Janet Nelson
| Dame Janet Nelson | |
|---|---|
| Nelson in 2019 | |
| Born | Janet Laughland Muir 28 March 1942 Blackpool, Lancashire, England | 
| Died | 14 October 2024 (aged 82) | 
| Other names | Jinty Nelson | 
| Spouse | Howard Nelson  (m. 1965; div. 2010) | 
| Children | 2 | 
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Newnham College, Cambridge | 
| Thesis | Rituals of Royal Inauguration in Early Medieval Europe (1967) | 
| Doctoral advisor | Walter Ullmann | 
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History | 
| Sub-discipline | Medieval history | 
| Institutions | King's College London | 
| Doctoral students | |
| Main interests | Medieval kingship | 
Dame Janet Laughland Nelson DBE FRHistS FBA (née Muir; 28 March 1942 – 14 October 2024), also known as Jinty Nelson, was a British historian and professor of Medieval History at King's College London.