Earl of Angus
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The Mormaer or Earl of Angus was the ruler of the medieval Scottish province of Angus. The title, in the Peerage of Scotland, is held by the Duke of Hamilton, and is used as a courtesy title for the eldest son of the Duke's eldest son.
History
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Mormaers
Angus is one of the oldest attested
Maol Chaluim, in probably about 1240, the mormaerdom passed through the marriage of his daughter Matilda, to the line of the Norman Gilbert de Umfraville
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Ogilvy Earls
The lands of Clan Ogilvy, in Angus, was ruled by a mormaer; one of the ancient Celtic nobles of Scotland who became the first earls.[2] The title of Moramer of Angus became Earl of Angus.[2] Gillebride, Earl of Angus, received a Barony from King William the Lion in 1163,[3] and bestowed upon his son, Gilbert, the lands of Wester Powrie, Ogilvy, and Kyneithin.[4] The top left quadrant displays the Ogilvy crest; argent, a lion passant, guardant, Gules, crowned with an imperial crown and collared with an open one, Proper.[5][unreliable source?]
Umfraville Earls
Robert de Brus during the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314. He was released by Robert and treated with the Scots for peace with England. He was ultimately disinherited of his titles. Robert's heir Gilbert continued attempting to recover the Earldom and supported Edward Balliol
and other disinherited barons and lords in Scotland.
Stewart Earls
Margaret Stewart, countess of Angus in her own right, and widow of Thomas, Earl of Mar.[1]
Douglas earls
An illicit affair between Margaret Stewart, Countess of Mar and Angus, and her brother in law,
Homildon Hill in 1402, and died in captivity in England. Archibald "Bell-the-Cat" (1453–1514) the powerful adversary of James III, was his great-grandson.[1]
William Douglas (1589–1660) 11th Earl of Angus, was created Marquis of Douglas in 1633.7th Duke of Hamilton, whose descendants hold them still.
Mormaers/early Earls of Angus
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Earls of Angus, Stewart line (1329)
- John Stewart, 1st Earl of Angus (d. 1331)
- Thomas Stewart, 2nd Earl of Angus (d. 1361)
- Margaret Stewart, Countess of Angus and Mar(d. 1417) (resigned earldom in favour of her son George Douglas in 1389)
- Thomas, Earl of Mar suo jure uxoris Earl of Angus (d. 1374)
Earls of Angus, Douglas line (1389)
- George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus (1378–1402)
- William Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus (c. 1398–1437)
- James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Angus (1428–1446)
- George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus (c. 1427–1462)
- Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus (1453–1514)
- George Douglas, Master of Angus (1469–1513)
- Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus (1490–1557)
- David Douglas, 7th Earl of Angus (c. 1515–1558)
- Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Angus (1556–1588)
- William Douglas, 9th Earl of Angus (1533–1591)
- William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus (1552–1611)
- William Douglas, 11th Earl of Angus (1590–1660), (created Marquess of Douglas in 1633, when he resigned the earldom, which was regranted with the marquessate)
Marquesses of Douglas (1633)
Also Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest
(The Earldom of Angus was regranted with the Marquessate as a courtesy title, used by the eldest son of the Marquess)
- William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas (1590–1660)
- James Douglas, 2nd Marquess of Douglas (1646–1700)
- Archibald Douglas, 3rd Marquess of Douglas (1694–1761) (created Duke of Douglas in 1703)
Duke of Douglas (1703)
Also Lord Douglas of Bonkill, Prestoun and Robertoun
- Archibald Douglas, 1st Duke of Douglas (1694–1761) (created Duke of Douglas in 1703) (the dukedom became extinct on his death, while the Earldom of Angus, Marquessate of Douglas and other subsidiary titles were inherited by James Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton)
For later Earls of Angus and Marquesses of Douglas, see the Duke of Hamilton
Family tree
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Notes
- ^ a b c d Chisholm 1911, p. 43.
- ^ a b Way, George and Squire, Romily. (1994). Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia. (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Convenor, The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs). pp. 294–295.
- ISBN 0880299509. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ Warden, Alexander (1885). Angus or Forfarshire, the land and its people, descriptive and historical: Volume 5 (5th ed.). Dundee, Scotland: C. Alexander & Company. p. 12. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ "Ogilvie Armorial Bearings".
- ^ Fraser, William (7 May 1885). "The Douglas book". Edinburgh, Printed by T. and A. Constable, at the Edinburgh university press – via Internet Archive.
Bibliography
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Angus, Earls of". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 43–44.
- Roberts, John L., Lost Kingdoms: Celtic Scotland in the Middle Ages, (Edinburgh, 1997), pp. 53–4
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