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George "the Red" Douglas 4th earl of Angus Lord of Abernathy & Jedburgh Forest 1429–1463 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1429

Birth Location: Mar, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland

Death Date: 12 March 1463

Death Location: Perth, Perthshire, , Scotland

Father: William Douglas

Mother: Margaret Angus

Spouse(s): Isabel Sibbald

Children(s): Archibald Douglas, Egidia Douglas, Allison Douglas, Elizabeth Douglas, Margaret Douglas, Anne Douglas, Alice Angus, John Douglas, Isabel Douglas, Lady Angus, Johanna Douglas

In 1429, George "the Red" Douglas 4th earl of Angus Lord of Abernathy & Jedburgh Forest entered the world in Mar, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland, born to William 1St Earl Douglas 2Nd Earl Angus Douglas And Margaret Elizabeth Hay Countess Of Angus. George "the Red" Douglas 4th earl of Angus Lord of Abernathy & Jedburgh Forest married Isabel Livingstone Sibbald, and had children including Alice Douglas Of Angus, Allison Douglas, Anne Douglas, Archibald Earl Bell The Cat Douglas, Egidia Douglas, Elizabeth Douglas, Isabel Douglas, Johanna Douglas, John Douglas, Lady Isabella Douglas Of Angus, Margaret Douglas. George "the Red" Douglas 4th earl of Angus Lord of Abernathy & Jedburgh Forest passed away in 1463 in Perth, Perthshire, , Scotland.

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  • In 1429, George "the Red" Douglas 4th earl of Angus Lord of Abernathy & Jedburgh Forest entered the world in Mar, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland, born to William 1St Earl Douglas 2Nd Earl Angus Douglas And Margaret Elizabeth Hay Countess Of Angus.
  • George "the Red" Douglas 4th earl of Angus Lord of Abernathy & Jedburgh Forest married Isabel Livingstone Sibbald, and had children including Alice Douglas Of Angus, Allison Douglas, Anne Douglas, Archibald Earl Bell The Cat Douglas, Egidia Douglas, Elizabeth Douglas, Isabel Douglas, Johanna Douglas, John Douglas, Lady Isabella Douglas Of Angus, Margaret Douglas.
  • George "the Red" Douglas 4th earl of Angus Lord of Abernathy & Jedburgh Forest passed away in 1463 in Perth, Perthshire, , Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Douglas
1398–1437
Birth Location: Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
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Margaret Angus
1404–1484
Birth Location: Yester Castle, Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Isabel Sibbald
1418–1497
Birth Location: Balgonie, Fife, , Scotland
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Children(s)

Archibald Douglas
1445–1513
Birth Location: Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, , Scotland
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Egidia Douglas
1442–1472
Birth Location: Scotland now, United Kingdom GB N, Ireland
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Allison Douglas
1444–
Birth Location: –
AD
Elizabeth Douglas
1448–1545
Birth Location: –
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Margaret Douglas
1456–1480
Birth Location: Ayrshire now East Ayrshire, Scotland now, United Kingdom GB N, Ireland
MD
Anne Douglas
1446–
Birth Location: –
AD
Alice Angus
1461–
Birth Location: Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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John Douglas
1452–1471
Birth Location: Ayrshire, Scotland now, United Kingdom GB N, Ireland
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Isabel Douglas
1448–
Birth Location: Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
ID
Lady Angus
1460–
Birth Location: Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
LA
Johanna Douglas
1455–1494
Birth Location: –
JD

George Forest's Ancestors

Self
George Forest
1429–1463
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 Douglas
1378–1402
Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East-Lothian, Scotland, ill
Mary Stewart
1370–1458
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
William Hay
1380–1421
Lockerworth, Mar, Scotland
Alicia Hay
1382–1451
Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

