Earl Thomas Boyd Of Arran 
Thomas was born about 1441 in Kilmarnock,Ayrshire,Scotland. Thomas' father was Lord Robert Boyd Of Kilmarrock and his mother was Mariota Janet Maxwell. His paternal grandparents were Lord Thomas Boyd Of Kilmarnock and Isabel; his maternal grandparents were Laird Robert Maxwell Of Calderwood and Elizabeth Denniston. He was an only child. He died about 1473 in Antwerp,Holland (dvp).1 General Notes
Thomas Boyd, 1st and Last Earl of Arran, so created 26 April 1467 after acquiring the Island of Arran off the west coast of Scotland and the sheriffdom of Bute (another island off the west coast of Scotland) through his marriage with James III's sister, a marriage brought about by his father's influence; married by 26 April 1467 Mary, Lady of Scotland (b c1450; married 2nd 1468, while her 1st husband was still alive, 1st Lord Hamilton), daughter of James II. Thomas Boyd was attainted with his father 22 Nov 1469 when he had returned from Denmark with James III's future queen (who he was escorting to Scotland) but had not yet landed, and d.v.p. allegedly c1473 at Antwerp while in the service of Charles "The Bold" Duke of Burgundy. [Burke's Peerage]
-
Ancestor Pedigree Chart
-
*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1323 in Kilmarnock,Ayrshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1355 in Kilmarnock,Ayrshire,Scotland d.> 1409 in Kilmarnock,Ayrshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1375 in Kilmarnock,Ayrshire,Scotland d.02 Jul 1432 in Kilmarnock,Ayrshire,Scotland
- b.1306 in Yester Castle,Gifford,East Lothian,Scotland
- b.~ 1355 in Yester Castle,Gifford,East Lothian,Scotland
- b.1314 in Douglas Castle,Douglas,Lanarkshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1395 in Kilmarnock,Ayrshire,Scotland d.09 Jul 1439 in Craignaught Hill,Renfrewshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1341 in Eaglesham,Renfrewshire,Scotland d.<Jul 1401 in Eaglesham,Renfrewshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1363 in Ardrossan,Fifeshire,Scotland d.<22 Nov 1429 in Eglinton Castle,Kilwinning,Ayrshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1343 in Eglinton Castle,Kilwinning,Ayrshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1380 in Ardrossan,Fifeshire,Scotland
- b.1326 in Finlaggan Castle,Island of Islay,Scotland d.1387 in Ardtornish Castle,Lochaline,Argyllshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1363 in Isle of Islay,Scotland d.Bef 9 MAR 1413/1414
- b.~ 1342 in Dundonald Castle,Irvine,Ayrshire,Scotland d.~ 1410 in Scotland
- b.~ 1415 in Kilmarnock,Ayrshire,Scotland d.<Oct 1482 in In exile at Alnwick,Northumberland,England
- b.~ 1395 in Scotland d.~ 1439
- b.~ 1441 in Kilmarnock,Ayrshire,Scotland d.~ 1473 in Antwerp,Holland (dvp)
- b.~ 1298 in Pollok,Strathclyde,Scotland d.~ 1360 in Pollok,Strathclyde,Scotland
- b.~ 1337 in Pollok,Strathclyde,Scotland d.1405 in Pollok,Strathclyde,Scotland
- b.~ 1373 in Pollok,Strathclyde,Scotland d.1448 in Calderwood,East Kilbride,Lanarkshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1299 in Crawford,Clydesdale,Lanarkshire,Scotland d.<13 Oct 1355 in Crawford,Clydesdale,Lanarkshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1325 in Crawford,Clydesdale,Lanarkshire,Scotland d.1357 in Crawford,Clydesdale,Lanarkshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1298 in Abernethy,Fifeshire,Scotland d.<19 Nov 1355 in Lindores Abbey,Fifeshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1338 in Crawford,Clydesdale,Lanarkshire,Scotland
- b.1292 in Dundonald Castle,Irvine,Ayrshire,Scotland d.19 Jul 1333 in Battle Of Halidon Hill,Scotland
- b.~ 1320 in Dundonald,Ayrshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1298 in Abercorn,Linlithgow,West Lothian,Scotland
- b.~ 1419 in Calderwood,East Kilbride,Lanarkshire,Scotland d.>25 Jun 1472
- b.~ 1360 in Denniston,Glasgow,Strathclyde,Scotland
- b.~ 1387 in Denniston,Glasgow,Strathclyde,Scotland
-
‌Thomas and Mary were married in a religious ceremony before April 26th, 1467 in 1st husband.1 They had a daughter named Margaret.
-
Children
Margaret Boyd
Margaret was born about 1467 in Kilmarnock,Ayrshire,Scotland. She was buried in widow of Alexander 4th Lord Forbes.2
1 Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ 1579
2 Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ 40
2 Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ 40
Page last modified