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1st Earl of Angus George Douglas

Male 1380 - Aft 1402  (> 23 years)

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  • Name George Douglas  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Title 1st Earl of Angus 
    Birth 1380  East Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5, 6] 
    • Tantallon Castle
    Gender Male 
    AFN 9G0L-7X 
    Military 14 Sep 1402  Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 7] 
    Battle of Homildon Hill; Captured by English 
    Reference Number 18-032291-01 
    Reference Number 20-001541-01 
    Death Aft 1402  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5, 6] 
    • Bubonic Plaque
    Burial Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • Wikipedia notes that George was an illegitimate son of William. The Peerage.com has birthdate as before 1378
      This is the start of the Red Line of Douglas
    Person ID I7888  Presidents and Royalty
    Last Modified 8 Jun 2025 

    Father 8th Lord of Douglas William Douglas,   b. 1315, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 1384, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother 4th Countess of Angus Margaret Stewart,   b. 1325, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Mar 1418, Angus, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 24 May 1397  Castle Cary, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5506  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Princess Mary Stewart,   b. 1380, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1458, Strathblane, Stirlingshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 24 May 1397  Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    • Contract
    Children 
    >1. Mary Elizabeth Douglas,   b. 1385, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1460, Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. James Douglas,   b. 1394, Brechin, Angus, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Mar 1426, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >3. 2nd Earl of Angus William Douglas,   b. 1399, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 1437, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Mary Douglas,   b. Abt 1403, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F5151  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Jun 2025 

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

  • Sources 
    1. [S927] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), (Name: Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998;).

    2. [S724] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com; Location: http://thepeerage.com;), Listing of British Peerage.

    3. [S1042] Bio Information on George Douglas, (Name: Wikipedia; Location: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Douglas,_1st_Earl_of_Angus;), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Douglas,_1st_Earl_of_Angus.

    4. [S1043] Bio Info on ForbesAlexander_1stLordForbes, (Name: Wikipedia; ancestry.com; Location: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Forbes,_1st_Lord_Forbes;), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Forbes,_1st_Lord_Forbes Also information posted on ancestry.com.

    5. [S666] Ancestry.com, Web: International, Find A Grave Index, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;).

    6. [S668] Ancestry.com, Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).

    7. [S1044] Homildon Hill, Battle of, (Location: Northumberland, England; Date: 14 Sep 1402;), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Humbleton_Hill.
      Retold in Shakespeare's Henry IV



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