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Archibald "Bell, The, Cat", 5th, Earl, Of Douglas 1449 – 1513 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 Oct 1449

Birth Location: Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland

Death Date: 29 Nov 1513

Death Location: Merchiston Castle, Merchistoun, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Father: George Angus

Mother: Isabel Sibbald

Spouse(s): Lady Angus

Children(s): Lady Douglas

According to available records, Archibald "Bell The Cat" 5th Earl Of Douglas was born in 1449 in Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland, the child of George "the Red" Douglas 4th Earl of Angus and Isabel Livingstone Sibbald. Following those early years, Archibald "Bell The Cat" 5th Earl Of Douglas married Lady Elisabeth Boyd and Countess of Angus, and their family grew to include Lady Marjory Marion Mariota, Countess of Glencairn and Douglas. In the later years of life, Archibald "Bell The Cat" 5th Earl Of Douglas died in 1513 in Merchiston Castle, Merchistoun, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

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Parents

George Angus
1417 – 1463
Birth Location: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
GA
Isabel Sibbald
1418 – 1497
Birth Location: Balgonie Castle, Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Lady Angus
1452 – 1498
Birth Location: Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
LA

Children(s)

Lady Douglas
1469 – 1542
Birth Location: Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 16 Oct 1449
    Event Place: Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: Biography & Genealogy Master Index, Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 05; Page: 1173, Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 121256

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 05 Aug 1494
    Event Place: Birkschaw, Gloucestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Birkschaw, Gloucestershire, England
    Record Source: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 29 Nov 1513
    Event Place: Merchiston Castle, Merchistoun, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
    Record Source: Alabama, Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981, Biography & Genealogy Master Index, Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 05; Page: 1173, Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 121256, Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, AL; Alabama Surname Files; Box or Film Number: M85.0125

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
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