Janet Beaton

**Janet Beaton**, Lady of Branxholme and Buccleugh (1519–1569) mace ce 'yar Scotland kuma uwargidan James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell .  Tana da jimillar mazaje biyar. Ɗaya daga cikin 'yan'uwanta ita ce Mary Beaton, ɗaya daga cikin mata huɗu da ke jiran Mary, Sarauniyar Scotland, wacce aka sani a tarihi da Marys huɗu . A rayuwarta, an zarge ta da kasancewa mayya .  An naɗa Janet madawwamiya a matsayin *Mayen Lady* na Sir Walter Scott na Branxholm a cikin waƙarsa mai suna " Lay of the Last Minstrel ". 

## Iyali
An haifi Janet a shekara ta 1519, ɗaya daga cikin 'ya'ya goma sha ɗaya na Sir John Beaton, Laird na 2 na Creich da Janet Hay, 'yar John Hay, shugaban Dundee daga matarsa Elizabeth Crichton. Mahaifinta shine mai kula da Fadar Falkland . Ɗan'uwanta shine Robert Beaton, Laird na 4 na Creich, kuma 'yar'uwarta, Elizabeth Beaton uwargida ce ga Sarki James na 5 na Scotland, wanda ta haifa masa 'ya mace ba bisa ƙa'ida ba, Jean Stewart . 'Yar'uwarta ita ce Mary Beaton, ɗaya daga cikin shahararrun mata masu jiran Mary, Sarauniyar Scotland, wacce aka fi sani da "Marys huɗu". Janet kuma tana da alaƙa da Cardinal David Beaton da jakadan Mary a Faransa, James Beaton, Archbishop na Glasgow . 

## Aure da yara
Janet ta auri mijinta na farko, Sir James Crichton na Cranston Riddell a shekara ta 1538 lokacin tana da shekaru goma sha tara. A shekara ta 1540, shekara guda bayan mutuwar Sir James, ta auri Sir Simon Preston na Craigmillar Castle ; sun sake su a shekara ta 1543 saboda zargin aurensu kuma ita ma ta yarda da yin zina da mijinta na uku. Wani lokaci kafin watan Yunin 1544, Janet ta auri matarsa ta uku, Sir Walter Scott na Branxholme da Buccleuch, Shugaban Kabilar Scott (1495-4 Oktoba 1552), wanda ta haifa masa 'ya'ya biyar: 

* Walter Scott
* David Scott
* Grisel Scott (an haife ta a shekara ta 1552), ta fara aure, William Borthwick, Lord Borthwick na 6 (wanda ya rasu a shekara ta 1599), wanda ta haifi 'ya'ya maza biyar; ta auri Walter Cairncross na biyu.
* Janet Scott, ta yi aure a shekarar 1565, da farko John Cranstoun na Cranstoun, wanda ta haifa masa 'ya'ya; ta auri Robert Scott na Haining na biyu.
* An ce Margaret Scott ta auri Robert Scott na Thirlestane, wanda ta haifa masa 'ya'ya biyu.

A shekara ta 1550, an naɗa mijin Janet, Walter Scott, a matsayin Mai gadi na tsakiyar Maris, sannan a shekara mai zuwa, Mai gadi kuma Mai Shari'a na Liddesdale . A ranar 4 ga Oktoba, 1552, an kashe shi a wani rikici a babban titin Edinburgh da 'yan hamayyar danginsa, wato Clan Kerr waɗanda suka kashe shi da takuba. 

Janet Beaton tana da haƙƙoƙin kula da masana'antar niƙa a Musselburgh da ta gada daga mijinta na farko. A lokacin yaƙin Rough Wooing, wani mai tausayawa ɗan Ingila, Peter Durie daga Saltoun, ya lalata masana'antar. An ba Beaton diyya saboda asarar da ta yi a shekarar 1554 kuma aka kashe Durie. 

A shekara ta 1558, Janet ta jagoranci wata ƙungiya mai dauke da makamai wadda ta ƙunshi mutane ɗari biyu daga danginta zuwa Kirk na St. Mary na Lowes da ke Yarrow, inda ta buga ƙofofi don yunƙurin kama Sir Peter Cranstoun. An gabatar da Janet a gaban Alkali; duk da haka, sammacin da mai martaba Marie ta Guise ta bayar ya dakatar da shari'ar da ake yi mata. [1]

Janet ta yi jimillar maza biyar. 

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