Elizabeth Hay, Countess of Huntly

Elizabeth Hay, Countess Huntly

• Birth: abt 1447 
• Death: Living in 1526 (Magna Carta Ancestry)
• Dau of William Hay, 1st Earl of Erroll, and Lady Beatrice Douglas; 3rd wife of George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly. [Leo van de Pas <leovdpas@iinet.net.au, 7 Apr 2001]

Married

1. George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly, son of Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly and Elizabeth Crichton, in August 1471.2
2. # Andrew Gray, 2nd Lord Gray, son of Patrick Gray, Master of Gray and Annabella Forbes.

Children of Lady Elizabeth Hay and George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly

1. Alexander Gordon , 3rd Earl of Huntly b: 1471
2. Catherine Gordon
3. Agnes Gordon , of Huntly
4. Eleanore Gordon
5. Janet Gordon , of Huntly
6. Adam Gordon , Lord Aboyne
7. James (Sir) Gordon , Admiral,1st of Letterfourie
8. Elizabeth Gordon , of Huntly
9. Mary Gordon , of Huntly
10. Agnes Gordon
11. William (Sir) Gordon , of Schivas & of Gight b: ABT 1450

Notes

"According to SP 6:528-531, Ferrerius, the early Gordon historian who lived with a member of the family during the mid-1500s (see SP 4:533), was of the opinion that Elizabeth Hay was the mother of all of the future second earl's sons and that only Isabel was a daughter of Princess Annabella. "

Citations

1. [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 2, page 1642. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
2. [S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume 2, page 2011.
3. [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 4, page 529. Hereinafter cited as The Scots Peerage.
4. [S323] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage, volume IV, page 531.

Sources

1. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition. By Douglas Richardson. Page 581. "His widow Elizabeth married 2nd, as his 4th wife, Andrew Gray, 2nd Lord Gray. She was living in 1526."

Links

• http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I3521&tree=E...
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=maclaren&...
• http://thepeerage.com/p2581.htm#i25808
• http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p820.htm#i...

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