DOUGLAS, Archibald 6th Earl of Moray, jure uxoris 1 2
- Born: About 1427
- Marriage (1): DUNBAR, Elizabeth co-heiress of Moray before 26 April 1442 1
- Died: 1 May 1455, Battle of Arkinholme, Langholm, Dumfriesshire, Scotland 1 2
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Archibald married Elizabeth DUNBAR co-heiress of Moray, daughter of James DUNBAR 4th Earl of Moray and Margaret SETON, before 26 April 1442.1 (Elizabeth DUNBAR co-heiress of Moray was born about 1427 and died before March 1494 2.)
Marriage Notes:
"Elizabeth, called Mary by some writers and also Agnes, married, before 26 April 1442, to Archibald Douglas, who was created Earl of Moray." (page 306)
"She (Elizabeth Dunbar) was alive in 1472, but died some time before 17 February 1485-86, when James Douglas acknowledges himself to be the heir of his mother Elizabeth, Countess of Moray. He also was probably dead before 18 March 1493-94, when Janet Dunbar was served heir to her sister in certain lands in Caithness. The Earl and Countess had issue two children. James, already named, styled son and heir in the agreement with Lord Gordon after his father's death, and Janet, also named in same writ. Of her nothing further is known." (page 310)
from Scots Peerage (vol 6) 1
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