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Margaret Elizabeth Hay, Countess of Angus 1404–1484 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1404

Birth Location: Yester Castle, Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland

Death Date: 22 Apr 1484

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

Father: Sir Yester

Mother: Alicia Erroll

Spouse(s): William Douglas

Children(s): George Forest

Margaret Elizabeth Hay, Countess of Angus was born in 1404 in Yester Castle, Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland, the child of Sir William Hay Laird Of Locherwort And Yester And Alicia Hay Lady Of Perth Baroness Of Erroll. Margaret Elizabeth Hay, Countess of Angus married William 1St Earl Douglas 2Nd Earl Angus Douglas, and had children including George The Red Douglas 4Th Earl Of Angus Lord Douglas Abernethy And Jedburgh Forest. Margaret Elizabeth Hay, Countess of Angus passed away in 1484 in Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Margaret Elizabeth Hay, Countess of Angus was born in 1404 in Yester Castle, Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland, the child of Sir William Hay Laird Of Locherwort And Yester And Alicia Hay Lady Of Perth Baroness Of Erroll.
  • Margaret Elizabeth Hay, Countess of Angus married William 1St Earl Douglas 2Nd Earl Angus Douglas, and had children including George The Red Douglas 4Th Earl Of Angus Lord Douglas Abernethy And Jedburgh Forest.
  • Margaret Elizabeth Hay, Countess of Angus passed away in 1484 in Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland.

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Margaret Angus's Ancestors

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Margaret Angus
1404–1484
Birth Place: Yester Castle, Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland
Parents
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
Grandparents
Sir (Thomas De Hay Lord High Constable) Scotland
1354–1406
Lochorwart Castle, Midlothian, Scotland
Johanna Gifford
1356–1398
Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland
Thomas (Hay, Lord 7th Baron Erroll Baron of Yester Lord High Constable of) Scotland
1342–1406
Erroll, Perthshire, Scotland
Elizabeth (Stewart, Princess of Dundonald) Scotland
1346–1389
Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
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
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Lochorwart
1305–1335
Lora Cuningesburgh
1310–1360
Sir Gifford
1285–1345
Eupheme Morham
1285–1309
James Douglas
1286–1330
Lady Lovel
1305–1337
Nicolas Haya
1292–1332
Margaret Fraser
1281–1383
Sir Keith
1298–1324
Muriel Soulis
1276–1318
Walter Stewart
1293–1326
Marjory Bruce
1296–1314
Adam Mure
1290–1380
Lady Rowallan
1295–1330

Margaret Angus's Descendants

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Margaret (Elizabeth Hay, Countess of) Angus (1404–22 Apr 1484) m. William ((1st Earl Douglas) (2nd Earl Angus)) Douglas (1398–9 Oct 1437)
  1. 1. George ("the Red" Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus, Lord Douglas, Abernethy and Jedburgh) Forest 1412–1463 m. Isabel (Lady Sibbald Countess) Angus 1418–1497
    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
        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–

Margaret Angus's Timeline

2 Records

1404
1404
Birth of Margaret Elizabeth Hay, Countess of Angus in Yester Castle, Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland
Yester Castle, Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland
1484
22 Apr 1484
Age 80
Death of Margaret Elizabeth Hay, 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: 1404
    Event Place: Yester Castle, Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Apr 1484
    Event Place: Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland

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