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Sir Archibald "Bell the Cat" Douglas, knight, 5th Earl of Angus 1445–1513 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1445

Birth Location: Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland

Death Date: 19 Nov 1513

Death Location: Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Father: George Castle

Mother: Isabella Sibbald

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Angus, Janet (mistress)

Children(s): George Angus, Gavin Dunkeld, Sir Douglas, Mariotta Glencarin, Margaret Douglas

In 1445, Sir Archibald "Bell the Cat" Douglas, knight, 5th Earl of Angus entered the world in Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland, born to George Iii Douglas 4Th Earl Of Angus Lord Douglas Abernethy And Jedburgh Forest 1St Red Chief Of Douglas Finished Siege Of Roxburgh Castle And Isabella Isobel Sibbald. Sir Archibald "Bell the Cat" Douglas, knight, 5th Earl of Angus married Elizabeth Boyd Baroness Of Angus, Janet Kennedy Mistress, Katherine Sterling, and had children including Gavin Douglas Bishop Of Dunkeld, George Douglas Master Of Angus, Margaret Douglas, Mariotta Marion Douglas Countess Of Glencarin, Mary Douglas, Sir Archibald Douglas. Sir Archibald "Bell the Cat" Douglas, knight, 5th Earl of Angus passed away in 1513 in Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1445, Sir Archibald "Bell the Cat" Douglas, knight, 5th Earl of Angus entered the world in Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland, born to George Iii Douglas 4Th Earl Of Angus Lord Douglas Abernethy And Jedburgh Forest 1St Red Chief Of Douglas Finished Siege Of Roxburgh Castle And Isabella Isobel Sibbald.
  • Sir Archibald "Bell the Cat" Douglas, knight, 5th Earl of Angus married Elizabeth Boyd Baroness Of Angus, Janet Kennedy Mistress, Katherine Sterling, and had children including Gavin Douglas Bishop Of Dunkeld, George Douglas Master Of Angus, Margaret Douglas, Mariotta Marion Douglas Countess Of Glencarin, Mary Douglas, Sir Archibald Douglas.
  • Sir Archibald "Bell the Cat" Douglas, knight, 5th Earl of Angus passed away in 1513 in Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

George Castle
1417–1463
Birth Location: Scotland
GC
Isabella Sibbald
1430–1495
Birth Location: –
IS

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Angus
1450–1498
Birth Location: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Schotland
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Janet (mistress)
1480–1543
Birth Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

George Angus
1469–1513
Birth Location: Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
GA
Gavin Dunkeld
1472–
Birth Location: –
GD
Sir Douglas
1475–
Birth Location: –
SD
Mariotta Glencarin
1470–1541
Birth Location: Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland
MG
Margaret Douglas
1458–1535
Birth Location: Drumlanrig, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
MD

Sir Angus's Ancestors

Self
Sir Angus
1445–1513
Birth Place: Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
Parents
George III Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus, Lord Douglas, Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest, 1st Red Chief of Douglas, finished siege of Roxburgh Castle
1417–1463
Scotland
Isabella ((Isobel)) Sibbald
1430–1495
Grandparents
William (Douglas, 2nd Earl of) Angus
1398–1437
North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
George Angus
1380–1403
Lady Edmonstone
1380–1458
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir King
1327–1384
Margaret Douglas
1345–1418
1337–1421
Annabella Scotland
1350–1401

