George (Douglas) First Earl of Angus (abt. 1376 - abt. 1402)

Born about 1376 in Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Stewart) Stewart Countess Angus — married 24 May 1397 in Scotland

Descendants

Died about 1402 at about age 26 in Hamildon, Lancashire, England

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Biography

George (Douglas) First Earl of Angus was killed at theBattle of Homildon Hil during the Anglo-Scottish Wars.

George (Douglas) First Earl of Angus is a member of Clan Douglas.

George (Douglas) First Earl of Angus is Notable.

George was born before 1378,^[1] the illegitimate son of William Douglas, Earl of Douglas & his mistress Margaret Stewart, (his wife's sister-in-law), Countess of Angus. George was the first Earl of Angus in the Douglas family, inheriting the title from his mother.

He was the first husband, (contract 24 May 1397), of Mary Stewart, daughter of King Robert Stewart III^[2]. Foundation for Medieval Genealogy

He was created 1st Earl of Angus on 9 April 1389.^[3]

He fought in the Battle of Homildon Hill on 14 September 1402, where he was captured by the English. He died after September 1402 in Lancashire, England from the Bubonic Plague.^[3][4]

He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.^[5]

He had two children by his wife:

1. William Douglas
2. Elizabeth Douglas

Research Notes

• The Peerage: George Douglas

• WeRelate: George Douglas

Sources

1. ↑ G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 154.
2. ↑ Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 228.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Volume 1, page 1281.
4. ↑ G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 155.
5. ↑ Matthew H.C.G., editor, Dictionary of National Biography on CD-ROM (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1995).

See also:

• Richardson, Douglas, "Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families", Salt Lake City: the author, 2013 Vol. I, p. 653

• Wikipedia: George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus

• Wikidata: Item Q337015

• Johnston, George Harvey, "The heraldry of the Douglases : with notes on all the males of the family, descriptions of the arms, plates and pedigrees", Edinburgh: W & A K Johnston, 1907, Archive.org, p. 14, p. 39

• Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904, Vol. I, Archive.org, pp. 172-213