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Sir Knight William (1st Earl Douglas) (2nd Earl Angus) Douglas 1400–1437 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1400

Birth Location: North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland

Death Date: 09 Oct 1437

Death Location: Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland

Father: George Angus

Mother: Princess Stewart

Spouse(s): *Lady Hay

Children(s): George Douglas, Lord Douglas, Lady Wallace, George Angus, William Douglas, George Douglas, Isabel Douglas, Hugh Douglas, Elizabeth Douglas, William Douglas, Anna Douglas, Archibald Douglas, Gilbert Douglas, William Douglas, Catherine Douglas, Robert Douglas, Margaret Douglas, Hugh Douglas, Helen (Lady

In 1400, Sir Knight William (1st Earl Douglas) (2nd Earl Angus) Douglas entered the world in North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland, born to George Douglas Earl Van Angus And Princess Mary Stewart. Sir Knight William (1st Earl Douglas) (2nd Earl Angus) Douglas married Lady Margaret Countess Angus Hay, and had children including Anna Douglas, Archibald Douglas, Catherine Douglas, Elizabeth Douglas, George The Red Lord Douglas 4Th Earl Of Angus, George Douglas, Gilbert Douglas, Helen Elene Douglas Lady, Hugh Rector Of St Andrews Douglas, Hugh Douglas, Isabel Douglas, Lady Catherine Douglas Wallace, Lord James 3Rd Earl Of Angus Douglas, Margaret Of Angus Douglas, Robert Douglas, William 3Rd Baron Of Drumlanrig Douglas, William Cluny Douglas, William Douglas. Sir Knight William (1st Earl Douglas) (2nd Earl Angus) Douglas passed away in 1437 in Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1400, Sir Knight William (1st Earl Douglas) (2nd Earl Angus) Douglas entered the world in North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland, born to George Douglas Earl Van Angus And Princess Mary Stewart.
  • Sir Knight William (1st Earl Douglas) (2nd Earl Angus) Douglas married Lady Margaret Countess Angus Hay, and had children including Anna Douglas, Archibald Douglas, Catherine Douglas, Elizabeth Douglas, George The Red Lord Douglas 4Th Earl Of Angus, George Douglas, Gilbert Douglas, Helen Elene Douglas Lady, Hugh Rector Of St Andrews Douglas, Hugh Douglas, Isabel Douglas, Lady Catherine Douglas Wallace, Lord James 3Rd Earl Of Angus Douglas, Margaret Of Angus Douglas, Robert Douglas, William 3Rd Baron Of Drumlanrig Douglas, William Cluny Douglas, William Douglas.
  • Sir Knight William (1st Earl Douglas) (2nd Earl Angus) Douglas passed away in 1437 in Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

George Angus
1376–1402
Birth Location: Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Princess Stewart
1376–1456
Birth Location: Dumfermline, Fifeshire, Schotland
PS

Spouses(s)

*Lady Hay
1404–1484
Birth Location: Yester Castle, Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland
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Children(s)

George Douglas
1429–1463
Birth Location: Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
GD
Lord Douglas
1426–1446
Birth Location: Morton, Dumfries-shire, , Scotland
LD
Lady Wallace
1442–1472
Birth Location: Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland
LW
George Angus
1429–1463
Birth Location: Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
GA
William Douglas
1422–1475
Birth Location: Cluny, Fife, , Scotland
WD
George Douglas
1415–1503
Birth Location: Mar, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland
GD
Isabel Douglas
1437–1517
Birth Location: –
ID
Hugh Douglas
1428–1466
Birth Location: Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
HD
Elizabeth Douglas
1426–1488
Birth Location: Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland
ED
William Douglas
1429–1475
Birth Location: Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
WD
Anna Douglas
1435–1490
Birth Location: –
AD
Archibald Douglas
1423–1455
Birth Location: Moray, Inverness-shire, Scotland
AD
Gilbert Douglas
1413–1487
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
GD
William Douglas
1415–1464
Birth Location: Drumlanrig Castle, Drumlanrig, Nithsdale, Dumfrieshire, Scotland
WD
Catherine Douglas
1437–1498
Birth Location: Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland
CD
Robert Douglas
1427–1492
Birth Location: Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland
RD
Margaret Douglas
1426–
Birth Location: Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
MD
Hugh Douglas
1432–1466
Birth Location: Tantallon Castle, East Lothian,Scotland
HD
Helen (Lady
1425–1486
Birth Location: Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Sir Douglas's Ancestors

Self
Sir Douglas
1400–1437
Birth Place: North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
Parents
George Douglas Earl van Angus
1376–1402
Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Princess (Mary) Stewart
1376–1456
Dumfermline, Fifeshire, Schotland
Grandparents
William (Douglas 1st Earl of) Douglas
1323–1384
Douglas, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Margaret Stewart
1354–1417
Robert (III Stewart King of) Scotland
1337–1406
Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland
Annabella (Drummond Queen) Consort
1350–1401
Stobhall, Perthshire, Schotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Douglas
1296–1333
Beatrice Lindsay
1291–1352
Thomas Angus
1330–1361
Margaret Clair)
1330–1361
Robert Stewart
1316–1390
Elizabeth Mure
1320–1355
Sir Lennox
1318–1373
Lady Montifex
1330–1424
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Hardy"
1240–1298
Elizabeth Stewart
1245–1294
Alexander Lindsay
1267–1308
Beatrix Stewart
1268–1337
John Angus
1294–1331
William Rosslyn
1309–1358
Isabella Strathearn
1315–
Walter Stewart
1296–1327
Marjory Bruce
1296–1316
Sir Rowallan
1290–1330
Lady Mure
1300–
Sir Lennox
1304–1346
Lady Kincardine
1299–1358
Sir Cargill
1305–1366
Margaret Clare
1275–1346

