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Lady Elizabeth, Countess of Angus, Boyd 1458–1539 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1458

Birth Location: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Schotland

Death Date: 1539

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

Father: Robert Boyd

Mother: Jane Maxwell

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Marion Douglas, Gavin Douglas,, Lady Douglas,, Archibald Angus, Margaret Douglas, Sir Drumlanrig, Gawin DUNKELD, Mary Douglas, Janet ANGUS, Sir Douglas,, Archibald Douglas

Lady Elizabeth, Countess of Angus, Boyd was born in 1458 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Schotland, the child of Robert Boyd And Jane Mariota Maxwell. Lady Elizabeth, Countess of Angus, Boyd married Archibald Douglas, and had children including Archibald Douglas, Archibald Douglas Vi Angus, Gavin Douglas, Gawin Douglas Of Dunkeld, Janet Douglas Angus, Lady Janet Douglas, Margaret Douglas, Marion Douglas, Mary Douglas, Sir William Douglas, Sir William Douglas Drumlanrig. Lady Elizabeth, Countess of Angus, Boyd passed away in 1539 in Tantallon Castle,North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Lady Elizabeth, Countess of Angus, Boyd was born in 1458 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Schotland, the child of Robert Boyd And Jane Mariota Maxwell.
  • Lady Elizabeth, Countess of Angus, Boyd married Archibald Douglas, and had children including Archibald Douglas, Archibald Douglas Vi Angus, Gavin Douglas, Gawin Douglas Of Dunkeld, Janet Douglas Angus, Lady Janet Douglas, Margaret Douglas, Marion Douglas, Mary Douglas, Sir William Douglas, Sir William Douglas Drumlanrig.
  • Lady Elizabeth, Countess of Angus, Boyd passed away in 1539 in Tantallon Castle,North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Boyd
1415–
Birth Location: –
RB
Jane Maxwell
1419–
Birth Location: –
JM

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Marion Douglas
1469–1511
Birth Location: Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland
MD
Gavin Douglas,
1474–1522
Birth Location: North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
GD
Lady Douglas,
1475–
Birth Location: Glenbervie, Kincardineshire, Scotland
LD
Archibald Angus
1470–
Birth Location: –
AA
Margaret Douglas
1435–1473
Birth Location: –
MD
Sir Drumlanrig
1471–1513
Birth Location: Glenbervie, Kincardineshire, Scotland
SD
Gawin DUNKELD
1472–
Birth Location: –
GD
Mary Douglas
1472–1571
Birth Location: Angus, Scotland
MD
Janet ANGUS
1470–1542
Birth Location: Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland
JA
Sir Douglas,
1470–1513
Birth Location: Glenbervie (Kincardineshire) Scotland
SD
Archibald Douglas
1472–1535
Birth Location: Douglasdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
AD

Lady Boyd's Ancestors

Self
Lady Boyd
1458–1539
Birth Place: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Schotland
Parents
Robert Boyd
1415–
Jane (Mariota) Maxwell
1419–
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Boyd's Descendants

