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Elizabeth Douglas -Countess of Ross and Buchan




Family 1: William Sinclair -1st Earl of Caithness,    b. 1410 in Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland    d. 29 MAR 1482 in Ravenscraig Castle, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
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  1. Title: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/9289/records/6709176;
  2. Title: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/9289/records/16391851;
  3. Title: Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI)
    Author: Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 1226983
    Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/4394/records/6135338;
  4. Title: Ancestry Family Trees
    Author: Ancestry Family Tree
  5. Title: North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
    Author: Book Title: Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 007
    Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/61157/records/2412285;
  6. Title: The Peerage
    Author: http://thepeerage.com/p10800.htm#i107996
    Publication: Name: http://thepeerage.com;
    Note: 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, circa 1425.1,3 She died circa 1451.4 Her married name became Sinclair.2 From November 1413, her married name became Stewart. After her marriage, Lady Elizabeth Douglas was styled as Dowager Countess of Buchan on 17 August 1424.5 Child of Lady Elizabeth Douglas and John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Buchan Lady Margaret Stewart+6 d. b 8 Jan 1461 Children of Lady Elizabeth Douglas and William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness Lady Elizabeth Sinclair+7 d. 1508 William Sinclair, 2nd Lord Sinclair+3 d. c 14 Jul 1487 Katherine Sinclair8 Susan Sinclair8 Mariot Sinclair8 Citations [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 219. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families. [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 642. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37] [S37] BP2003. [S37] [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. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume I, page 79. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families, page 220. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume XI, page 188. [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.
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  7. Title: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22 for William Sinclair
    Author: "Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22 for William Sinclair." Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22 for William Sinclair. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Nov. 2016. .
    Publication: Name: http://interactive.ancestry.com/1981/31205_Vol22-01214/105526;
    Note: Source created by http://RecordSeek.com
    Page: Lists her as wife of Sir William Sinclair

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