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Archibald Douglas 5th Earl of Angus 1449–1513 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1449

Birth Location: Haddingtonshire, Scotland

Death Date: 29 Nov 1513

Death Location: Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland, at the age of 64,Burial St. Ninian's Old Churchyard Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland Plot Whithorn Priory, vaulted crypt under the eastern end of the church

Father: George Angus

Mother: Isobel Angus

Spouse(s): Lady Angus

Children(s): Lady Douglas

The story of Archibald Douglas 5th Earl of Angus began in 1449 in Haddingtonshire, Scotland. Archibald Douglas 5th Earl of Angus married Lady Elizabeth Boyd Countess Of Angus, and had children including Lady Marjory Marion Mariota Countess Of Glencairn Douglas. Archibald Douglas 5th Earl of Angus passed away in 1513 in Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland, at the age of 64,Burial St. Ninian's Old Churchyard Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland Plot Whithorn Priory, vaulted crypt under the eastern end of the church.

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  • The story of Archibald Douglas 5th Earl of Angus began in 1449 in Haddingtonshire, Scotland.
  • Archibald Douglas 5th Earl of Angus married Lady Elizabeth Boyd Countess Of Angus, and had children including Lady Marjory Marion Mariota Countess Of Glencairn Douglas.
  • Archibald Douglas 5th Earl of Angus passed away in 1513 in Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland, at the age of 64,Burial St. Ninian's Old Churchyard Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland Plot Whithorn Priory, vaulted crypt under the eastern end of the church.

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Archibald Angus's Ancestors

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Archibald Angus
1449–1513
Birth Place: Haddingtonshire, Scotland
Parents
George “Great Earl of Angus” Douglas 4th Earl of Angus
1427–1463
Aberdeenshire, Scotland,
Isobel (Sibbald Countess of) Angus
1430–1497
Old Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland,
Grandparents
Sir (William Douglas 2nd Earl of) Angus
1398–1437
North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
Margaret (Hay Countess of) Angus
1400–1484
Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Lochorwart-Yester
1380–1421
Lady Haye
1382–1447
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Erroll
1342–1406
Elizabeth Scotland
1346–1389

Archibald Angus's Descendants

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Archibald (Douglas 5th Earl of) Angus (1449–29 Nov 1513) m. Lady (Elizabeth Boyd Countess of) Angus (1448–21 Feb 1497)
  1. 1. Lady (Marjory Marion Mariota, Countess of Glencairn,) Douglas 1469–1542 m. Cuthbert (2nd Earl of Glencairn, 3rd Lord of Kilmaurs) Cunningham 1476–1541
    1. 1. Lord (William Cunninghame 4th Earl of Glencairn, 5th Lord of Kilmaurs (The Notorious) Intriguer) 1493–1547 m. Lady (Margaret Elizabeth MacGuire) Campbell, 1495–1535 m. Baroness (Margaret Campbell of) Erskine 1476–1555 m. Elizabeth SINCLAIR 1495–1562 m. Lady (Elizabeth Helen) Sinclair 1500–1549
      1. 1. Sir (Alexander Cunningham, 5th Earl of) Glencairn 1509–1574 m. Lady (Janet) Hamilton 1510–1574
        1. 1. Lady (Margaret) Cunningham 1533–1573 m. Sir (John Wallace 13th of) Craigie 1530–1570

Archibald Angus's Timeline

2 Records

1449
1449
Birth of Archibald Douglas 5th Earl of Angus in Haddingtonshire, Scotland
Haddingtonshire, Scotland
1513
29 Nov 1513
Age 64
Death of Archibald Douglas 5th Earl of Angus in Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland, at the age of 64,Burial St. Ninian's Old Churchyard Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland Plot Whithorn Priory, vaulted crypt under the eastern end of the church
Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland, at the age of 64,Burial St. Ninian's Old Churchyard Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland Plot Whithorn Priory, vaulted crypt under the eastern end of the church

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1449
    Event Place: Haddingtonshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: Oct 1513
    Event Place: Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
    Record Source: Findagrave, Archibald “Bell the Cat” Douglas Oct 1513

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 Nov 1513
    Event Place: Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland, at the age of 64,Burial St. Ninian's Old Churchyard Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland Plot Whithorn Priory, vaulted crypt under the eastern end of the church

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