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Peerage Record – 10799

James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas1

Male, Registry Number #107981, b. 1371, d. 24 March 1442/43

Last Edited=25 Jan 2016
Consanguinity Index=0.39%
     James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas was born in 1371. He was the son of Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas and Lady Joan Moray.2 He married, firstly, Lady Beatrice Stewart, daughter of Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany and Margaret Graham, Countess of Menteith, before 1424.1 He married, secondly, Beatrice Sinclair, daughter of Henry Sinclair, 2nd Earl of Orkney and Egidia Douglas, before 7 March 1425/26.2 He died on 24 March 1442/43.2 He was buried at Douglas, ScotlandG.2
     James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas also went by the nick-name of James ‘the Great’.3 In 1425 he was on the trial of the Duke of Albany.2 He was created 1st Earl of Avondale [Scotland] circa 1437.2 He succeeded as the 7th Earl of Douglas [S., 1358] on 24 November 1440.2 He held the office of Warden of the West Marches.2 He lived at Balveny, ScotlandG.4 He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.5
     

Children of James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas and Beatrice Sinclair

Citations:
  1. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain’s Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 219. Hereinafter cited as Britain’s Royal Families.
  2. [S6] 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 IV, page 435. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
  3. [S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 3233. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
  4. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume I, page 359.
  5. [S18] Matthew H.C.G., editor, Dictionary of National Biography on CD-ROM (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1995). Hereinafter cited as Dictionary of National Biography.
  6. [S37] BP2003. [S37]
  7. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain’s Royal Families, page 220.
  8. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain’s Royal Families, page 229.
  9. [S6286] Clan MacFarlane and associated clans genealogy, online http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info. Hereinafter cited as Clan MacFarlane.
  10. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume IV, page 436.

Lady Isabella Stewart1

Female, Registry Number #107982

Last Edited=6 Aug 2016
Consanguinity Index=0.16%
     Lady Isabella Stewart is the daughter of Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany and Margaret Graham, Countess of Menteith.1 She married, firstly, Alexander Leslie, 7th Earl of Ross, son of Walter Leslie, Earl of Ross and Eupheme de Ross, Countess of Ross, before 1398.1 She married, secondly, Walter Haliburton, son of Sir John Halyburton and Margaret Cameron, between 1402 and 1408.1

Child of Lady Isabella Stewart and Alexander Leslie, 7th Earl of Ross

Children of Lady Isabella Stewart and Walter Haliburton

Citations:
  1. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain’s Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 219. Hereinafter cited as Britain’s Royal Families.

Alexander Leslie, 7th Earl of Ross1

Male, Registry Number #107983, b. between 1367 and 1382, d. 8 May 1402

Last Edited=22 Nov 2018
Consanguinity Index=0.01%
     Alexander Leslie, 7th Earl of Ross was born between 1367 and 1382.2 He was the son of Walter Leslie, Earl of Ross and Eupheme de Ross, Countess of Ross.3 He married Lady Isabella Stewart, daughter of Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany and Margaret Graham, Countess of Menteith, before 1398.1 He died on 8 May 1402 at Dingwall, Ross-shire, ScotlandG.4
     He succeeded as the 7th Earl of Ross [S., c. 1225] circa 1394.1

Child of Alexander Leslie, 7th Earl of Ross and Lady Isabella Stewart

Citations:
  1. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain’s Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 219. Hereinafter cited as Britain’s Royal Families.
  2. [S130] Wikipedia, online http;//www.wikipedia.org. Hereinafter cited as Wikipedia.
  3. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain’s Royal Families, page 221.
  4. [S37] BP2003 volume 3, page 3402. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]

Eupheme Leslie, 8th Countess of Ross1

Female, Registry Number #107984, d. after 1424

Last Edited=6 Aug 2016
Consanguinity Index=0.32%
     Eupheme Leslie, 8th Countess of Ross was the daughter of Alexander Leslie, 7th Earl of Ross and Lady Isabella Stewart.1 She died after 1424.1
     She succeeded as the 8th Countess of Ross [S., c. 1225] on 8 May 1402.2 On 24 July 1411 her inheritance was a cause of the Battle of Harlaw.2 On 12 June 1415 she resigned earldom and became a nun.2
Citations:
  1. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain’s Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 219. Hereinafter cited as Britain’s Royal Families.
  2. [S37] BP2003 volume 3, page 3402. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]

Walter Haliburton1

Male, Registry Number #107985, d. before 1447

Last Edited=18 Aug 2008
     Walter Haliburton was the son of Sir John Halyburton and Margaret Cameron.2 He married Lady Isabella Stewart, daughter of Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany and Margaret Graham, Countess of Menteith, between 1402 and 1408.1 He died before 1447.1
     He was also known as Walter Halyburton. He lived at Dirleton, East Lothian, ScotlandG.

Children of Walter Haliburton and Lady Isabella Stewart

Citations:
  1. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain’s Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 219. Hereinafter cited as Britain’s Royal Families.
  2. [S6286] Clan MacFarlane and associated clans genealogy, online http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info. Hereinafter cited as Clan MacFarlane.

