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Paternal Family Tree: Lyon
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Drummond m Douglas
On 17th July 1537 [his mother] Janet Douglas Lady Glamis (age 39) was burned at the stake at Edinburgh Castle [Map] for conspiring against the king's (age 25) life. Her son, John 7th Lord Glamis Lyon (age 16), was supposedly a witness to the burning.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 23rd December 1559. The sam day was bered in sant Sythe parryche [his father] John Lyons' sune and here (age 38), with armes, and xij pore [men] had xij nuw gownes, and they bare xij gret stayffe torchys bornyng, and ther was a sarmon. [Note. John 7th Lord Glamis Lyon is often reported as having died in 1558 so it may be incorrect to attribute this diary entry to him. Neither is it clear what 'sant Sythe' refers to?]
In 1528 [his father] John Lyon 6th Lord Glamis died. His son John (age 7) succeeded 7th Lord Glamis. His wife [his mother] Janet Douglas Lady Glamis (age 30) was accused of poisoning him.
Around 1521 John 7th Lord Glamis Lyon was born to John Lyon 6th Lord Glamis and Janet Douglas Lady Glamis (age 23).
Before 23rd December 1559 John 7th Lord Glamis Lyon (age 38) and Janet Keith were married. They were fourth cousin twice removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Before 23rd December 1559 John 7th Lord Glamis Lyon (age 38) died. His son [his son] John succeeded 8th Lord Glamis.
[his daughter] Margaret Lyon Marchioness Hamilton was born to John 7th Lord Glamis Lyon and Janet Keith.
[his son] Thomas Lyon Master of Glamis was born to John 7th Lord Glamis Lyon and Janet Keith.
[his son] John Lyon 8th Lord Glamis was born to John 7th Lord Glamis Lyon and Janet Keith.
In or before 1521 [his father] John Lyon 6th Lord Glamis and [his mother] Janet Douglas Lady Glamis (age 22) were married. They were fifth cousin once removed.
Around July 1532 [his step-father] Archibald Campbell of Skipness and [his mother] Janet Douglas Lady Glamis (age 34) were married. He the son of Archibald Campbell 2nd Earl Argyll and Elizabeth Stewart Countess Argyll (age 68). They were half third cousins.
Kings Wessex: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 11 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 17 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 12 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Son of King John of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 22 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks
Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Lyon Lord of Glamis
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Lyon of Glamis 1377-1435 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Princess Johanna aka Jean Stewart 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Patrick Lyon 1st Lord Glamis 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Lyon 3rd Lord Glamis 7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
GrandFather: John Lyon 4th Lord Glamis 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Father: John Lyon 6th Lord Glamis 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
John 7th Lord Glamis Lyon 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Douglas 1st Earl Angus
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Douglas 2nd Earl Angus 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Stewart Countess Angus 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Douglas 4th Earl Angus 7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Hay
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Hay Countess Angus
Great x 1 Grandfather: Archibald "Bell the Cat" Douglas 5th Earl Angus 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabella Sibbald Countess Angus
GrandFather: George Douglas 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Boyd 5th of Kilmarnock
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Boyd 1st Lord Boyd
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Boyd Countess Angus
Mother: Janet Douglas Lady Glamis 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Drummond 1st Lord Drummond
GrandMother: Elizabeth Drummond m Douglas