George Forest's Descendants

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George ("the Red" Douglas 4th earl of Angus Lord of Abernathy & Jedburgh) Forest (1429–12 March 1463) m. Isabel (Livingstone) Sibbald (1418–1497)
  1. 1. Archibald (Earl "Bell the Cat") Douglas 1445–1513 m. Elizabeth Boyd 1458–1498 m. Isabel Douglass 1458–1496 m. Catherine Seton 1455–1466 m. Katherine Stirling 1480–1526
    1. 1. Lady (Janet) Douglas 1485–1558 m. George Seton –1513 m. Andrew (2nd Lord) HERRIES 1475–1513
      1. 1. Roger HERRIES 1544–
      2. 2. George Seton –1549
    2. 2. George Douglas 1469–1513
    3. 3. Marjory Douglas 1469–1542
    4. 4. Gavin (Bishop Dunkeld) Douglas 1474–1522
    5. 5. Elizabeth Douglas 1474–1542
    6. 6. Archibald (Kilspindie) Douglas 1475–1536
    7. 7. William Douglas 1470–1513
    8. 8. Mary Douglas 1472–
    9. 9. Mariotta DOUGLAS 1470–1542
    10. 10. George Douglas 1470–1495
    11. 11. Marion (Mariot) Douglas 1476–1511 m. Cuthbert (Cunningham, 2nd Earl of Glencairn, 3rd Lord of) Kilmaurs –1541
      1. 1. William (Cunningham, 4th Earl of) Glencairn 1492–1548
      2. 2. William Cunningham –1547
    12. 12. Marjory (Doulas Cunningham Countess of) Glencarin 1469–1541
    13. 13. Archibald (Douglas VI Earl of) Angus 1470–
    14. 14. Alison Douglas 1478–1542
    15. 15. Sir (William Douglas Glenbervie) Knt 1473–1513
    16. 16. Gawain (Archbishop Andrews) Douglas 1474–1522
    17. 17. Janet (Douglas Lady) Angus 1476–1542
    18. 18. William, (Lord of Glenbervie) Douglas 1476–1513
    19. 19. Sir (Archibald Douglas) Kilspindie 1475–1535
    20. 20. Sir (Archibald) Douglas 1490–1540
    21. 21. Gawin (DOUGLAS) DUNKELD 1472–
    22. 22. Agnes Douglas 1467–1518
    23. 23. Marion Douglas –1542
    24. 24. George Douglas –1513
    25. 25. Sir (William) Douglas 1481–1513
    26. 26. Elizabeth Douglas 1489–1571
    27. 27. George (Douglas Master of) Agnus 1469–1513
    28. 28. Archibald Douglas 1489–1557 m. Margaret 1489–1541
      1. 1. Margaret Douglas 1515–1577
    29. 29. Mariotta Douglas 1467–1524
    30. 30. Alexander (Sir Knight) NAPIER 1484–1513
    31. 31. Catherine NAPIER 1481–
    32. 32. Isabella NAPIER 1483–1511
    33. 33. Elizabeth DOUGLAS 1474–1571
  2. 2. Egidia Douglas 1442–1472
  3. 3. Allison Douglas 1444–
  4. 4. Elizabeth Douglas 1448–1545
  5. 5. Margaret Douglas 1456–1480 m. Duncan Campbell –1513
    1. 1. Archibald Campbell –1552
    2. 2. Colin Campbell –1523
    3. 3. Patrick Campbell –1507
  6. 6. Anne Douglas 1446–
  7. 7. Alice (Douglas of) Angus 1461–
  8. 8. John Douglas 1452–1471
  9. 9. Isabel Douglas 1448–
  10. 10. Lady (Isabella Douglas, of) Angus 1460–
  11. 11. Johanna Douglas 1455–1494

George Forest's Timeline

2 Records

1429
1429
Birth of George "the Red" Douglas 4th earl of Angus Lord of Abernathy & Jedburgh Forest in Mar, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland
Mar, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland
1463
12 March 1463
Age 34
Death of George "the Red" Douglas 4th earl of Angus Lord of Abernathy & Jedburgh Forest in Perth, Perthshire, , Scotland
Perth, Perthshire, , Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1429
    Event Place: Mar, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 March 1463
    Event Place: Perth, Perthshire, , Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
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