Janet Kennedy

Janet Kennedy (c. 1480 – c. 1545), was a Scottish noble and the mistress of King James IV of Scotland. Life She was the eldest daughter of John Kennedy, 2nd Lord Kennedy and Lady Elizabeth Gordon. Through her father, she was a great-great-granddaughter of King Robert III wheres her mother was the daughter of Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly. She is believed to have first been married to Alexander Gordon of Lochinvar around 1493. They may have had a daughter. By 1497, Janet was the mistress of Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus ("Bell the Cat"), with whom she had a daughter, Mary. They also may have been married, though she was never described as his Countess.