Sir Angus's Descendants

1.
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Sir (Archibald "Bell the Cat" Douglas, knight, 5th Earl of) Angus (1445–19 Nov 1513) m. Elizabeth (Boyd, Baroness of) Angus (1450-58–21 Feb 1498) m. Janet (Kennedy) (mistress) (1480–Dec 1543)
  1. 1. George (Douglas, Master of) Angus 1469–1513 m. Elizabeth Drummond 1472–1514
    1. 1. Archibald (Douglas, 6th Earl of) Angus 1489–1557 m. Margaret Tudor 1489–1541 m. Catharine ('illegitimate daughter') Stuart 1491–1554
      1. 1. Margaret (merge) Douglas 1511–1579 m. James ('the Bastard of Arran' Hamilton of Finnart, Lord High Admiral, Regent of Scotland, Protestant party leader, Earl of Arran, Duke of) Châtelherault 1515–1571
        1. 1. Claude (Hamilton 1st Baron Paisley - Duke of) Chatelherault 1543–1621 m. Margaret Seton 1550–1616
        2. 2. John (Hamilton, Marquis of) Hamilton 1532–1604 m. Margaret (Lyon) (concubine) 1547–1625
        3. 3. Anne (Hamilton,) Countess 1540–1574
        4. 4. Henry (Lord Darnley) Stewart 1540–1567
        5. 5. Johanna Hamilton 1535–1560
      2. 2. Margaret (Douglas, Countess) Lennox 1515–1578 m. Lord (Thomas) Howard 1511–1537 m. Sir (Matthew Stuart, 4th Earl of) Lennox 1516–1571
        1. 1. Henry ("Lord Darnley" Stuart, King Consort of Scotland, Duke of) Albany 1545–1567 m. Mary (I Stuart, Queen of Scots, Queen Consort of France until Dec 1560,) Catholic 1542–1587
        2. 2. Sir (Robert Howard,) (illegitimate) 1537–1598 m. Phillipa Buxton 1539–1603
        3. 3. Charles (Lennox Stuart, 5th Earl Of) Lennox 1555–1576 m. Elisabeth Cavendish 1555–1582
        4. 4. Esmé (Esme Stewart of Darnley, 1st Duke of Lennox, 6th Lord of) Aubigny 1542–1583 m. Lady (Katherine De) Balsac 1547–1631
      3. 3. Beatrix (Douglas, Lady Morton, Duchess) Hamilton 1514–1583
      4. 4. Elizabeth Douglas 1517–1581
      5. 5. John Douglas 1522–1579
    2. 2. Jonet Douglas 1490–1537
    3. 3. Elizabeth Douglas 1483–1573
    4. 4. George Douglas 1484–1552
    5. 5. Alicia Douglas 1485–
    6. 6. Alison Douglas 1487–
    7. 7. William Douglas 1488–1528
  2. 2. Gavin (Douglas, Bishop of) Dunkeld 1472–
  3. 3. Sir (Archibald) Douglas 1475–
  4. 4. Mariotta (Marion Douglas, Countess of) Glencarin 1470–1541 m. Sir (Cuthbert Robert Cunningham, 3rd Earl of Glencairn, 3rd Lord Kilmaurs, Lord High Treasurer of) Scotland 1476–1541
    1. 1. Sir (William "The Notorious" Cunningham, Knight, 4th Earl of Glencairn, Lord High Treasurer, a promoter of the reformation in Scotland as early 1540, Lord) Kilmaurs 1493–1548 m. Catherine (Katherine) Borthwick 1483–1528 m. Margaret (or Elizabeth Campbell, 2nd wife,) Macguire 1512–1556
      1. 1. Alexander (Vincent "The Good Earl" Cunningham, 5th Earl of Glencairn of) Drumquhastle 1510–1574 m. Mary Robinson 1503–1579 m. Janet ("Jean" Hamilton, Lady of Arran, Countess of Glencairn; This Hamilton line is direct to Griffin's Kentucky &) Virginia 1517–1574
        1. 1. Helen Cunninghame 1523–1596 m. James ('the Bastard of Arran' Hamilton of Finnart, Lord High Admiral, Regent of Scotland, Protestant party leader, Earl of Arran, Duke of) Châtelherault 1515–1571
        2. 2. John (Percy) Cunninghame 1520–1584
        3. 3. Sir (William Cunningham Cunyngham, 6th Earl of Glencairn, Knight Order of the) Thistle 1532–1580 m. Lady (Janet Jeanette Gordon of) Lochinver 1528–1576
        4. 4. Archibald (Cunningham, 7th Earl of) Glencairn 1535–1574
      2. 2. Janet Cunyngham 1514–1574 m. Sir (Robert Ferguson, 7th Laird of) Craigdarroch 1510–1588
        1. 1. John (Fergusson, 8th Laird of) Craigdarroch 1541–1614 m. Agnes Kirkpatrick 1545–1572
        2. 2. Edward Ferguson 1545–1576
        3. 3. Robert Ferguson 1543–1614
      3. 3. William (Cunningham, Bishop of) Argyll 1537–1561
  5. 5. Margaret Douglas 1458–1535 m. John Cathcart 1458–1535
    1. 1. Elizabeth (Sibella) Cathcart 1472– m. John (II Wallace, 8th of Craigie, 13th of) Riccarton 1472–1507
      1. 1. Sir (John VI Wallace, 10th Lord of) Riccarton 1484–1559 m. Isabel (Isabol) Campbell 1490–1529
        1. 1. Adam Wallace 1515–1551
        2. 2. James Wallace, 1503–1509
        3. 3. Margaret Wallace 1514–1596
      2. 2. William (Wallace, 11th Laird of Craigie; Battle of Flodden) Field 1490–1513 m. Elizabeth Campbell 1489–1535
        1. 1. Sir (William Wallace, 12th of Craigie, Lord of Riccarton,) knight 1513–1538 m. Lady (Margaret Margery Sophia Fleming, Countess of) Athoil 1517–1597
        2. 2. Sibilla Wallace 1508–
        3. 3. Sir (John James) Wallace 1510–1574
        4. 4. Margaret Wallace 1512–
      3. 3. Alexander Wallace 1494–
      4. 4. Matthew Wallace 1492–
    2. 2. Robert (Alan Cathcart of Killochan, 3rd Lord Master of Cathcart, Battle of Flodden) Field 1490–1513 m. Margaret (Maxwell) Irvine\Irvyn 1480–1560
      1. 1. Robert (Irvine Cathcart,) 14th 1509–1557 m. Christian (of Carleton, Lady) Cathcart 1518–1600
        1. 1. Sir (William Cathcart,) 13th 1538–1572 m. Anne (Griffith) (Mayes) 1543–1613
        2. 2. John (the Elder VI Cathcart built Killochan Castle in) 1586 1538–1612 m. Helen (Wallace, Lady) Cathcart 1544–1624
        3. 3. Alan (the Thomas Cathcart, Baron) of 1537–1618
    3. 3. David Cathcart 1490–

Sir Angus's Timeline

2 Records

1445
1445
Birth of Sir Archibald "Bell the Cat" Douglas, knight, 5th Earl of Angus in Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
1513
19 Nov 1513
Age 68
Death of Sir Archibald "Bell the Cat" Douglas, knight, 5th Earl of Angus in Heartbreak over sons' death at Battle of Flodden Field, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Heartbreak over sons' death at Battle of Flodden Field, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1445
    Event Place: Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed.; London, England: Oxford University Press; Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22; Volume: Vol 05; Page: 1173
    [2] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed.; London, England: Oxford University Press; Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22; Volume: Vol 22; Page: 353
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [4] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Midlothian: - Protocol Book of James Young, 1493-1497

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1481
    Event Place: England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 Nov 1513
    Event Place: Heartbreak over sons' death at Battle of Flodden Field, Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed.; London, England: Oxford University Press; Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22; Volume: Vol 05; Page: 1173
    [2] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed.; London, England: Oxford University Press; Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22; Volume: Vol 22; Page: 353
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [4] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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