1.
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Lady (Elizabeth, Countess of Angus,) Boyd (1458–1539)
  1. 1. Marion Douglas 1469–1511 m. Cuthbert (Cunningham, 2nd Earl of Glencairn, 3rd Lord of) Kilmaurs –1541 m. Patrick Bellentyne 1470–1514 m. Sir (William Cunninghamnd Lord) Craigend 1478–1533 m. John Dunlop 1467–1509 m. William 1478–1533
    1. 1. Lord (William Cunninghame The Notorious) Intriguer 1493–1547 m. Lady (Margaret Elizabeth MacGuire) Campbell, 1495–1535 m. Elizabeth SINCLAIR 1495–1562 m. Catherine Borthwick 1495–1528 m. Lady (Catherine Borthwick⚜️ ***25th) GGM*** 1483–1528
      1. 1. William (Alexander "The Good Earl" Cunningham, V Earl of) Glencairn 1510–1574 m. Janet, (Lady of Arran) Hamilton 1517–1579 m. Janet Ker 1528–1576 m. Isobel Sandis 1539–1574 m. Lady (Jean Hamilton of) Arran 1517–1579 m. Janet Hamilton 1516–1574 m. Elizabeth Cunningham 1520–1584 m. Mary (Ada) Robinson 1503–1579 m. Mary Robinson 1530–1576 m. Janet Ker 1517–1584
        1. 1. Archibald Cunningham 1535–1574 m. Isobell Sands 1539–1574 m. Isabelle Drummond 1530–1591 m. Lady (Margaret) Campbell 1550–1609
        2. 2. Carrie 1556–1614
        3. 3. William Cuninghame 1529–1579
        4. 4. Alexander Cunningham –1574
        5. 5. Isabella (Dam) Cunningham –1630
        6. 6. William Cuninghame 1529–1579
        7. 7. James Cunningham 1530–
        8. 8. Archibald ("Arche" Cunningham, 7th Earl of) Glencairn 1550–1574
        9. 9. Rebecca 1533–1573
        10. 10. Helen (Jean Maitland) Cunningham 1523–1596
        11. 11. Robert Cunningham 1540–1580
        12. 12. John Cunningham 1529–1602
        13. 13. Lady (Katherine Elizabeth Cunningham Crawford, Countess of) Lochinvar 1555–1611
        14. 14. Isabelle Cunningham 1539–1565
        15. 15. Sir (Lord William Cunningham, Knight of Glencairn, 6th Earl of) Glencairn 1532–1579
        16. 16. Joanne Cunningham 1538–1584
        17. 17. Helen (Jean Maitland) Cunningham 1542–1584
        18. 18. Lady (Isabelle) Cunningham 1539–1565
        19. 19. Andrew (Cuningham, Knight of Glencairn, 6th Earl of) Glencairn 1532–1579
        20. 20. Alexander (Cunningham, Laird of Montgreen, Commentator of) Kilwinning 1540–1574
        21. 21. James (Cuninghame, 7th Earl of) Glencairn 1550–1630
        22. 22. Dame (Margaret "Lady of Luss") Cunningham 1533–1573
      2. 2. Lady (Margaret Cunningham) (Cuninghame) 1511–1596
      3. 3. Cuthbert Cunnimgham 1526–1575
      4. 4. Sir (William Alexander "The Good Earl" Cunningham (4th Earl) Glencairn) 1522–1548
      5. 5. Harriet (Or Henrietta) Cunningham 1511–1580
      6. 6. John CUNNINGHAM 1510–1544
      7. 7. Robert Cunningham 1511–1574
      8. 8. Andrew Cunyngham 1510–1574
      9. 9. Hugh Cunningham 1509–1567
      10. 10. William, (Bishop of Argyll) Cunningham 1511–1561
      11. 11. Gabriel Cuninghame 1504–1547
      12. 12. John Cunningham 1514–1596
      13. 13. Janet (Katherine Cunningham) Ferguson 1514–1574
      14. 14. Agnes Cunningham 1516–1550 m. John (McFarlane 2nd of) Inversnaid 1521–
        1. 1. Malcolm McFarlane 1547–
      15. 15. Marion Cunningham 1527–1591
      16. 16. Alexander Cunningham 1510–1574
      17. 17. Andrew Cunningham 1522–1544
      18. 18. Hugh Cunningham 1518–
      19. 19. Janet (Katherine) Cunningham 1514–1574 m. Sir (Robert Ferguson, 7th Laird of) Craigdarroch 1510–1588 m. John (Cunningham, 4th Lord) Caprington 1490–1564
        1. 1. Agnes Leadland 1516–1557
        2. 2. Sir (John Fergusson, 8th Laird of) Craigdarroch 1541–1612
        3. 3. Sir (Robert) Fergusson 1531–1614
        4. 4. Sir (John 8th Laird of Craigdarroch) Ferguson 1541–1614
        5. 5. Sir (James) Ferguson 1545–1576
        6. 6. Thomas (Cuz To H) Ferguson 1558–1614
        7. 7. Sir (Andrew) Ferguson 1551–1576
        8. 8. Thomas Ferguson 1547–1614
        9. 9. Sir (Edward) Ferguson 1549–1576
        10. 10. Robert Ferguson 1543–1612
      20. 20. John Cunningham 1510–1574
      21. 21. Robert Cunningham 1513–1565
      22. 22. William (Cunninngham Bishop of) Argyll 1511–1561 m. Lady (Janet Joan) Hamilton 1517–1574 m. Agnes Gavin 1513–1540 m. Mary (Agnes) Gavin 1513–1540
        1. 1. Lord (William Archibald Cunningham\ Cuninghame\Cunynghame, Knight of Glencairn, 6th Earl of) Glencairn 1524–1579
        2. 2. Henry Cunningham 1540–1570
      23. 23. John Cunningham 1510–1579
      24. 24. Lady (Janet Katherine CUNNINGHAM Of kilmaur ***24th) GGM*** 1514–1574
      25. 25. Marion (( Lady)) Cunningham 1527–1591
      26. 26. William Conyngham 1512–1590
      27. 27. John* Cunningham 1503–1576 m. Mary Arthur 1508–1574
        1. 1. Robert Cunningham 1533–1619 m. Christina Wilson 1538–1624 m. Jeanette Gordon 1535–1596
      28. 28. Ellen (Helen) Cunningham 1511–
      29. 29. Andrew Cuninghame 1522–1544
      30. 30. Hugh Cunningham 1517–1590
      31. 31. Dame (Margaret Cunningham, Lady) Luss 1506–1573
      32. 32. Sir (William Alexander "The Good Earl" Cunningham, 4th Earl) Glencairn 1510–1574
      33. 33. Lady (Margaret Cunningham, Lady of) Glencairn 1511–1596
    2. 2. Margaret Cunningham 1490–1551
    3. 3. Dame (Margaret"Lady Luss") Cunningham 1506–1573
    4. 4. James Ogilvy 1485–1845
    5. 5. William (Cunningham, 4th Earl of) Glencairn 1492–1548
    6. 6. Margaret Cunningham 1512–1534
    7. 7. Alexander Cunningham 1498–1579
    8. 8. Marion (Cunningham) * 1511–1534
    9. 9. William Cunyngham 1493–1548
  2. 2. Gavin Douglas, 1474–1522
  3. 3. Lady (Janet) Douglas, 1475–
  4. 4. Archibald (Douglas VI) Angus 1470–
  5. 5. Margaret Douglas 1435–1473
  6. 6. Sir (William Douglas) Drumlanrig 1471–1513
  7. 7. Gawin (DOUGLAS OF) DUNKELD 1472–
  8. 8. Mary Douglas 1472–1571
  9. 9. Janet (DOUGLAS) ANGUS 1470–1542
  10. 10. Sir (William) Douglas, 1470–1513
  11. 11. Archibald Douglas 1472–1535

Lady Boyd's Timeline

2 Records

1458
1458
Birth of Lady Elizabeth, Countess of Angus, Boyd in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Schotland
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Schotland
1539
1539
Age 81
Death of Lady Elizabeth, Countess of Angus, Boyd 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, Ayrshire, Schotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1539
    Event Place: Tantallon Castle,North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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