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Beatrix 'Fair Maid of Galloway' Douglas[1]

Female - 1475

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  • Name Beatrix 'Fair Maid of Galloway' Douglas 
    Gender Female 
    Name Margaret. Douglas 
    Death 1475 
    Notes 
    • Also called Margaret. Some say died 1488.

      http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal09537


      http://www.thepeerage.com/p10825.htm#i108249


      Margaret Douglas also went by the nick-name of 'the Fair Maid of Galloway'.«sup»5«/sup» From between 1459 and 1460, her married name became Stewart. As a result of her marriage, Margaret Douglas was styled as «i»Countess of Atholl«/i» in 1460.«sup»5«/sup»

      1.Alison Weir, «i»Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy«/i» (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 230. Hereinafter cited as «i»Britain's Royal Family«/i».

      2. G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, «i»The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed.«/i», 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume IV, page 436. Hereinafter cited as «i»The Complete Peerage«/i».

      3. Cokayne, and others, «i»The Complete Peerage«/i», volume IV, page 437.

      4. Cokayne, and others, «i»The Complete Peerage«/i», volume I, page 312.

      5, Cokayne, and others, «i»The Complete Peerage«/i», volume I, page 313.

      6. Cokayne, and others, «i»The Complete Peerage«/i», volume V, page 545.
    Person ID I16841  Glenn Cook Family
    Last Modified 14 Feb 2009 

    Father Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas,   b. Abt 1390   d. 26 Jun 1439, Restalrig Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 49 years) 
    Mother Lady Euphemia Graham, Countess of Stratherne   d. 1 Aug 1468-1 Nov 1468 
    Marriage Bef 26 Apr 1425 
    Family ID F6648  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas,   b. Abt 1425   d. 22 Feb 1451, Stirling Castle Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 26 years) 
    Marriage 24 Jul 1444 
    Family ID F8018  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Nov 2006 

    Family 2 John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl,   b. Abt 1440   d. 15 Sep 1512 (Age ~ 72 years) 
    Marriage 1459 
    Family ID F13378  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Nov 2006 

    Family 3 James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas,   b. Aft 1440   d. 22 May 1491, Lindores Abbey, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 50 years) 
    Marriage 27 Feb 1452 
    Divorce 1455 
    Family ID F8026  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Nov 2006 

  • Sources 
    1. [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).