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Elizabeth Mary Douglas of Angus, Lady of Mar 1398–1458 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 Feb 1398

Birth Location: Mar Lodge, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1458

Death Location: Yester, Haddingtonshire, Scotland

Father: George Angus

Mother: Mary Stewart

Spouse(s): Alexander Forbes, David Yester

Children(s): James Forbes, John Yester, Susanna Forbes, Isabel Hay, Annabella Forbes, Marion Lays, Katherine Strangeways

In 1398, Elizabeth Mary Douglas of Angus, Lady of Mar entered the world in Mar Lodge, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, born to George Douglas 1St Earl Of Angus And Mary Stewart. Elizabeth Mary Douglas of Angus, Lady of Mar married Alexander Forbes 1St Lord Forbes, David Hay Of Lochorwart And Yester, and had children including Annabella Forbes Of Forbes, Isabel De Hay, James Forbes 2Nd Lord Forbes, John Hay 1St Lord Yester, Katherine De Strangeways, Marion Elizabeth Forbes Lady Of Lays, Susanna Forbes. Elizabeth Mary Douglas of Angus, Lady of Mar passed away in 1458 in Yester, Haddingtonshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1398, Elizabeth Mary Douglas of Angus, Lady of Mar entered the world in Mar Lodge, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, born to George Douglas 1St Earl Of Angus And Mary Stewart.
  • Elizabeth Mary Douglas of Angus, Lady of Mar married Alexander Forbes 1St Lord Forbes, David Hay Of Lochorwart And Yester, and had children including Annabella Forbes Of Forbes, Isabel De Hay, James Forbes 2Nd Lord Forbes, John Hay 1St Lord Yester, Katherine De Strangeways, Marion Elizabeth Forbes Lady Of Lays, Susanna Forbes.
  • Elizabeth Mary Douglas of Angus, Lady of Mar passed away in 1458 in Yester, Haddingtonshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

George Angus
1376–1402
Birth Location: Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
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Mary Stewart
1380–1457
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
MS

Spouses(s)

Alexander Forbes
1377–1448
Birth Location: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
AF
David Yester
1400–1478
Birth Location: Lochorwart Castle, Midlothian, Scotland
DY

Children(s)

James Forbes
1424–1462
Birth Location: Scotland
JF
John Yester
1450–1508
Birth Location: Wester Hoprew, Peebleshire, Scotland
JY
Susanna Forbes
1426–1460
Birth Location: Cromartyshire, Scotland
SF
Isabel Hay
1451–1487
Birth Location: Scotland, United Kingdom
IH
Annabella Forbes
1423–
Birth Location: Forbes, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
AF
Marion Lays
1425–1497
Birth Location: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
ML
Katherine Strangeways
1438–1465
Birth Location: England
KS

Elizabeth Mar's Ancestors

Self
Elizabeth Mar
1398–1458
Birth Place: Mar Lodge, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Parents
George Douglas 1st Earl of Angus
1376–1402
Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
Mary Stewart
1380–1457
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Grandparents
William (Douglas 1st Earl Of) Douglas
1327–1384
Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Margaret (Stewart -4th Countess of) Angus
1354–1417
Forfarshire, Scotland
Robert (III Stewart King of) Scotland
1337–1406
Dundonald Castle, Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland
Annabella (Drummond -of) Scotland
1350–1401
Scone, Cargill, Perthshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Archibald Douglas
1297–1333
Beatrice Crawford
1302–1352
Thomas Scotland
1330–1361
Margaret Sinclair
1328–1418
Robert Scotland
1316–1390
Elizabeth Rowallan
1320–1354
John Lennox
1326–1373
Mary Montefichet
1325–1375
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Roslin
1283–1330
Rosabelle
1285–1330
Walter Scotland
1293–1326
Majorie Scotland
1296–1316
Sir Rowallan
1295–1391
Janet Rowallan
1295–1355
Malcolm Lennox
1296–1346
Annabella Graham
1299–1358
William Cargil
1280–1366
Mary Menteith
1295–1367

