Elizabeth Maxwell

Is your surname Maxwell?

Research the Maxwell family

Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love

  • Build your family tree online
  • Share photos and videos
  • Smart Matching™ technology
  • Free!

Elizabeth Maxwell

Also Known As: "Elizabeth Douglas", "Elizabeth Dacre"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Probably Carloverock, Dumfrieshire, Scotland
Death: before January 01, 1370
Naworth Castle, Brampton, Cumberland, England
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Sir John Maxwell, Kt. and Christian Maxwell
Wife of Sir William Douglas of Liddesdale and Hugh Dacre, 4th Baron Dacre
Mother of Mary Douglas of Liddesdale and William Dacre, 5th Baron Dacre
Sister of Agnes de Maxwell and Robert Maxwell, Lord of Caelaverock and Mearns

Managed by: Ken Jon Schonberg
Last Updated:

About Elizabeth Maxwell

  • 'Elizabeth Maxwell1
  • 'F, d. before 1 January 1370
  • Father John Maxwell d. c 1347
  • ' Elizabeth Maxwell was born at of Carlaverock, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. She married Sir William Douglas, son of Sir James Douglas and Joan; Her 1st husband.2 Elizabeth Maxwell married Hugh de Dacre, 4th Lord Dacre, son of Sir Randolf de Dacre and Margaret de Multon, between 8 October 1354 and 1 July 1355. Elizabeth Maxwell died before 1 January 1370.
  • 'Family 1 Sir William Douglas d. Aug 1353
  • Child
    • ◦Mary Douglas2 d. b 30 Jun 1367
  • 'Family 2 Hugh de Dacre, 4th Lord Dacre b. c 1335, d. 24 Dec 1383
  • Child
    • ◦Sir William de Dacre, 5th Lord Dacre of Gilsland+ b. 1357, d. 20 Jul 1399
  • Citations
  • 1.[S10480] Unknown author, The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. IV, p. 5/6.
  • 2.[S147] Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, 1938 ed., by Sir Bernard Burke, p., 1787.
  • http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1121.htm#...
  • _________________
  • 'Elizabeth Maxwell1
  • ' F, #109193, d. before 1 January 1369/70
  • Last Edited=24 Feb 2009
  • ' Elizabeth Maxwell married, firstly, Sir William Douglas, son of Sir James Douglas of Lothian.1 She married, secondly, Hugh de Dacre, 4th Lord Dacre, son of Sir Randolf de Dacre, 1st Lord Dacre and Margaret de Multon, between 8 October 1354 and 1 July 1355.1,3 She died before 1 January 1369/70.3
  • ' She was the daughter of Sir John Maxwell of Carlaverock.2 Her married name became Douglas.1
  • ' Child of Elizabeth Maxwell and Hugh de Dacre, 4th Lord Dacre
    • 1.William de Dacre, 5th Lord Dacre+ b. c 1357, d. 20 Jul 1399
  • Citations
  • 1.[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 I, page 310. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
  • 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 1013. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
  • 3.[S2] Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 47. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage, Volume XIV.
  • http://www.thepeerage.com/p10920.htm#i109193
  • _____________________ ACCORDING TO THE OTHER SOURCES THE PARENTS LISTED HERE FOR HUGH & ELIZABETH ARE NOT CORRECT
  • Hugh DACRE (4° B. Dacre of Gillesland)
  • Born: ABT 1320 / ABT 1335, Gillesland, Northumberland, England
  • Died: 24 Dec 1383
  • Buried: Lanercost Priory, Cumberland, England
  • Father: Thomas DACRE
  • Mother: Catherine LUCY
  • 'Married 1: Elizabeth MAXWELL (dau. of Alexander Maxwell)
  • Children:
    • 1. William DACRE (5° B. Dacre of Gillesland)
  • Married 2: Elizabeth ? (C. Atholl)
  • http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/DACRE.htm#Hugh DACRE (4° B. Dacre of Gillesland)
  • ________________
view all

Elizabeth Maxwell's Timeline

1335
1335
Probably Carloverock, Dumfrieshire, Scotland
1340
1340
Liddesdale, Roxburgh, Scotland
1357
1357
Naworth Castle (near Brampton), Northumberland, England
1370
January 1, 1370
Age 35
Naworth Castle, Brampton, Cumberland, England