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 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 List of Scottish monarchs, King of Scots from 1371 to his death in 1390. The son of Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland, and Marjorie Bruce, Marjorie, daughter of King Robert the Bruce, h ...
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 Scot ...
.
He inherited the earldom after the death of his older brother,
Nicholas
Nicholas is a male name, the Anglophone version of an ancient Greek name in use since antiquity, and cognate with the modern Greek , . It originally derived from a combination of two Ancient Greek, Greek words meaning 'victory' and 'people'. In ...
, in 1470.
He was a member of the King
James III's
Privy Council 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 and Princess
Annabella of Scotland, daughter of King
James I of Scotland
James I (late July 1394 – 21 February 1437) was List of Scottish monarchs, King of Scots from 1406 until his assassination in 1437. The youngest of three sons, he was born in Dunfermline Abbey to King Robert III of Scotland, Robert III and ...
. They had three sons and one daughter:
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William Hay, 4th Earl of Erroll, killed with his brother at the
Battle of Flodden
The Battle of Flodden, Flodden Field, or occasionally Branxton or Brainston Moor was fought on 9 September 1513 during the War of the League of Cambrai between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland and resulted in an English victory ...
, 9 September 1513. He married Christian Lyon, daughter of
John Lyon, 3rd Lord Glamis, and had issue:
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William Hay, 5th Earl of Erroll
#Thomas Hay of Logie, killed at Flodden. He married Margaret Logie, daughter of Lyon Logie of that Ilk, and had issue:
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George Hay, 7th Earl of Erroll
##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. 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.
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References
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1440s births
1507 deaths
Nobility from Perth and Kinross
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Members of the Privy Council of Scotland
15th-century Scottish peers
16th-century Scottish peers