Elizabeth Mar's Descendants

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Elizabeth (Mary Douglas of Angus, Lady of) Mar (24 Feb 1398–1458) m. Alexander (Forbes 1st Lord) Forbes (20 Jun 1377–1448) m. David (Hay of Lochorwart and) Yester (1400–Sep 1478)
  1. 1. James (Forbes 2nd Lord) Forbes 1424–1462 m. Egidia (de) Keith 1425–1473
  2. 2. John (Hay 1st Lord) Yester 1450–1508 m. Elizabeth Cunningham 1439–1529 m. Mariot Lindsay 1455–1468
    1. 1. John (Hay provost of) Dundee 1470–1513 m. Elizabeth (Crichton Of) Kinnoull 1470–1524 m. Margaret (Logie of) Logiealmond 1487– m. Dickson 1496–
      1. 1. Janet Hay 1485–1533 m. John (Bethune 2nd of) Creich 1485–1524
      2. 2. John (Hay -III Lord) Yester 1485–1543 m. Elizabeth (Douglas of) Angus 1487–1576 m. Janet (Scott of) Howpasly 1500–
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Hay) IV 1510–1574 m. George (Seton 6th Lord) Seton 1508–1549 m. George (Montgomerie -4th Lord) Seton 1500–1549 m. William Abernathy 1504–1543 m. William (Abernethy 5th Lord) Saltoun 1504–1540
        2. 2. Beatrice Hay 1510–1554
        3. 3. John (Hay IV of Yester, Lord of Van) Smithfield 1510–1555 m. Margaret Livingston 1520–1591 m. Margaret (De La) Hay 1521–1567 m. Jeanette (Scott Hay, Liard Van) Smithfield 1517–1560 m. Isobel Dunbar 1506–1565
        4. 4. Thomas Hay 1511–1558
        5. 5. Mary Hay 1519– m. William (Congalton , younger, of that) Ilk 1565–1608
        6. 6. John Hay 1519–
      3. 3. Thomas Hay 1490–1552
      4. 4. Isabel Hay 1495–
      5. 5. William Hay 1495–
      6. 6. Jean Hay 1498–1564 m. James (George) Browne 1500–
      7. 7. Marion Hay 1500–1564 m. George Broun 1496–1596
      8. 8. Christine Hay 1500–
      9. 9. Elizabeth Hay 1504–1574 m. William (Abernethy 5th Lord) Saltoun 1504–1540
      10. 10. Elizabeth Hay 1506–1574 m. William Abernathy 1504–1543
      11. 11. Lady (Christine Hay van) Yester 1510–1548 m. William (Stewart 2nd Laird of) Traquair 1506–1548 m. John Carew 1500–1562
      12. 12. John (Hay of Smithfield -Hay of) Yester –1528
      13. 13. Lady (Christine) Hay 1510–1548 m. William (Stewart 2nd Laird of) Traquair 1506–1548 m. John Carew 1500–1562
      14. 14. Janet Beaton 1519–1568 m. Walter (Scott ‘Wicked Wat’ 1st Lord Scott ‘Bold) Buccleuch’ 1495–1552
    2. 2. Margaret Haye 1470–1536 m. William (Borthwick 3rd Lord) Borthwick 1465–1543 m. William (Third Lord) Borthwick 1435–1513
      1. 1. Thomas Bothwick 1494–1538 m. Lady (Marion) Seton 1496–1561 m. Mariot (Montgomerie) Seaton 1507–1561
      2. 2. Arthur (De) Borthwick 1495–1528 m. Mariot (De) Seton 1505–
      3. 3. Catherine Borthwick 1483–1527 m. William (Cunningham 4th Earl of Glencairn,5th Lord of) Kilmaurs 1480–1548 m. James (Crichton Laird Of) Frenraught 1472–1530
        1. 1. Andrew (Cuninghame 1st Laird Of) Corsehill 1505–1544 m. Margaret (Cunningham of) Polonaise 1495–1569 m. Agnes DOUGLAS 1502–1548
        2. 2. Helen (Cunningham of) Glencairn 1511–1577 m. Alexander (Dunlop) Laird 1500–1550 m. Alexander (Dunlop 10th Laird of) Dunlop 1494–1564
        3. 3. Janet (Katherine) Cunningham 1514–1574 m. Robert (Ferguson 7th Laird of) Craigdarroch 1510–1588
        4. 4. Isabel Cunningham 1515–1574 m. William Cunningham 1502–1576
        5. 5. Alexander (Cunningham 5th Earl Of) Glencairn 1515–1574 m. Jean (Hamilton 1st Earl Of) Arran 1509–1579 m. Janet (Jean) Hamilton 1510–1574
        6. 6. Hugh Cuningham 1518–1590 m. Marion Maxwell 1520–1572
      4. 4. John (Borthwick 4th Lord) Borthwick 1485–1566 m. Lady (Isobel) Lindsay 1522–1577
    3. 3. Isobel Hay 1465–1497 m. Robert (Lauder of the Bass,) Knight 1440–1508
    4. 4. William Hay 1469–1512
    5. 5. George Hay 1470– m. Euphemia Wauchope 1481–
    6. 6. Elizabeth Hay 1471–
    7. 7. Thomas Hay 1472–1491
    8. 8. Nicholas Hay 1473–
  3. 3. Susanna Forbes 1426–1460 m. William (Urquhart 4th of) Cromarty 1390–1475
    1. 1. Alexander (Urquhart, 6th of) Cromarty 1445–1504 m. Katherine Ogilvy 1449–1505 m. Mary (Katherine) Ogilvy 1455–1505 m. Catherine Ogilvy 1459–1505
      1. 1. Agnes Urquhart 1485–1556 m. Hugh (Rose 9th of) Kilravock 1474–1543
