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George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus, Lord Douglas, Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest (c. 1427 – 12 March 1463) was a Scottish nobleman. He was the son of William Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus and Margaret Hay of Yester. Known as the Great Earl of Angus.
11 de feb. de 2024 · George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus, Lord Douglas, Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest (1429-1462) was a Scottish Nobleman. He was the son of William Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus and Margaret Hay of Yester. He succeeded to the Earldom at the age of 16, following the death of his brother James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Angus in 1446.
George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus, Lord Douglas, Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest (c. 1427 – 12 March 1463) [1] was a Scottish nobleman. He was the son of William Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus and Margaret Hay of Yester.
George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus, Lord Douglas, Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest (c. 1427 – 12 March 1463) was a Scottish Nobleman. He was the son of William Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus and Margaret Hay of Yester.
The Mormaer or Earl of Angus was the ruler of the medieval Scottish province of Angus. The title, in the Peerage of Scotland, is held by the Duke of Hamilton, and is used as a courtesy title for the eldest son of the Duke's eldest son.
When Sir George Douglas- 4th Earl of Angus was born in 1417, his father, William Douglas, was 19 and his mother, Margaret Elizabeth Hay of Yester, was 17. He married Isabel Sibbald before 1446, in Markinch, Fife, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 8 daughters.
George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus (1380–1403) was a Scottish nobleman and peer. Life. He was born at Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland. He was the natural-illegitimate son of William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas and Margaret Stewart, Dowager Countess of Mar & Countess of Angus and Lady Abernethy in her own right.
