1st Earl of Angus George Douglas

1380 - Aft 1402  (> 23 years)

• Name	George Douglas  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Title	1st Earl of Angus
  Birth	1380	East Lothian, Scotland   [2, 4, 5]
  	Tantallon Castle
  Gender	Male
  AFN	9G0L-7X
  Military	14 Sep 1402	Northumberland, England   [1, 2, 6]
  	Battle of Homildon Hill; Captured by English
  Reference Number	18-032291-01
  Reference Number	20-001541-01
  Death	Aft 1402	England   [1, 4, 5]
  	Bubonic Plaque
  Burial	Douglas, South Lanarkshire, Scotland   [4]
  Notes
  Person ID	I2501	MontyHistNotes_II
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	8th Lord of Douglas William Douglas,   b. 1315, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. May 1384, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	4th Countess of Angus Margaret Stewart,   b. 1325, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 23 Mar 1418, Angus, Scotland (Age 93 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	24 May 1397	Castle Cary, Somerset, England
  Family ID	F1245	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Princess Mary Stewart,   b. 1380, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland d. 1458, Strathblane, Stirlingshire, Scotland (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	24 May 1397	Scotland   [1, 2]
  	Contract
  Children	+ 1. Mary Elizabeth Douglas,   b. 1385, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 1460, Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. James Douglas,   b. 1394, Brechin, Angus, Scotland d. 24 Mar 1426, Scotland (Age 32 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. 2nd Earl of Angus William Douglas,   b. 1399, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. Oct 1437, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 38 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Mary Douglas,   b. Abt 1403, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1104	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Military - Battle of Homildon Hill; Captured by English - 14 Sep 1402 - Northumberland, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S323] Listing of British Peerage. [S369] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Douglas,_1st_Earl_of_Angus. [S370] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Forbes,_1st_Lord_Forbes Also information posted on ancestry.com. [S845] . [S516] . [S368] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Humbleton_Hill. Retold in Shakespeare's Henry IV