DOUGLAS, Elizabeth 2 3
- Born: About 1399
- Marriage (1): STEWART, John Earl of Buchan, 'Earl of Ross' about 1413 1
- Marriage (2): STEWART, Thomas 'Master of Mar' after 14 August 1424 1 2
- Marriage (3): SINCLAIR, William 3rd Earl of Orkney, Earl of Caithness, 2nd Lord Sinclair about 1435 1 3
- Died: About 1451 1
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Elizabeth married John STEWART Earl of Buchan, 'Earl of Ross', son of Robert STEWART Duke of Albany, Earl of Fife and Menteith and Muriella KEITH, about 1413.1 (John STEWART Earl of Buchan, 'Earl of Ross' was born about 1381 and died on 17 August 1424 in Battle of Verneuil, France 1.)
Marriage Notes:
"Elizabeth (Douglas), married, first, in 1413, to John Stewart, Earl of Buchan, who was killed at Verneuil, issue one daughter"
from Scots Peerage (vol 3) 1
Elizabeth next married Thomas STEWART 'Master of Mar', son of Alexander STEWART Earl of Mar and Garioch, jure uxoris and Unknown, after 14 August 1424.1 2 (Thomas STEWART 'Master of Mar' was born about 1393 and died before 1435(dvp) 2.)
Marriage Notes:
"Elizabeth (Douglas), married .... secondly, without issue, to Sir Thomas Stewart, natural son of Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar, and was again a widow before 1435"
from Scots Peerage (vol 3)
"The Earl (Alexander Stewart) had no family by either of his wives, but he had a natural son Thomas, and he obtained from King James I., on 28 May 1426, a charter granting the earldom of Mar and the lordship of the Garioch to himself and his son with reversion to the King and his heirs. The King also in the following January granted or continued to him the lordship of Badenoch for life. He died in 1435, without lawful issue, his son Thomas, who had married Elizabeth Douglas, widow of John Stewart, Earl of Buchan .... without issue, having predeceased him."
from Scots Peerage (vol 5) 1 2
Elizabeth next married William SINCLAIR 3rd Earl of Orkney, Earl of Caithness, 2nd Lord Sinclair, son of Henry SINCLAIR 2nd Earl of Orkney, Lord Sinclair and Egidia DOUGLAS, about 1435.1 3 (William SINCLAIR 3rd Earl of Orkney, Earl of Caithness, 2nd Lord Sinclair was born about 1408 and died by 29 March 1482 4.)
Marriage Notes:
"Earl William died sometime between the date of the charter and 29 March 1482. He was three times married; first, to Elizabeth Douglas, daughter of Archibald, fourth Earl of Douglas, by Lady Margaret Stewart, daughter of King Robert III. She was already the widow of John, Earl of Buchan, Constable of France, and of Sir Thomas Stewart, son of Alexander, Earl of Mar."
from Scots Peerage (vol 2)
"Elizabeth (Douglas), married .... thirdly, to William Sinclair, Earl of Orkney and Caithness, who survived her. She is said to have founded the crypt at the east end of Roslin Chapel. Over the door of the crypt is, or was, the inscription 'Forte est vinum, fortior est Rex, fortiores sunt mulieres, super omnia vincit veritas.' The Countess died about 1451."
from Scots Peerage (vol 3)
"William Sinclair of Newburgh, commonly known as 'The Waster,' was the eldest son of the said William, Earl of Caithness, by his first marriage with Elizabeth Douglas, daughter of Archibald, fourth Earl of Douglas. He was disinherited by his father, who, on 7 December 1476, resigned his lands of the earldom of Caithness in the hands of the King, from whom he obtained a new grant with remainder to William, the eldest son of his second marriage."
from Scots Peerage (vol 7) 1 3 4
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