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Rose Countess of) Sutherland 1474–1535 m. Adam Gordon 1474–1538
        2. 2. Henrietta Dunbar 1480–1570
        3. 3. John Rose 1505–1517
        4. 4. Hugh (- the Black Baron Rose 10th of) Kilravock 1509–1597 m. Catherine (Falconer of) Halkerton 1510–1591
        5. 5. Katharine Rose 1509–
        6. 6. William Rose 1510–1597
        7. 7. Margaret Rose 1512–1545
        8. 8. John (- Mac-a-Bharon Rose 1st Rose of Wester Drakies, Provost of) Inverness 1512–1597
        9. 9. Margaret (Rose of) Kilvarock 1512– m. David Baillie 1510–1558
        10. 10. Ian ('Mac-a-Baron') Rose, 1514–
        11. 11. Janet (Rose of) Kilravock 1518–1575 m. George (Gordon I Second Earl Of Huntly Of) Beldorney 1514–1575
        12. 12. Catherine Rose 1518–1624
        13. 13. John Rose 1519–1574
        14. 14. Margaret Rose 1520–1545
        15. 15. Katherine Rose 1520–1624
        16. 16. Janet Rose 1520–
        17. 17. Elizabeth Rose 1521–1521
        18. 18. John Rose 1521–1575
        19. 19. Helen (Or Ellen) Rose 1523– m. John (Stewart Laird of Kincardine in) Strathspeairdy 1520– m. John (M'Intosh) Williamson 1520–
        20. 20. Mac-a-Bharon 1525–
        21. 21. Katherine (Rose of) Kilravok 1525– m. John (- Ian Mhic Alastair Fraser 2nd of) Farraline 1522–1544 m. Donald (Williamson Allanson Mackintosh of) Cullerny 1506–1576
        22. 22. Rose 1530– m. James (Grant of Wester) Elchies 1525–1591
      2. 2. Thomas (Awcatte () Orcutt) 1535–1608
      3. 3. Thomas (Urquhart of Fischerie, Sheriff of) Cromarty 1476–1557 m. Helen Abernethy 1478–1557
      4. 4. John Urquhart 1476–
      5. 5. Elizabeth Urquhart 1485–1535 m. Alexander (Bannerman Sherriff-Depute of) Aberdeenshire 1475–1516
    2. 2. Helen Urquhart 1441–1465 m. Thomas Baird 1390–
  4. 4. Isabel (de) Hay 1451–1487 m. Walter Kerr 1445–1501
  5. 5. Annabella (Forbes of) Forbes 1423– m. Patrick (Gray of Kineff, Master of) Gray 1419–1464
  6. 6. Marion (Elizabeth Forbes Lady of) Lays 1425–1497 m. Alexander (de Irvine 5th of) Drum 1425–1493
  7. 7. Katherine (de) Strangeways 1438–1465 m. Henry (de) Grey 1435–1463 m. Patrick (Gray of Kineff Master of) Gray 1419–1464
    1. 1. Janet (Gray of) Crawford 1454–1524 m. David (Lindsay of Balcarres and 9th Earl of) Crawford 1484–1558 m. Thomas (Fraser 2nd Lord) Lovat 1460–1524 m. Alexander (Blair, 5th of) Balthayock 1450–1509
    2. 2. Elizabeth Gray 1448–1492 m. David (Rollo of) Mello 1440–1510
      1. 1. Elizabeth Rollo 1463–1509 m. Thomas (Maule 4th of) Panmure 1470–1513
        1. 1. Robert (Maule of Panmure) Kt 1493–1560 m. Isobel Mercer 1495–1540 m. Isabel Arbuthnott 1509–1588
        2. 2. Margaret Maule 1488–
        3. 3. Elizabeth Maule 1490–
        4. 4. William (Maule of) Auchrinnie 1497–1560
        5. 5. Isabel Maule 1499– m. Alexander (Strathauchin or Strachan of) Carmylie 1460–1513
        6. 6. Richard Maule 1501–
      2. 2. David Rollo 1471–1532
      3. 3. David Rollock 1471–
    3. 3. Eleanor Gray 1445–1489 m. Joseph Hyll 1441–1491
    4. 4. Patrick Gray 1447–
    5. 5. Annabelle Gray 1452– m. Collace 1450–
    6. 6. Andrew (Gray 2nd Lord) Gray 1446–1514 m. Lady (Elizabeth Stewart of) Atholl 1495–1564 m. Beatrice-nic-William (Hay of) Erroll 1451–1517

Elizabeth Mar's Timeline

2 Records

1398
24 Feb 1398
Birth of Elizabeth Mary Douglas of Angus, Lady of Mar in Mar Lodge, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Mar Lodge, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1458
1458
Age 60
Death of Elizabeth Mary Douglas of Angus, Lady of Mar in Yester, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
Yester, Haddingtonshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 Feb 1398
    Event Place: Mar Lodge, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for Elizabeth Mary Douglas, person ID KN8B-6Z9.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1458
    Event Place: Yester, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for Elizabeth Mary Douglas, person ID KN8B-6Z9.
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