 13th century and spread to Sc.
17 de oct. de 2016 · Atrapada en las intrigas políticas de su época, Lady Janet fue acusada de envenenar a su marido (6º Conde de Glamis) y fue finalmente condenada por brujería en 1537. Fue quemada en la hoguera en Edimburgo. Cuenta la leyenda que el espíritu de Lady Janet tiene preferencia por la torre del reloj del castillo a la hora de aparecerse.
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17 de jul. de 2023 · On this day in history, 17th July 1537, Janet Douglas, Lady Glamis, was burnt to death for treason on the castle hill at Edinburgh. Janet had been charged with plotting to poison King James V, nephew of King Henry VIII, and assisting and corresponding with her brothers, Sir George Douglas and Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus.
5 de jun. de 2015 · Janet Douglas, Lady Glamis (died 17 July 1537) was a Scottish noblewoman accused of witchcraft, who was burnt to death during the reign of James V of Scotland. Treason and charges of witchcraft The Douglas family was far from favoured by King James V of Scotland; Janet's brother, Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, was the King's stepfather ...
When Janet Douglas of Angus, Dowage Lady Glamis, latterly of Skipness was born in 1498, in Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland, her father, Sir George Douglas Master of Angus, was 29 and her mother, Lady Elizabeth Drummond Countess of Angus, was 26. She married Sir John Lyon 6th Lord Glamis in 1515, in Glamis, Forfarshire, Scotland.
