Beatrice (Douglas) Hay, Countess of Erroll - Parents

Beatrice is currently sitting with 2 sets of parents

Set 1
James, 2nd Lord Douglas of Dalkeith
Elizabeth Gifford of Sheriffhall

Set 2
James "The Gross" Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas
Lady Beatrix Stewart

She was the daughter of the 7th Earl according to Stirnet, which is generally a reliable compiler.

Disconnected from Dalkeith.

Scots ladies kept their maiden names, by the way.

Thank you!!

http://www.thepeerage.com/p10799.htm
James DOUGLAS (7th Earl of Douglas)
married 1st Lady Beatrice STEWART
married 2nd Beatrice SINCLAIR
All of his children are listed as being the children of Beatrice SINCLAIR
- Lady Beatrix DOUGLAS married William HAY (1st Earl of Erroll)
- Lady Janet DOUGLAS married Robert FLEMING (Lord Fleming)
- Lady Elizabeth DOUGLAS married William WALLACE (4th of Cragie and 9th of Riccarton)
- Lady Margaret DOUGLAS married Henry DOUGLAS of Dalkeith
- William DOUGLAS (8th Earl of Douglas) married Lady Margaret DOUGLAS
- James DOUGLAS (9th Earl of Douglas) married 1st Lady Margaret DOUGLAS, 2nd Lady Anne HOLAND
- Archibald DOUGLAS (Earl of Moray) married Lady Elizabeth DUNBAR
- Hugh DOUGLAS (1st Earl of Ormond) - no mention of marriage
- Sir John DOUGLAS of Balveny - no mention of marriage
- Henry DOUGLAS - no mention of marriage
- George DOUGLAS - did not marry

http://www.thepeerage.com/p10825.htm
James DOUGLAS (2nd Lord of Dalkieth)
married Elizabeth GIFFORD

children of James and Elizabeth
- James DOUGLAS (1st Earl of Morton) married Joan STEWART

Sorry Erica, we had a cross posting.

I'm glad you posted because I'm confused about Lady Beatrix Stewart

Who is the peerage .com using as source for her? The site is not nearly as good on Scots as on English, and this site has only the Sinclair wife for James the Gross

http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getper...

Can someone look in the Scots Peerage?

Complete Peerage is skeptical sounding of the Stewart wife:

Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and ..., Volume 3 edited by George Edward Cokayne. Page 157:

https://books.google.com/books?id=k7IKAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA155&dq...

VII. 1440. 7. James (douglas), Earl Of Douglas and Earl Of
Avondale [S.], called " The Gross," great uncle and h. male, being the second s. of Archibald, the 3rd Earl. He was of Balveny &c, co. Ban ft"; was on the trial., 1425, of the Duke of Albany [8.]; was Warden of the Marches, and was about 1437 cr. Gam. Of Avondale [S ] having charter of lands in Peebles, 22 Dec. 1439 (confirmed 20 Sep. 1440 by royal charter), as "Earl of Avondale and Lord of Balveny," a few months before he sue to the Earldom of Douglas. He is said to have m., firstly, Beatrix, da. of Robert (stewaut), Duke Of Albany [8.], the Regent, by his 1st wife, Margaret, tuo jure Countess of Menteitb [8.]. If so, she d. s.p. about 1424. He certainly m. before 7 March 1425/6, Beatrix, da. of Henry (sinclair), Earl Of Orkney [8.] (»). He d. 10 or 24 March 1443/4, and was bur. at Douglas. M.I. His widow was living June 1456, at which date she (with her 3 eldest surviving sons) was attainted. She appears to have d. in England before 8 Feb. 1463.

(sigh) can I just merge the Beatrix wives & make a new Stewart? Moving over all those kids will take forever.

The Stewart girl is a mess, she has the 2nd wife's death date & children from 1392.

So need to relocate, they probably belong a generation up

Margaret Douglas

Janet Douglas

Both the ladies above are disconnected & Jason Scott Wills is hereby tagged to see if he can find their correct parents.

The rest of the children have been moved to Beatrix Sinclair of Orkney, and I'm about to change the dates for Beatrice Stewart, TSP reference on her appreciated .

She had no surviving children.

If Beatrice, countess of Douglas, widow of James the Gross, was attained in 1456, I take it she was convicted of treason and the property confiscated ?

https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Genealogical_Dictionary_of_Legal_T...

Attainder - Conviction of felony or treason whereby the kindred of the attainted could not inherit his estate.

Sorry never tagged her

Beatrix (Bethoc) Sinclair, Countess of Douglas