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Lady Beatrice DOUGLAS, Countess of Erroll

Lady Beatrice DOUGLAS, Countess of Erroll

Female Abt 1427 - Aft 1490  (~ 64 years)

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  • Name Beatrice DOUGLAS  [1
    Prefix Lady 
    Suffix Countess of Erroll 
    Born Abt 1427  Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    FamilySearch ID LDV4-2Y5 
    Name Beatrix Douglas  [2
    _UID FCBE233466D84B13A9EB742509B0E40D8448 
    Died Aft 1490  Yester Castle, Yester, Haddingtonshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I50  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 16 Apr 2024 

    Father James DOUGLAS, 2nd Lord of Dalkeith,   b. 1395, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Mar 1457, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Lady Elizabeth GIFFORD,   b. 1392, Newton Village, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Sep 1456, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Married 1417  Morton, Dumfries-shire, , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F536728954  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William HAY, Earl Of Errol,   b. Abt 1423, Errol, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oct 1462, Slains, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 39 years) 
    Married 17 Mar 1449  Errol, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth HAY, of Errol - Countess of Huntly,   b. Abt 1442, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jun 1509, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 67 years)
     2. Lady Isabel HAY,   b. 1441, Errol, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jun 1509, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
     3. Gilbert HAY,   b. 1445, Errol, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Y, Somme, Picardie, France Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Nicholas HAY, of Erroll - 2nd Earl of Erroll,   b. 1447, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1470, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 23 years)
     5. Lady Beatrice de HAY,   b. Abt 1449, Midmar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jun 1509, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 60 years)
     6. William HAY, 3rd Earl of Erroll,   b. Abt 1453, Huntley Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jan 1507, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 54 years)
     7. Marjorie HAY,   b. 1460, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Deceased
    Last Modified 16 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F40  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Lady Beatrix Douglas was the daughter of James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas and Beatrice Sinclair.1 She married William Hay, 1st Earl of Erroll, son of Gilbert of the Haye and Alice Hay, circa 17 March 1449/50.1
      From circa 17 March 1449/50, her married name became Hay. After her marriage, Lady Beatrix Douglas was styled as Countess of Erroll on 12 June 1452.
      Children of Lady Beatrix Douglas and William Hay, 1st Earl of Erroll:
      William Hay, 3rd Earl of Erroll+1 d. 14 Jan 1506/7
      Nicholas Hay, 2nd Earl of Erroll1 d. 1470
      Lady Elizabeth Hay+
      Lady Isabel Hay+
      Lady Margaret Hay+1
      http://www.thepeerage.com/p2577.htm#i25764

      FatherJames Douglas, 7th Earl Douglas, 1st Earl Avondale2,3 b. c 1380, d. 24 Mar 1443
      MotherBeatrix St. Clair d. b 8 Feb 1463
      ChartsPedigree of James Irvine
      Beatrix Douglas married Sir William Hay, 1st Earl of Erroll, 2nd Lord Hay, Constable of Scotland, son of Gilbert de la Haye and Alice Hay, before 17 March 1450.2,3 Beatrix Douglas married Arthur Forbes, son of Sir William Forbes and Agnes Fraser, before 12 October 1463. Beatrix Douglas died between 1507 and 1511.
      Family
      Sir William Hay, 1st Earl of Erroll, 2nd Lord Hay, Constable of Scotland d. Oct 1462
      Children
      Maria Hay+
      Beatrix Hay+
      William Hay, 3rd Earl Erroll+2,3 d. 14 Jan 1507
      Isabel Hay+4
      Margaret Hay+5
      Elizabeth Hay+ d. a 1526
      Nicholas Hay, 2nd Earl of Erroll4 b. c 1451, d. 1470
      Sir Gilbert Hay+6 b. c 1460, d. 9 Sep 1513
      Unknown author, The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. V, p. 95; Lineage and Ancestry of HRH Prince Charles by Paget, Vol. II
      Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III
      Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I
      The Scots Peerage, Vol. III, edited by Sir James Balfour Paul



  • Sources 
    1. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2023), entry for James Douglas, person ID G8JD-3TL. (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 16 Apr 2024), entry for Beatrice DOUGLAS, person ID LDV4-2Y5. (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2023), entry for Elizabeth Gifford, person ID GM81-SWF. (Reliability: 3).