DOUGLAS, Archibald 5th Earl of Angus, 'Bell the Cat' ^{1 2}

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Archibald married Elizabeth BOYD, daughter of Robert BOYD Lord Boyd, Lord Chamberlain and Mariota MAXWELL, 4 March 1467(1468).^{1 2} (Elizabeth BOYD was born about 1451 and died before 1498 ^{1 2}.)

  Marriage Notes:

"The fifth Earl of Angus was twice, if not three times, married. During his father's lifetime he was contracted to marry Katherine Gordon, one of the daughters of Alexander, first Earl of Huntly, the agreement being dated 30 September 1461. This contract, however, was never fulfilled, and he married, first, before May 1468, Elizabeth Boyd, daughter of Robert, Lord Boyd, who died before 1498, when he married, or was contracted to, Janet Kennedy, daughter of John, Lord Kennedy....By Elizabeth Boyd the fifth Earl of Angus had seven children, four sons and three daughters ...."

from Scots Peerage (vol 1)




"Elisabeth. She was married, as first wife, 4 March 1467-68, to Archibald (Douglas), fifth Earl of Angus, 'Bell the Cat,' and had as his wife a charter of lordship of Abernethy 21 May 1468. She died before 1498, leaving issue."

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

Archibald next married Janet KENNEDY, daughter of John KENNEDY 2nd Lord Kennedy and Elizabeth GORDON, about 1498.¹ (Janet KENNEDY was born about 1476.)

  Marriage Notes:

"The fifth Earl of Angus was twice, if not three times, married .... he married, first, before May 1468, Elizabeth Boyd, daughter of Robert, Lord Boyd, who died before 1498, when he married, or was contracted to, Janet Kennedy, daughter of John, Lord Kennedy. On 20 July 1498 the Earl granted to her in token of affection the lands of Braidwood in liferent, and after her decease to the heirs-male born betwixt him and her. In September of same year, also as a mark of affection, he granted to her the barony of Crawford Lindsay for life. In 1531 Janet, Lady Bothwell, founded a prebend in the Collegiate Church of St. Mary in the Fields, Edinburgh, for the benefit of the deceased Earl of Angus, to whom she refers as formerly her husband. It would appear, therefore, that more than a mere contract subsisted betwixt her and the Earl, but she is nowhere styled Countess of Angus, arid she certainly became about 1499 the mistress of King James IV., and was mother of James, Earl of Moray, who died in 1544."

from Scots Peerage (vol 1) ¹

Archibald next married Katherine STIRLING about 1 June 1500.¹ The marriage ended in divorced or separated by 1512. (Katherine STIRLING was born about 1490.)

  Marriage Notes:

"The Earl married, on or about 1 June 1500, Katherine Stirling, daughter of Sir William Stirling of Keir, knight, to whom on that date he granted his lands of the earldom of Angus and lordship of Kirriemuir to her and the heirsmale born of the marriage. At intervals between 1503 and 1510 she is styled in various writs Countess of Angus. Two years later, however, she is designed simply Katherine Stirling, and was either divorced or separated from the Earl .... "

from Scots Peerage (vol 1) ¹