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Elizabeth Hay, Countess of Huntly (1442 - 1509)

Also Known As: "Elizabeth Hay of Erroll"
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Birthplace: Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Death: June 27, 1509 (62-71)
Scotland (United Kingdom)
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Daughter of Sir William Hay, 1st Earl of Errol, 2nd Lord Hay, Constable of Scotland and Beatrice Douglas, Countess of Erroll
Wife of George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly and Andrew Gray, 2nd Lord Gray
Mother of Elizabeth Gordon; Janet Gordon of Huntly; Lady Catherine Gordon; Eleanor Gordon; Margaret Gordon, Countess of Bothwell and 4 others
Sister of Nicholas Hay, 2nd Earl of Erroll; Isabel Hay; William Hay, 3rd Earl of Erroll; Beatrix Hay; Margaret Hay of Hay and 2 others

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About 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. James (Sir) Gordon , Admiral,1st of Letterfourie
  7. Elizabeth Gordon , of Huntly
  8. Mary Gordon , of Huntly
  9. Agnes Gordon
  10. 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. The Scots Peerage Vol IV page 531. "The second Earl also had a natural son, Alexander, who had letters of legitimation 8 October 1500. Also a natural daughter Agnes, married to James Ogilvy of Findlater."
  2. 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."

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Huntly Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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