Christian (Douglas) Douglas Countess of Home (abt. 1568)

Born about 1568 in Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of Alexander (Home) Home First Earl of Home — married 9 Jan 1585 in Scotland

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Scotland

Biography

Christian was the second of the seven daughters of William Douglas, later 6th Earl of Morton, and his wife, Agnes Leslie. They were all considered very beautiful and were known as the Seven Pearls of Lochleven,^[1] Her birth date is unknown but given her parents were married in or before 1365, and at least her eldest brother Robert, must have been born in the mid 1360s, then a birth date of about 1368 seems reasonable, though it is unlikely she was born any later than that given her son's birth in 1583 (see below).

First marriage and children

A contract was signed on 17 February 1575/6 for Christian to marry Laurence Oliphant, Master of Oliphant, the son and heir of Laurence Oliphant, 4th Lord Oliphant, and Margaret Hay.^[2],

Death

Christian Douglas was stated as died in March 1584, but her 1st husband 'possibly' died at that time. .^[3]

In July 1597 the Lord Home was said to be "married to the [Douglas] Earl of Morton's daughter".^[4] This may indicate she is still living at this point.

Sources

1. ↑ Cokayne, vol. 6, p. 555; Paul, vol. 6, p. 373
2. ↑ Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum: The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland A.D 1546-1580, edited by John Maitland Thomson (Edinburgh: General Register House, 1886). no. 2549, p. 688. Digital image, Internet Archive Texts (https://archive.org/details/registrummagnisi04scot/page/688 : accessed 28 October 2021).
3. ↑ Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931 :"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 : Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive". 2021. Internet Archive. Alexander Home 1st Earl of Home, Vol IV, pps 461-3
4. ↑ Rogers, Rev. Charles, LL.D., F.S.A.Scot., Estimate of the Scottish Nobility, London, 1873, p.64.

• Cokayne, George Edward, The Complete Peerage or a history of the House of Lords and all its members from the earliest times, 2nd ed. vol. 9, revised by H.A. Doubleday & Lord Howard de Walden (eds.), London: St Catherine Press, 1936. Published in electronic format by ABC Publications, London, 2003.
• Cokayne, George Edward, The Complete Peerage or a history of the House of Lords and all its members from the earliest times, 2nd ed. vol. 10, revised by H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White & Lord Howard de Walden (eds.), London: St Catherine Press, 1945. Published in electronic format by ABC Publications, London, 2003.

See also:

• William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton
• Ancestry Record 12744898 #152846328 < -- Private Tree