Elene (Helen) DOUGLAS

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• FamilySearch ID: LBMR-4F7
• Title (Nobility): ; Countess of Montrose
• TitleOfNobility: ; Baroness
• Name: Helen
• Name: Helen Eleanor DOUGLAS
• _UID: AB4CEDD5696444B6AFC8DB359959DE6239D9

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NOTE
In many of the Histories she is also referred as Eleanor or Elene and also Ann. With all the histories she remains with the same Husbands and Children.

Helen, daughter of 2nd Earl, identified as William's wife by both Burkes Peerage 1932 (Hamilton) and Burkes Peerage 1932 (Montrose) but The Scots Peerage shows Anne, dau of 4th Earl, as William's wife as does MacGregor's Landed Families of Perthshire.


The Life Summary of Helen
When Helen Douglas was born on 17 May 1425, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, her father, Sir William the Red Second Baron Of Drumlanrig, Second Earl Of Angus, was 25 and her mother, Margaret Hay, was 21. She married Sir William Graham 2nd Lord of Montrose and 2d Lord of Graham and Baronet of Bruce in 1460, in Scotland. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. She died on 20 November 1486, in Perthshire, Scotland, at the age of 61.

About Helen Douglas of Angus
1. Lady Helen Douglas (d. after 20 Nov 1486), mar. (1) bef. 1460 William [Graham], 2nd Lord Graham, and (2) bef. 1478 as his second wife James [Ogilvy], 1st Lord Ogilvy of Airlie, and had issue by her first husband.

Notes
Helen, dau of 2nd Earl, identified as William Graham's wife by both Burkes Peerage 1932 (Hamilton) and Burkes Peerage 1932 (Montrose) but The Scots Peerage shows Anne, dau of 4th Earl, as William's wife as does MacGregor's Landed Families of Perthshire.

"William, the second Lord Graham, married Lady Ann Douglas, daughter of George, fourth Earl of Angus, "the Red Douglas" of James II.?us time, who in Scottish tradition is remembered as having "put down the Black. "Another account of the clan... Patricks only son[?], William, second Lord Graham, married lady Anne Douglas, eldest daughter of the fourth Earl of Angus, and had two sons, William, third Lord Graham, and George, ancestor of the Grahams of Calendar. [http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/dtog/graham2.html]"

[This is disputed by Stirnet Graham02 using as its sources both The Scots Peerage and Burkes Peerage 1934 who say he married Helen Douglas daughter of the 2nd Earl of Angus]

AKA

Lady Helen Anne GRAHAM (1425 - 1486)

Children of Elene Douglas and William Graham, 2nd Lord Graham

William Graham, 1st Earl of Montrose+4 d. 9 Sep 1513
Jean Graham+2
Christian Graham+4
George Graham+4 d. 9 Sep 1513
unknown Graham4
Children of Elene Douglas and Sir James Ogilvy of Airlie, 1st Lord Ogilvy of Airlie

Isabel Ogilvy5
Oliver Ogilvy6
Malcolm Ogilvy7 d. a 1501
John Ogilvy of Craig5 d. a Apr 1505
Archibald Ogilvy7 b. b 1494, d. b 1504
Alexander Ogilvy7 b. b 1494
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Helen Douglas of Angus's Timeline

Elene married William GRAHAM in 1460 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. William (son of Patrick GRAHAM and Christian ERSKINE) was born in 1433 in Perth Castle, Perthshire, Scotland; died in 1472 in Scone, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Isabella GRAHAM was born in 1443 in Stirlingshire, Scotland; was christened in 1444; died on 26 Oct 1510 in Stirlingshire, Scotland.
2. George GRAHAM, 1st of Calendar was born in 1452 in of Kincardine, Scotland; died on 9 Sep 1513 in Branxton, Northumberland, England; was buried on 9 Sep 1516 in England.
3. Marion Jean GRAHAM was born about 1460 in Kincardine, Blackford, Perthshire, Scotland; died about 1530 in Kincardine, Inverness Shire, Scotland; was buried about 1530 in Kincardine, Inverness Shire, Scotland.
4. Elizabeth GRAHAM was born about 1461 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland; died in 1506.
5. William GRAHAM, 1st Earl of Montrose was born in 1464 in Kincardine, Blackford, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 9 Sep 1513 in Killed in the Battle of Flodden Field, Branxton, Northumberland, England; was buried in Northumberland, England.
6. Agnes GRAHAM was born about 1472 in Scotland; died on 20 Mar 1557 in Corstorphine, Midlothian, Scotland.

Elene married Sir James OGILVY in May 1478 in Scotland. James (son of Sir Knight John OGILVY and Margaret SETON, Countess of Moray) was born on 16 Oct 1430 in Forfar, Forfarshire, Scotland; died on 25 Sep 1504 in Airlie, Forfarshire, Scotland; was buried in Fordyce, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Isabel OGILVY and died.
2. Malcolm OGILVY was born in in Airlie, Angusshire, Scotland; died after 1501.
3. Oliver OGILVY was born about 1477 in of, Airlie, Angusshire, Scotland; and died.
4. Alexander OGILVY was born in 1481 in Deskford, Banffshire, Scotland, United Kingdom; died on 1 Feb 1506 in Banffshire, Scotland; was buried in Fordyce, Banffshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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William married Margaret HAY, of Yester. Margaret was born on 20 May 1400 in Yester Castle, Yester, Haddingtonshire, Scotland; died on 22 Apr 1484 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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