Walter Haliburton1,2

Male, Registry Number #107986, d. circa 1447

Last Edited=17 May 2017
     Walter Haliburton was the son of Walter Haliburton and Lady Isabella Stewart.1 He married Lady Marjorie Douglas, daughter of Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas and Lady Joan Moray, in 1403.3 He died circa 1447.1
     He was also known as Walter Halyburton.4

Children of Walter Haliburton and Lady Marjorie Douglas

Citations:
  1. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain’s Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 219. Hereinafter cited as Britain’s Royal Families.
  2. [S22] Sir Bernard Burke, C.B. LL.D., A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, new edition (1883; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1978), page 258. Hereinafter cited as Burkes Extinct Peerage.
  3. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain’s Royal Families, page 227.
  4. [S6] 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 IV, page 384. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

Lady Marjorie Douglas1

Female, Registry Number #107987, d. before 11 May 1421

Last Edited=16 Jan 2016
Consanguinity Index=0.39%
     Lady Marjorie Douglas was the daughter of Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas and Lady Joan Moray.1,2 She married, firstly, David Stewart, 1st and last Duke of Rothesay, son of Robert III Stewart, King of Scotland and Annabel Drummond, in February 1399/0 at Bothwell Church, ScotlandG.2 She married, secondly, Walter Haliburton, son of Walter Haliburton and Lady Isabella Stewart, in 1403.2 She died before 11 May 1421.2 She died before 11 May 1421.3
     After her marriage, Lady Marjorie Douglas was styled as Countess of Atholl in February 1399/0. From February 1399/0, her married name became Stewart. From 1403, her married name became Haliburton.2

Children of Lady Marjorie Douglas and Walter Haliburton

Citations:
  1. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain’s Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 219. Hereinafter cited as Britain’s Royal Families.
  2. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain’s Royal Families, page 227.
  3. [S6] 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 IV, page 383. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas1

Male, Registry Number #107988, b. circa 1325, d. from 24 December 1400 to 9 February 1400/1

Last Edited=10 Feb 2019
     Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas was born illegitimately circa 1325.1 He was the son of Sir James Douglas, 6th of Douglas.1 He married Lady Joan Moray, daughter of Morice Moray, 1st Earl of Strathearn and Joan Menteith, after 23 July 1362.2 He died from 24 December 1400 to 9 February 1400/1 at Threave, ScotlandG.1 He was buried at Bothwell, Lanarkshire, ScotlandG.3
     He was also known as Archibald ‘the Grim’.4 He fought in the Battle of Poitiers on 19 September 1356.3 He held the office of Lord Warden of the Marches between 1368 and 1400.3 He succeeded as the 3rd Earl of Douglas [S., 1358] on 14 August 1388.1 He was conservator of a peace with the English on 16 July 1390.3

Children of Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas and Lady Joan Moray

Child of Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas

Citations:
  1. [S6] 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 IV, page 432. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
  2. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume XII/1, page 388.
  3. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume IV, page 433.
  4. [S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 3233. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
  5. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain’s Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 219. Hereinafter cited as Britain’s Royal Families.
  6. [S3178] Gregory Lauder-Frost, “re: Campbell-Renton Family,” e-mail message to BENR, 10 June 2008. Hereinafter cited as “re: Campbell-Renton Family.”
  7. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume IV, page 435.

Christian Haliburton1

Female, Registry Number #107989

Last Edited=28 Aug 2016
     Christian Haliburton is the daughter of Walter Haliburton and Lady Isabella Stewart.1 She married George Leslie, 1st Earl of Rothes, son of Sir Norman Leslie of Rothes and of Fythkill and Christian Seton, in 1440.1,2
     She was also known as Christian Halyburton. From 1440, her married name became Leslie.1

Children of Christian Haliburton and George Leslie, 1st Earl of Rothes

Citations:
  1. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain’s Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 219. Hereinafter cited as Britain’s Royal Families.
  2. [S37] BP2003 volume 3, page 3413. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]

George Leslie, 1st Earl of Rothes1

Male, Registry Number #107990, b. circa 1417, d. from 31 August 1489 to 24 May 1490

Last Edited=28 Aug 2016
Consanguinity Index=0.02%
     George Leslie, 1st Earl of Rothes was born circa 1417.1 He was the son of Sir Norman Leslie of Rothes and of Fythkill and Christian Seton.2 He married, thirdly, Elizabeth Campbell.2 He married, firstly, Margaret Lundin, daughter of John Lundin of that Ilk, circa 1435.2 He married, secondly, Christian Haliburton, daughter of Walter Haliburton and Lady Isabella Stewart, in 1440.1,2 He died from 31 August 1489 to 24 May 1490.2
     He was created 1st Lord Leslie [Scotland] in 1445.2 He was created 1st Earl of Rothes [Scotland] from 5 November 1457 to 20 March 1457/58.1,2 On 20 March 1457/58 he had his lands in the Sheriffdoms of Aberdeen, Elgin, Perth and Fife united into the territorial barony of Ballinbreich.2

Child of George Leslie, 1st Earl of Rothes and Margaret Lundin

Children of George Leslie, 1st Earl of Rothes and Christian Haliburton

Citations:
  1. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain’s Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 219. Hereinafter cited as Britain’s Royal Families.
  2. [S37] BP2003 volume 3, page 3413. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
  3. [S37] BP2003. [S37]

 

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