George Douglas

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From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Douglas-390
George was born before 1378,[1] the illegitimate son of William Douglas, Earl of Douglas & his mistress Margaret Stewart, (his wife's sister-in-law), Countess of Angus. George was the first Earl of Angus in the Douglas family, inheriting the title from his mother.

He was the first husband, (contract 24 May 1397), of Mary Stewart, daughter of King Robert Stewart III[2]. Foundation for Medieval Genealogy

He was created 1st Earl of Angus on 9 April 1389.[3]

He fought in the Battle of Homildon Hill on 14 September 1402, where he was captured by the English. He died after September 1402 in Lancashire, England from the Bubonic Plague.[3],[4]

He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.[5]

He had two children by his wife:

William Douglas
Elizabeth Douglas
Sources
↑ 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 154.
↑ Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 228.
↑ 3.0 3.1 Mosley, Charles, 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 1281.
↑ 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 155.
↑ Matthew H.C.G., editor, Dictionary of National Biography on CD-ROM (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1995).
See also:

Richardson, Douglas, "Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families", Salt Lake City: the author, 2013 Vol. I, p. 653
Wikipedia: George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus
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The Peerage: George Douglas
Johnston, George Harvey, "The heraldry of the Douglases : with notes on all the males of the family, descriptions of the arms, plates and pedigrees", Edinburgh: W & A K Johnston, 1907, Archive.org, p. 14, p. 39
Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904, Vol. I, Archive.org, pp. 172-213
WeRelate: George Douglas

Died:
Prisoner, Battle of Homildon Hill, died of the plague

George married Mary Stewart in 1397 in Scotland. Mary (daughter of King of The Scots Robert, III and Annabelle Drummond) was born about 1382 in Scotland; died after 1458 in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sir William Douglas was born about 1398 in Scotland; died in Oct 1437 in Scotland.