Elizabeth Douglas, Dowager Countess of Buchan

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Lady Elizabeth Douglas was born between 1385 and 1401. She was the daughter of Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas and Margaret Stewart, Lady of Galloway.1 She married, thirdly, William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness, son of Henry Sinclair, 2nd Earl of Orkney and Egidia Douglas.2 She married, firstly, John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Buchan, son of Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany and Muriel Keith, in November 1413.1 She married, secondly, Sir Thomas Stewart, Master of Mar, son of Alexander Stewart, 12th Earl of Mar.1 She died circa 1451.3

    Her married name became Sinclair.2 From November 1413, her married name became Stewart. As a result of her marriage, Lady Elizabeth Douglas was styled as Dowager Countess of Buchan on 17 August 1424.4 Child of Lady Elizabeth Douglas and John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Buchan 1.Margaret Stewart+5 d. b 8 Jan 1461 Children of Lady Elizabeth Douglas and William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness 1.Elizabeth Sinclair+6 d. 1508 2.William Sinclair, 2nd Lord Sinclair+7 d. c 14 Jul 1487 3.Katherine Sinclair8 4.Susan Sinclair8 5.Marjory Sinclair8 6.Mariot Sinclair8 Citations 1.[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 219. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Family. 2.[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 642. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition. 3.[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 478. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage. 4.[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume I, page 79. 5.[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family, page 220. 6.[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume XI, page 188. 7.[S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition. 8.[S323] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's The Peerage of Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland: David Douglas, 1904), volume II, page 334. Hereinafter cited as The Scots Peerage.

William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

He was married three times, first to Lady Elizabeth Douglas, daughter of Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas; secondly to Marjory Sutherland, daughter of Alexander Sutherland of Dunbeath, and lastly to Janet Yeman.