Sir Douglas's Descendants

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Sir (Knight William (1st Earl Douglas) (2nd Earl Angus)) Douglas (1400–09 Oct 1437) m. *Lady (Margaret (Countess Angus)) Hay (1404–22 Apr 1484)
  1. 1. George Douglas 1429–1463 m. Isabelle Sibbald 1418–1497
    1. 1. Archibald (5th Earl Lord Angus) Douglas 1449–1513 m. Elizabeth Boyd 1458–1498
      1. 1. George (Douglas "Master of) Angus" 1469–1513 m. Elizabeth Drummond 1470–1514
        1. 1. Jonet (Janet) Douglas 1495–1537 m. John (Lyon Lord) Glamis 1495–1528 m. Archibald Campbell 1474–1537
        2. 2. William Douglas 1493–1528
        3. 3. Margaret Douglas 1496–1576
        4. 4. George Douglas 1493–1552
        5. 5. Alison Douglas 1491–
        6. 6. Elizabeth Douglas 1489–1573
        7. 7. Archibald Douglas 1489–1557
      2. 2. Marjory Douglas 1469–1542
      3. 3. Elizabeth Douglas 1469–1511
      4. 4. Lard (William Douglas) Glenbervie 1470–1513
      5. 5. Archibald (Douglas VI Earl of) Angus 1470–
      6. 6. Archibald Douglas 1475–1535
      7. 7. Elizabeth (DOUGLAS OF) ANGUS 1474–
      8. 8. Gavin (Douglas Bishop of) Dunkeld 1472–1522
      9. 9. Margaret Douglas 1435–1473
      10. 10. Mariot (Lady) Douglas 1469–1511
      11. 11. William (Douglas Douglas of) Drumlanrig 1470–1513
      12. 12. Marion Douglas 1476–1542 m. William Cunningham 1472–1533 m. Patrick BELLENTYNE 1470–1514 m. John (9th of that Ilk Dunlop) Dunlop 1467–1509 m. Cuthbert (Cunningham, 2nd Earl of Glencairn, 3rd Lord of) Kilmaurs 1476–1541
        1. 1. Margaret 1506–
    2. 2. Margaret Douglas 1456–1524
    3. 3. Alice (Douglas of) Angus 1461–
    4. 4. Lady (Isabella) Douglas 1460–
    5. 5. John Douglas 1452–1471
    6. 6. Robert (Lochleven) Douglas 1450–
    7. 7. Archibald Douglas 1445–1513
    8. 8. Isabel Douglas 1448–
    9. 9. Anne Douglas 1446–
    10. 10. John Douglas 1445–1513
    11. 11. Allison Douglas 1444–
    12. 12. Egidia Douglas 1442–1472
    13. 13. Jane (Janet Douglas Lady) Angus 1452–1494
    14. 14. Elizabeth Douglas 1448–1545
    15. 15. Archibald Douglas 1461–1499
    16. 16. James Douglas 1492–1498
    17. 17. David (Pittendriech) Douglas 1477–1528
    18. 18. Janet Douglas 1478–1512
    19. 19. Agnes Douglas 1472–1519
    20. 20. John Douglas 1463–1525
    21. 21. Margaret Douglas 1467–1535
    22. 22. Robert Douglas 1462–
    23. 23. James Douglas 1462–1498
  2. 2. Lord (James, 3rd Earl of Angus,) Douglas 1426–1446
  3. 3. Lady (Catherine Douglas) Wallace 1442–1472
  4. 4. George ("the Red" (Lord Douglas) 4th Earl of) Angus 1429–1463
  5. 5. William Douglas 1422–1475
  6. 6. George Douglas 1415–1503
  7. 7. Isabel Douglas 1437–1517
  8. 8. Hugh Douglas 1428–1466
  9. 9. Elizabeth Douglas 1426–1488
  10. 10. William (Cluny) Douglas 1429–1475
  11. 11. Anna Douglas 1435–1490
  12. 12. Archibald Douglas 1423–1455
  13. 13. Gilbert Douglas 1413–1487
  14. 14. William (3rd Baron of Drumlanrig) Douglas 1415–1464
  15. 15. Catherine Douglas 1437–1498
  16. 16. Robert Douglas 1427–1492
  17. 17. Margaret (of Angus) Douglas 1426–
  18. 18. Hugh (,Rector of St Andrews) Douglas 1432–1466
  19. 19. Helen (Elene Douglas) (Lady 1425–1486

Sir Douglas's Timeline

3 Records

1399
24 Sep 1399
Birth of Sir Knight William (1st Earl Douglas) (2nd Earl Angus) Douglas in Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
1400
1400
Birth of Sir Knight William (1st Earl Douglas) (2nd Earl Angus) Douglas in North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
1437
09 Oct 1437
Age 37
Death of Sir Knight William (1st Earl Douglas) (2nd Earl Angus) Douglas in Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 Sep 1399
    Event Place: Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1400
    Event Place: North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 09 Oct 1437
    Event Place: Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
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