William Hay, 3rd Earl of Erroll ( – 14 January 1507) was a Scottish peer. He was the third

Earl of Erroll Earl of Erroll () is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1453 for Sir William Hay. The subsidiary titles held by the Earl of Erroll are ''Lord Hay'' (created 1449) and ''Lord Slains'' (1452), both in the Peerage of Scotland. ...

and the fourth Lord Hay of Erroll.

Biography

William Hay was the son of

William Hay, 1st Earl of Erroll William Hay, 1st Earl of Erroll (1423 – October 1462) was a Scottish peer. He was the first Earl of Erroll and the second Lord Hay of Erroll. Biography William Hay was born in Erroll (now spelled Errol) in Perthshire, the son of Gilbert H ...

and his wife, Beatrix, daughter of

James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas, 1st Earl of Avondale (1371 – 24 March 1443), latterly known as James the Gross, and prior to his ennoblement as James of Balvenie, was a late mediaeval Scottish magnate. He was the second son of Archibald Do ...

. He was the great-great grandson of King

Robert II of Scotland Robert II (2 March 1316 – 19 April 1390) was King of Scots from 1371 to his death in 1390. The son of Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland, and Marjorie, daughter of King Robert the Bruce, he was the first monarch of the House of Stewa ...

and his first wife,

Elizabeth Mure Elizabeth Mure (est. born 2 March 1320 - died before May 1355), a member of Clan Muir, was the first wife of Robert, High Steward of Scotland, and Guardian of Scotland (1338–1341 and from October 1346), who later became King Robert II of Scotl ...

. He inherited the earldom after the death of his older brother,

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, in 1470. He was a member of the King James III's

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and a commissioner for the 1482 peace treaty with England.

Marriage and issue

He married first Lady Isabel Gordon, daughter of

George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly (died 8 June 1501) was a Scottish nobleman and Chancellor of Scotland from 1498 to 1501. Life George was the son of Alexander (Seton) Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly and his second wife Elizabeth Crichton, daughter ...

and Princess

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, daughter of King

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. They had three sons and one daughter: #

William Hay, 4th Earl of Erroll William Hay, 4th Earl of Erroll (1470 – 9 September 1513), styled as Lord Hay until 1507, was a Scottish peer and soldier. He was killed at the Battle of Flodden. Biography William Hay was the son of William Hay, 3rd Earl of Erroll. He ha ...

, killed with his brother at the

Battle of Flodden The Battle of Flodden, Flodden Field, or occasionally Branxton, (Brainston Moor) was a battle fought on 9 September 1513 during the War of the League of Cambrai between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, resulting in an English ...

, 9 September 1513. He married Christian Lyon, daughter of

John Lyon, 3rd Lord Glamis John Lyon, 3rd Lord of Glamis (14311 April 1497) was a Scottish nobleman. Born in Angus, he was the second son of Patrick Lyon, 1st Lord Glamis, and inherited the title on his brother's death in 1486. He attended university, possibly in Paris. He ...

, and had issue: ##

William Hay, 5th Earl of Erroll William Hay, 5th Earl of Erroll ( – 28 July 1522) was a Scottish peer and statesman. Biography William Hay was the son of the William Hay, 4th Earl of Erroll and Christian Lyon. He had double royal lineage, descended from Kings Robert II o ...

#Thomas Hay of Logie, killed at Flodden. He married Margaret Logie, daughter of Lyon Logie of that Ilk, and had issue: ##

George Hay, 7th Earl of Erroll George Hay, 7th Earl of Erroll ( – 30 January 1573) was a Scottish nobleman and politician. Biography Hay was the grandson of William Hay, 3rd Earl of Erroll; George's father Thomas was killed alongside his older brother, William Hay, 4th Ea ...

##Beatrix Hay #John Hay #Lady Beatrix Hay, contracted to marry eldest son of Sir William Keith of Inverugie He married secondly Lady Elizabeth Leslie, daughter of

George Leslie, 1st Earl of Rothes George Leslie, 1st Earl of Rothes (c. 1406/1417 – 1490) was a Scottish nobleman and the first to hold the title of "Earl of Rothes", a hereditary title of the ruler of Leslie, Fife and the lands belonging to the Earl of Rothes. Family Georg ...

. They had two sons and one daughter: #John II Hay #William Hay of Lesk #Lady Elizabeth Hay, married

David Lindsay, 8th Earl of Crawford David Lindsay, 8th Earl of Crawford (died 27 November 1542) was the son of Alexander Lindsay, 7th Earl of Crawford. He was a member of Clan Lindsay, a Scottish Lowland clan. He married Elizabeth Hay, daughter of William Hay, 3rd Earl of Erroll. Su ...

References

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