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Lady Elizabeth Boyd 1448 – 1497 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1448

Birth Location: Kilmarnock, Aryshire, Scotland

Death Date: Abt. 21 Feb 1497

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

Father: Lord Boyd

Mother: Lady Maxwell

Spouse(s): Laird Douglas

Children(s): Sir Douglas, Lady Douglas

Lady Elizabeth Boyd , 4th Countess of Angus was born in 1448 in Kilmarnock, Aryshire, Scotland, the child of Lord Robert Boyd and Lady Mariota Maxwell. Lady Elizabeth Boyd , 4th Countess of Angus married Laird Archibald 'Bell the Cat' Douglas, and had children including Sir George Douglas, Lady Janet Douglas. Lady Elizabeth Boyd , 4th Countess of Angus passed away in 1497 in Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Lady Elizabeth Boyd , 4th Countess of Angus was born in 1448 in Kilmarnock, Aryshire, Scotland, the child of Lord Robert Boyd and Lady Mariota Maxwell.
  • Lady Elizabeth Boyd , 4th Countess of Angus married Laird Archibald 'Bell the Cat' Douglas, and had children including Sir George Douglas, Lady Janet Douglas.
  • Lady Elizabeth Boyd , 4th Countess of Angus passed away in 1497 in Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lord Boyd
1425 – 1480
Birth Location: Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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Lady Maxwell
1425 – 1472
Birth Location: Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Laird Douglas
1449 – 1513
Birth Location: Kilmaurs, East Ayrshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Sir Douglas
1463 – 1513
Birth Location: Tantallon Castle, Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Lady Douglas
1502 – 1551
Birth Location: Nithsdale, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Lady Boyd's Ancestors

Self
Lady Boyd
1448 – 1497
Birth Place: Kilmarnock, Aryshire, Scotland
Parents
Lord Robert Boyd
1425 – 1480
Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Lady (Mariota) Maxwell
1425 – 1472
Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Lord (Thomas) Boyd
1405 – 1439
Kilmarmock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Lady Isabell
1395 – 1439
Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Lord Boyd
1384 – 1432
Lady Montgomerie
1380 – 1469
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lord Boyd
1355 – 1409
Lady Gifford
1346 – 1384

Lady Boyd's Descendants

1.
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Lady (Elizabeth) Boyd (Abt. 1448 – Abt. 21 Feb 1497) m. Laird (Archibald 'Bell the Cat') Douglas (Abt. 1449 – 29 Nov 1513)
  1. 1. Sir (George) Douglas (1463 – 9 Sep 1513) m. Lady (Elizabeth) Drummond (1472 – 21 Aug 1514)
    1. 1. Lord (Archibald) Douglas (29 Nov 1489 – 22 January 1557) m. Lady (Catherine) Stewart (28 November 1489 – 5 Jul 1554) m. Margaret Tudor (28 November 1489 – 18 October 1541)
      1. 1. Lady (Margaret) Douglas (1523 – 24 May 1579) m. Lord (James) Hamilton (1517 – 22 Jan 1575)
        1. 1. Lord (Claud) Hamilton (1546 – 15 Jan 1622) m. Lady (Margaret Montgomerie) Seton (1555 – March 1616)
    2. 2. Lady (Janet 'The White Lady') Douglas (Abt. 1498 – 17 July 1537) m. Lord (John) Lyon (1491 – 8 Apr 1528)
      1. 1. Lord (John Lyon Holmes, 7th Lord of) Glamis (Oct 1510 – 3 Oct 1592) m. Lady (Janet) Keith (1514 – 24 Nov 1559) m. Lady (Elizabeth) Keith (1510 – 22 Oct 1562)
        1. 1. Lord (Sir Richard John) Holmes (1540 – 5 Feb 1590) m. Elizabeth Walker (1545 – 4 Aug 1602)
        2. 2. Lord (John Andrew) Stewart (27 March 1541 – 17 Mar 1578) m. Lady (Elizabeth) Abernethy (1548 – 1 May 1581)
        3. 3. Lady (Margaret) Lyon (30 Dec 1547 – 23 Nov 1626) m. Lord (Col Gilbert) Kennedy (15 Oct 1541 – 14 December 1576)
  2. 2. Lady (Janet) Douglas (1502 – 1551) m. Lord (Robert) Maxwell (1493 – 9 July 1546) m. Lord (Andrew Robert) Herries (1480 – 9 Sep 1513)
    1. 1. Lord (John) Maxwell (1555 – 10 October 1604) m. Lady (Agnes) Herries (1530 – 14 Mar 1594)
      1. 1. Countess (Margaret Fergusson) Maxwell (1548 – 8 January 1617) m. Mark Kerr (20 February 1558 – 8 April 1609)
        1. 1. Lady (Jean Johanna) Kerr (1577 – 17 Aug 1632) m. Lord (Thomas) Hamilton (January 1563 – 29 May 1637)
      2. 2. Edward Maxwell (abt 1561 – 29 Sep 1598) m. Alice (Margaret) Baillie (ABT 1560 – ABT 1607) m. Margret Blacklock (1570/1560/ – 1592/1607)
        1. 1. William (B) Baillie (1550 – abt 1606) m. Catherine Munro (1561 – Aft 1585)

Lady Boyd's Timeline

4 Records

1448
Abt. 1448
Birth of Lady Elizabeth Boyd , 4th Countess of Angus in Kilmarnock, Aryshire, Scotland
Kilmarnock, Aryshire, Scotland
1458
1458
Age 10
Birth of Lady Elizabeth Boyd , 4th Countess of Angus in Kilmarnock, Aryshire, Scotland
Kilmarnock, Aryshire, Scotland
1497
Abt. 21 Feb 1497
Age 49
Death of Lady Elizabeth Boyd , 4th Countess of Angus in Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
1498
21 Feb 1498
Age 50
Death of Lady Elizabeth Boyd , 4th 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: 1458
    Event Place: Kilmarnock, Aryshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1448
    Event Place: Kilmarnock, Aryshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Feb 1498
    Event Place: Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Abt. 21 Feb 1497
    Event Place: Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
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