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William Douglas 1398 – 1437 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1398

Birth Location: Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: OCT 1437

Death Location: Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: George Douglas

Mother: Mary Edmonstone

Spouse(s): Margaret Yester

Children(s): George Angus

William Douglas was born in 1398 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of George Douglas and Mary Stewart Douglas Kennedy Graham Edmonstone. William Douglas married Margaret Hay of Yester, and had children including George Douglas 4th Earl of Angus. William Douglas passed away in 1437 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • William Douglas was born in 1398 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of George Douglas and Mary Stewart Douglas Kennedy Graham Edmonstone.
  • William Douglas married Margaret Hay of Yester, and had children including George Douglas 4th Earl of Angus.
  • William Douglas passed away in 1437 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

George Douglas
1349 –
Birth Location: Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Mary Edmonstone
1380 – 1458
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
ME

Spouses(s)

Margaret Yester
1400 – 1484
Birth Location: East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
MY

Children(s)

George Angus
1429 – 1463
Birth Location: Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
GA

William Douglas's Ancestors

Self
William Douglas
1398 – 1437
Birth Place: Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
George Douglas
1349 –
Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Mary (Stewart Douglas Kennedy Graham) Edmonstone
1380 – 1458
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Grandparents
Robert Stewart
1340 – 1420
Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Robert Stewart
1316 – 1390
Elizabeth Mure
1320 – 1355
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Walter Stewart
1292 – 1326
Marjorie Bruce
1296 – 1316
Adam Mure
1290 – 1355
Janet Polkelly
1275 – 1330

William Douglas's Descendants

1.
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William Douglas (1398 – OCT 1437) m. Margaret (Hay of) Yester (1400 – 22 APR 1484)
  1. 1. George (Douglas 4th Earl of) Angus (1429 – 12 MAR 1463) m. Isobel Sibbald (ABT 1430 – 21 FEB 1497)
    1. 1. Egidia Douglas (ABT 1446 – 1472)
    2. 2. Archibald Douglas (16 OCT 1449 – 29 NOV 1514) m. Elizabeth Boyd (ABT 1450 – 21 FEB 1497)
      1. 1. George (Douglas, Master of) Angus (1469 – 9 SEP 1513) m. Elisabeth Drummond (ABT 1472 – 21 AUG 1514) m. Elizabeth Douglas (1470 – 1548)
        1. 1. Giles Douglas (1505 – 4 JUL 1546) m. Robert Graham (1506 – 10 SEP 1547)
        2. 2. Archibald* Douglas (7 SEP 1513 – 29 SEP 1570) m. Margaret Carmichael (1533 – ) m. Agnes (( Anna)) Keith (ABT 1540 – ) m. Agnes Keith (1507 – Unk)
      2. 2. Mariot Douglas (1470 – AFT 6 MAR 1542) m. Patrick Bellentyne (1448 – JUL 1514)
        1. 1. Thomas Bellenden (1485 – 1546) m. Agnes Forrester (ABT 1485 – )
        2. 2. Margaret (Maud) Bellentyne (1495 – 1570) m. John Blunther (1490 – 13 JAN 1550)
        3. 3. Katherine Bellentyne (1497 – 1565) m. Adam Hopper (1495 – 1535) m. Oliver Sinclair (ABT 1472 – ) m. Francis Bothwell (1512 – )
        4. 4. Elizabeth Smythes (1498 – 1560) m. John Knight (1470 – 13 JAN 1549)
        5. 5. John Bellendeen (ABT 1500 – 1550)
        6. 6. Catharine Ballenden (ABT 1512 – )
      3. 3. Archibald Douglas (1472 – 1535)
      4. 4. Elizabeth Douglas (ABT 1473 – ) m. Robert Lyle
      5. 5. Gavin Douglas (1474 – SEP 1522)
      6. 6. Lady (Janet) Douglas (1472/1476 – AFT 6 MAR 1542) m. Andrew Herries (1477 – 9 SEP 1513) m. Robert Herries (ABT 1478 – 9 SEP 1513)
    3. 3. Anne Douglas (1450 – 1482)
    4. 4. Margaret (Ann) Douglas (1450 – 1482) m. Robert Lyle (JUL 1445 – BEF 1495)
    5. 5. Margaret (Ann) Douglas (ABT 1450 – ABT 1505)
      1. 1. Colin Campbell (6 JAN 1468 – 8 AUG 1523) m. Majory Stewart (1490 – 26 JUL 1524)
        1. 1. Colin Campbell (7 JUL 1512 – 11 APR 1583) m. Katherine Ruthven (1525 – 3 APR 1584) m. Margaret Stewart (AUG 1527 – BEF 1550)
        2. 2. Duncan Campbell (1513 – 7 JAN 1549) m. Elizabeth Colquhoun (ABT 1508 – ) m. Marjorie Colquhoun (10 NOV 1520 – 1568) m. Margaret Colquhoun (10 NOV 1520 – 1568) m. Isabel Stewart (1525 – )
        3. 3. John Campbell (1514 – 5 JUL 1550) m. Isabella Montgomery (1530 – 1547)
      2. 2. Colin (Campbell 1st Earl of) ARGYLL (1480 – 1493)
      3. 3. Janet (Mary) Campbell (1481 – 9 NOV 1541)
      4. 4. John Campbell (1509 – 1589)
    6. 6. John Douglas (1452 – MAY 1471)
    7. 7. Jane (Janet) Douglas (ABT 1452 – 18 DEC 1494) m. David (or Duncan) Scott (1450 – ) m. David (Scott, Laird of) Buccleuch (1456 – 21 MAY 1488)
    8. 8. Isabella Douglas (ABT 1457 – ) m. George Montgomerie (1525 – 23 NOV 1574)
    9. 9. Alice Douglas (1461 – )
    10. 10. Elizabeth Douglas (1461 – ) m. Robert Graham (1414 – 7 JAN 1493) m. Robert Graham (ABT 1457 – )
    11. 11. Alison Douglas (ABT 1462 – )

William Douglas's Timeline

2 Records

1398
1398
Birth of William Douglas in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1437
OCT 1437
Age 39
Death of William Douglas in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

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    Event Type: Title

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1398
    Event Place: Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: OCT 1437
    Event Place: Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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