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Elizabeth Douglas 1489–1573 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1489

Birth Location: Midlothian, Scotland

Death Date: 1573

Death Location: Yester Castle, Scotland

Father: Archibald Douglas

Mother: Lady Angus

Spouse(s): John III

Children(s): JOHN HAY

The story of Elizabeth Douglas began in 1489 in Midlothian, Scotland. Elizabeth Douglas married John Hay Liard Van Yester Iii, and had children including John Park Hay. Elizabeth Douglas passed away in 1573 in Yester Castle, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Elizabeth Douglas began in 1489 in Midlothian, Scotland.
  • Elizabeth Douglas married John Hay Liard Van Yester Iii, and had children including John Park Hay.
  • Elizabeth Douglas passed away in 1573 in Yester Castle, Scotland.

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Spouses(s)

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Elizabeth Douglas's Ancestors

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Elizabeth Douglas
1489–1573
Birth Place: Midlothian, Scotland
Parents
Archibald "Bell The Cat" 5th Earl Of Douglas
1449–1513
Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland
Lady (Elizabeth Boyd Countess of) Angus
1450–1498
Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Grandparents
George (Angus) Douglas
1415–1463
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Isabel Sibbald
1418–1497
Balgonie, Fifeshire, Scotland
Sir (Robert Boyd 1st Lord of Kilmarnock Great Chamberlain of Scot) Boyd
1425–1480
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Schotland
Mariëtte Maxwell
1430–1472
Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Schotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Elizabeth Douglas's Descendants

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Elizabeth Douglas (1489–1573) m. John (Hay Liard van Yester) III (1485–Jul 1543)
  1. 1. JOHN (PARK) HAY 1510–1556 m. MARGARET LIVINGSTONE 1506–1591
    1. 1. John Hay 1527–1557 m. Janet Sutherland 1531–1557
      1. 1. Margaret HAY 1547–1604 m. ALEXANDER ("12th Chief of Clan Brodie") BRODIE 1524–1583
        1. 1. Catherine Brady 1581–1645 m. William Gallagher 1580–1640

Elizabeth Douglas's Timeline

2 Records

1489
1489
Birth of Elizabeth Douglas in Midlothian, Scotland
Midlothian, Scotland
1573
1573
Age 84
Death of Elizabeth Douglas in Yester Castle, Scotland
Yester Castle, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1489
    Event Place: Midlothian, Scotland
    Record Source: Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Lanarkshire, Stirling, & Clackmannan: Commissariot Record of Lanark, Register of Testaments, 1595-1800 and Commissariot Record of Stirling, 1607-1800
    Record Source: Clackmannanshire, Scotland: Parish and Probate Records

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Midlothia, Scotland
    Record Source: Midlothian (Edinburgh), Scotland, Extracted Parish Records

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Midlothian: - Protocol Book of James Young, 1504-1507
    Record Source: Midlothian (Edinburgh), Scotland, Extracted Parish Records

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Midlothian: Edinburgh - Poll Tax Returns, 1694
    Record Source: Midlothian (Edinburgh), Scotland, Extracted Parish Records

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Newbigging-mylne, Clackmannan, Scotland
    Record Source: Clackmannanshire, Scotland: Parish and Probate Records

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1573
    Event Place: Yester Castle, Scotland

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