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George "the Red" Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus, Lord Douglas, Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest 1412–1463 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1412

Birth Location: Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Death Date: 12 Mar 1463

Death Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland

Father: William Douglas

Mother: Margaret Angus

Spouse(s): Isabel Angus

Children(s): Archibald Douglas

The story of George "the Red" Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus, Lord Douglas, Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest began in 1412 in Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. George "the Red" Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus, Lord Douglas, Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest married Isabel Lady Sibbald Countess Angus, and had children including Archibald Bell The Cat 5Th Earl Of Angus Douglas. George "the Red" Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus, Lord Douglas, Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest passed away in 1463 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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  • The story of George "the Red" Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus, Lord Douglas, Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest began in 1412 in Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
  • George "the Red" Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus, Lord Douglas, Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest married Isabel Lady Sibbald Countess Angus, and had children including Archibald Bell The Cat 5Th Earl Of Angus Douglas.
  • George "the Red" Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus, Lord Douglas, Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest passed away in 1463 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Spouses(s)

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George Forest's Ancestors

Self
George Forest
1412–1463
Birth Place: Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Parents
William (1st Earl Douglas) (2nd Earl Angus) Douglas
1398–1437
Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
Margaret (Elizabeth Hay, Countess of) Angus
1404–1484
Yester Castle, Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland
Grandparents
George (Angus Douglas, 1st Earl of) Angus
1378–1403
Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
Lady (Mary Scotland Stewart Douglas Kennedy Graham) Edmonston
1380–1457
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Sir (William Hay, Laird of Locherwort and) Yester
1360–1432
Locherwarth, co Pebbles, Scotland
Alicia (Hay, Lady of Perth, Baroness of) Erroll
1382–1434
Perthshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
William Douglas
1323–1384
Margaret DeMar
1318–1391
Robert STEWART
1340–1420
Annabella Drummond
1350–1401
Sir Scotland
1354–1406
Johanna Gifford
1356–1398
Thomas Scotland
1342–1406
Elizabeth Scotland
1346–1389
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Douglas
1296–1333
Beatrice DeLindsay
1291–1352
Sir Stewart
1330–1361
Margaret StClair
1324–1361
Robert Scotland
1316–1390
Elizabeth Mure
1320–1355
John Lennox
1326–1373
MARY DEMONTIFEX
1330–1424
Sir Peebles
1328–1392
Jane Douglas
1317–1366
Sir Gifford
1306–1408
Lady Douglas
1314–1398
David Hay
1318–1346
Margaret Keith
1320–1381
Robert Scotland
1316–1390
Elizabeth Mure
1320–1355

George Forest's Descendants

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George ("the Red" Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus, Lord Douglas, Abernethy and Jedburgh) Forest (1412–12 Mar 1463) m. Isabel (Lady Sibbald Countess) Angus (1418–21 Feb 1497)
  1. 1. Archibald (Bell "The Cat", 5th Earl of Angus) Douglas 1449–1513 m. Baroness (Elizabeth) Boyd 1453–1496
    1. 1. George (Master of Angus) Douglas 1469–1513 m. Elizabeth Drummond 1472–1514
      1. 1. Archibald (6th Earl of Angus) Douglas 1489–1557 m. Margaret, (Queen Consort of the Scots) Tudor 1489–1541
        1. 1. Margaret (Countess of Lennox) Douglas 1515–1577 m. Matthew (4th Earl of Lennox) Stuart 1516–1571
      2. 2. Lady (Margaret) Douglas 1515–1575
      3. 3. Sir (George Pittendriech) Douglas 1490–1556
      4. 4. Janet (Lady Glamis Douglas Lyon) Campbell –1537
      5. 5. Janet Douglas 1495–1537
      6. 6. Elizabeth Douglas 1489–1573
      7. 7. Alison Douglas 1491–
      8. 8. Lady (Jane Douglas) Angus 1502–1537
      9. 9. Jonet Douglas 1495–1537
      10. 10. William, (Prior of Coldingham) Douglas 1494–

George Forest's Timeline

2 Records

1412
1412
Birth of George "the Red" Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus, Lord Douglas, Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest in Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1463
12 Mar 1463
Age 51
Death of George "the Red" Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus, Lord Douglas, Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Perth, Perthshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1412
    Event Place: Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Mar 1463
    Event Place: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland

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