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Elizabeth Boyd , Countess of Angus 1448–1497 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1448

Birth Location: Kilmarnock, Aryshire, Scotland

Death Date: Abt. 21 Feb 1497

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

Father: Lord Kilmarnock

Mother: Lady Lanarkshire

Spouse(s): Laird Angus

Children(s): Lady Glamis, George Douglas

Elizabeth Boyd , Countess of Angus was born in 1448 in Kilmarnock, Aryshire, Scotland, the child of Lord Robert Boyd 1St Lord Boyd Of Kilmarnock And Lady Mariota Maxwell Lady Mariette Of Lanarkshire. Elizabeth Boyd , Countess of Angus married Laird Archibald Bell The Cat Douglas 5Th Earl Of Angus, and had children including George Douglas, Lady Janet Douglas Baroness Glamis. Elizabeth Boyd , Countess of Angus passed away in 1497 in Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Elizabeth Boyd , Countess of Angus was born in 1448 in Kilmarnock, Aryshire, Scotland, the child of Lord Robert Boyd 1St Lord Boyd Of Kilmarnock And Lady Mariota Maxwell Lady Mariette Of Lanarkshire.
  • Elizabeth Boyd , Countess of Angus married Laird Archibald Bell The Cat Douglas 5Th Earl Of Angus, and had children including George Douglas, Lady Janet Douglas Baroness Glamis.
  • Elizabeth Boyd , Countess of Angus passed away in 1497 in Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lord Kilmarnock
1425–1480
Birth Location: Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
LK
Lady Lanarkshire
1425–1472
Birth Location: Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland
LL

Spouses(s)

Laird Angus
1449–1513
Birth Location: Kilmaurs, East Ayrshire, Scotland
LA

Children(s)

Lady Glamis
1502–1551
Birth Location: Nithsdale, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
LG
George Douglas
1463–1513
Birth Location: Tantallon Castle, Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
GD

Elizabeth Angus's Ancestors

Self
Elizabeth Angus
1448–1497
Birth Place: Kilmarnock, Aryshire, Scotland
Parents
Lord Robert Boyd , 1st Lord Boyd of Kilmarnock
1425–1480
Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Lady (Mariota Maxwell , Lady Mariette of) Lanarkshire
1425–1472
Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Lord (Thomas Boyd , 5th Baron of) Kilmarnock
1405–1439
Kilmarmock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Lady Isabell
1395–1439
Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Lord Kilmarnock
1384–1432
Lady Boyd
1380–1469
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lord Kilmarnock
1355–1409
Lady Kilmarnock
1346–1384

Elizabeth Angus's Descendants

1.
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Elizabeth (Boyd , Countess of) Angus (Abt. 1448–Abt. 21 Feb 1497) m. Laird (Archibald 'Bell-the-Cat' Douglas , 5th Earl of) Angus (Abt. 1449–29 Nov 1513)
  1. 1. Lady (Janet Douglas , Baroness) Glamis 1502–1551 m. Lord (Robert Maxwell , 4th Baron) Maxwell 1493–1546 m. Lord (Andrew Robert Herries , 2nd Lord Herries of) Terregles 1480–1513
    1. 1. Lord (John Maxwell , 5th Baron Herries of) Terregles 1555–1604 m. Lady (Agnes Herries , Baroness Herries of) Terregles 1530–1594
      1. 1. Edward (Maxwell , Commendator of) Dundrennan 1561–1598 m. Margaret Blakelock 1560–1607 m. Margret Blacklock 1570–1592
        1. 1. William (B Baillie 6th Laird of) Dunain 1550–1606 m. Catherine (Munro , of) Foulis 1561–1585
      2. 2. Countess (Margaret Fergusson) Maxwell 1548–1617 m. Mark (Kerr , 1st Earl of Lothian, Earl of Lothian, senator of the College of) Justice 1558–1609
        1. 1. Henrietta (Malone , Countess of Crawford) ? 1577–1632 m. Earl (Thomas Christian Hamilton , Lord of Drumcairn, Earl of Melrose, 1st Earl of) Haddington 1563–1637
  2. 2. George Douglas 1463–1513 m. Lady (Elizabeth Drummond , Countess of) Angus 1472–1514
    1. 1. Lord (Archibald Douglas , 6th Earl of) Douglas 1489–1557 m. Lady (Margaret Tudor , of) Scotland 1489–1554 m. Margaret Tudor 1489–1541
      1. 1. Lady (Margaret Douglas , Countess of) Lenox 1523–1579 m. James (IV Hamilton,* Regent of Scotland, 2nd Earl of Arran, Governor & Protector of Scotland, Duke of) Chatellerault 1517–1575
        1. 1. Claud (Hamilton 1st Lord Paisley, Commendator of the Abbey of) Paisley 1546–1622 m. Lady (Margaret Montgomerie Douglas Seton , Baroness) Paisley 1555–1616
    2. 2. Lady (Janet 'The White Lady' Douglas , of DRUMLANRIG, Baroness) Glamis 1498–1537 m. Lord (John Lyon , 6th Lord of) Glamis 1491–1528
      1. 1. John (Lyon, 7th Lord) Glamis 1510–1592 m. Lady (Janet Keith , Baroness of) Glamis 1514–1559 m. Lady (Elizabeth Keith , Countess of Huntly and) Moray 1510–1562
        1. 1. Lady (Margaret Lyon , Countess of Cassillis, Marchioness of) Hamilton 1547–1626 m. Lord (Col Gilbert Kennedy , III, 5th Lord Kennedy , 4th Earl of) Cassilis 1541–1576
        2. 2. Lord (John Andrew Stewart , Master of Ochiltree, 7th Lord of) Glamis 1541–1578 m. Lady (Elizabeth Abernethy , Baroness of) Glamis 1548–1581
        3. 3. Richard (John Holmes. Sir. 8th Lord of) Glamis 1540–1590 m. Elizabeth Walker 1545–1602

Elizabeth Angus's Timeline

4 Records

1448
Abt. 1448
Birth of Elizabeth Boyd , Countess of Angus in Kilmarnock, Aryshire, Scotland
Kilmarnock, Aryshire, Scotland
1458
1458
Age 10
Birth of Elizabeth Boyd , Countess of Angus in Kilmarnock, Aryshire, Scotland
Kilmarnock, Aryshire, Scotland
1497
Abt. 21 Feb 1497
Age 49
Death of Elizabeth Boyd , Countess of Angus in Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
1498
21 Feb 1498
Age 50
Death of Elizabeth Boyd , Countess of Angus in Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1458
    Event Place: Kilmarnock, Aryshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1448
    Event Place: Kilmarnock, Aryshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Feb 1498
    Event Place: Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Abt. 21 Feb 1497
    Event Place: Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
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