BOYD, Margaret ^{1 2 3}

   Other names for Margaret were BOYD, Gracill ⁴ and BOYD, Grizel.²

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Margaret married Alexander FORBES 4th Lord Forbes, son of William FORBES 3rd Lord Forbes, 'Gray Willie' and Christian GORDON.^{1 2} (Alexander FORBES 4th Lord Forbes was born about 1469 and died before 6 May 1491 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Alexander (Forbes), fourth Lord Forbes. On 5 July 1483 Alexander, Lord Forbes, son and heir of William, Lord Forbes, was ordained to pay to Margaret, Lady Dirleton, 2000 merks, being the double of the casualty of his marriage, for his failing to marry Margaret Ker, Lady Dirleton's daughter."

"He married Margaret Boyd, only daughter of Thomas, Earl of Arran, and niece of King James III. She was married, secondly, about 9 August 1509, to David, Earl of Cassillis."

from Scots Peerage (vol 4)




"Grizel or Margaret (Boyd). She is called Grizel in the pedigrees, but appears as Margaret in the Registers of the Great Seal, and in the Papal Dispensation, etc. She was born between 1468 and 1473, and was married, first, to Alexander, fourth Lord Forbes, who died s.p. before 16 May 1491 ; secondly, as second wife, before 9 August 1509, to David (Kennedy), third Lord Kennedy, then created Earl of Cassillis, who died s.p. by her, at Flodden, 9 September 1513."

from Scots Peerage (vol 5) ^{1 2}

Margaret next married Sir David KENNEDY Earl of Cassilis, son of John KENNEDY 2nd Lord Kennedy and Elizabeth MONTGOMERIE, before or about 9 August 1509.^{1 2 3} (Sir David KENNEDY Earl of Cassilis was born about 1461 and died on 9 September 1513 in Battle of Flodden Field, Northumberland, England ³.)

  Marriage Notes:

"He (David Kennedy) married, secondly, about 9 August 1509, Margaret Boyd, already named as widow of Alexander Lord Forbes. She survived the Earl, and had a dispute with her stepson Gilbert, second Earl, as to which she appealed on 9 February 1515-16.
The first Earl had no issue by his second marriage. By his first wife, Agnes Borthwick, he had issue" (page 461)

from Scots Peerage (vol 2)



"She (Margaret Boyd) was married, secondly, about 9 August 1509, to David, Earl of Cassillis."

from Scots Peerage (vol 4) ^{1 3}