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Lady Elisabeth Boyd, Countess of Angus 1452 – 1498 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1452

Birth Location: Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1498

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

Father: Robert Kilmarnock

Mother: Agnes Lyle

Spouse(s): Archibald Douglas

Children(s): Lady Douglas

In 1452, Lady Elisabeth Boyd, Countess of Angus entered the world in Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, born to Robert Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd of Kilmarnock and Agnes Lyle. Lady Elisabeth Boyd, Countess of Angus married Archibald "Bell The Cat" 5th Earl Of Douglas, and had children including Lady Marjory Marion Mariota, Countess of Glencairn, Douglas. Lady Elisabeth Boyd, Countess of Angus passed away in 1498 in Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1452, Lady Elisabeth Boyd, Countess of Angus entered the world in Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, born to Robert Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd of Kilmarnock and Agnes Lyle.
  • Lady Elisabeth Boyd, Countess of Angus married Archibald "Bell The Cat" 5th Earl Of Douglas, and had children including Lady Marjory Marion Mariota, Countess of Glencairn, Douglas.
  • Lady Elisabeth Boyd, Countess of Angus passed away in 1498 in Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland.

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Spouses(s)

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Lady Angus's Ancestors

Self
Lady Angus
1452 – 1498
Birth Place: Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Parents
Robert Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd of Kilmarnock
1440 – 1513
Craigends, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Agnes Lyle
1450 – 1507
Castle Duchalt, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Grandparents
John (Knox of) Ranfurly
1410 – 1463
Craid End, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Elizabet Maxwell
1419 – 1472
Calderwood, East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Sir (Robert "Lord of Lyle") Lyle
1417 – 1469
Kilmalcolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Margaret Gray
1416 – 1490
Foulis, Perthshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Herbert Caerlaverock
1388 – 1453
Janet Maxwell
1400 – 1439
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Herbert Caerlaverock
Katherine Stewart
Herbert Herries
Mariot Carlyle
1460 – 1486

Lady Angus's Descendants

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Lady (Elisabeth Boyd, Countess of) Angus (1452 – 1498) m. Archibald ("Bell The Cat" 5th Earl Of) Douglas (16 Oct 1449 – 29 Nov 1513)
  1. 1. Lady (Marjory Marion Mariota, Countess of Glencairn,) Douglas (8 Mar 1469 – March 06, 1542) m. Sir (Lord Robert Cuthbert "The Good Earl" Cunningham, 2nd Earl of Glencairn, 3rd Lord of) Kilmaurs (19 Jul 1476 – 23 May 1541)
    1. 1. William, (knight of Glencairn, 4th Earl of Glencairn, Privy Councillor of Scotland, Lord High Treasurer of Scotland,) Cunningham (24 Mar 1493 – 11 Mar 1548) m. Catherine (Countess of Glencairn) Borthwick (1493 – 17 Jan 1528)
      1. 1. Marion (Cuninghame or) Cunningham (1527 – 25 October 1591) m. Sir (John Muir of) Rowallan (1515 – 25 Oct 1591)
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Gracy (Gyll Cyll) Mure Muir) Murry (1553 – 24 Jan 1632) m. Christopher (Gyll or) Gill (1560 – 1664)

Lady Angus's Timeline

2 Records

1452
1452
Birth of Lady Elisabeth Boyd, Countess of Angus in Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
1498
1498
Age 46
Death of Lady Elisabeth 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: 1452
    Event Place: Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1498
    Event Place: Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

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