4th Earl of Angus 4th Earl of Angus George Douglas

1426 - 1463  (37 years)

• Name	4th Earl of Angus George Douglas
  Prefix	4th Earl of Angus
  Birth	1426	Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Mar 1463	Kilmars, Ayrshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Age: 37y
  Person ID	ind4288515967	The Skaggs-Files
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	2nd Earl of Angus 2nd Earl of Angus William Douglas,   b. 1399, Mar, Aberdeen, Scotland d. Oct 1437, Mar, Aberdeen, Scotland (Age 38 years)
  Mother	Margaret Haya,   b. 1404, Locharret, Perth, Scotland d. 22 Apr 1484, Mar, Aberdeen, Scotland (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	1416	Perth, England   [2]
  Family ID	fam08287	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isobel Sibbald,   b. Abt 1430, Balgonie Castle, Markinch, Fifeshire, Scotland d. 21 Feb 1497, Balmedie, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age ~ 67 years)
  Children	1. 5th Earl of Angus 5th Earl of Angus Archibald Douglas,   b. Abt 1448, Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 31 Jan 1513, Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland (Age ~ 65 years)   2. Anne Douglas,   b. Abt 1450, Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 1482, Mugdock Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland (Age ~ 32 years)   3. Isabel Douglas,   b. Abt 1455, Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown   4. Janet Douglas,   b. Abt 1457, Angus, Forfarshire, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown   5. Margaret Douglas,   b. Abt 1458, Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	fam4288650454	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2024

  
  

• Notes

  George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus; Ambassador to England 1451; supported James II against the rebel last Earl of Douglas 1454 and was granted large tracts of Douglas lands; defeated English at an encounter at Alnwick, Northumberland 1462; married probably by 1446 Isabel (married 2nd by 1447 John Carmichael of Balmedie, married 3rd Robert Douglas of Lochleven), daughter ofSir John Sibbald of Balgony, and died 14 Nov 1462 or 12 March 1462/3. [Burke's Peerage] -------------- George Douglas, d. 12 Mar 1463, 4th Earl of Angus, succeeded his brother, the 3rd earl, before 9 Sep 1446, Warden of the Marches, ambassador to England 1451; m., as her 1st husband, Isabel, d. before Feb 1502/3, only daughter of Sir John Sibbald of Balgony, Master of the Household to King James II. [Magna Charta Sureties] ------------------------------------------fromdouglashistory.com---------------------------- -------- George, 4th Earl of Angus The Earls of Angus remained loyal to James II even as their kinsmen, the Black Douglases, were making war on him. George, 4th Earl of Angus led the King's Army against his kinsman, James, 9th Earl of Douglas, at the Battle of Arkinholm in 1455. The result was the end of the Black Douglases. After the battle an act of parliament gave Angus the lordship of Douglas with the original possessions of his ancestors in Douglasdale. The 4thEarl died in 1463.

  
  

• Sources

  [source4071143021] Michael Neuman, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=clcaldwell&id=I48290&style=TABLE Caldwell and related families, (Publication Date: 30 JAN 2014 Media: Website / URL). [source06145] Sandy Hunt, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=shtritar&id=I69800&style=TABLE @ RootsWeb Sandy's Family Tree (with Extended Families), (Publication Date: 30 NOV 2008 Media: Website / URL).