Scottish peer and soldier
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 had double royal lineage: his grandfather, William Hay, 1st Earl of Erroll was a great-great grandson of King Robert II of Scotland; and his maternal grandfather was James I of Scotland.[1]
He served as the Lord High Constable of Scotland, a hereditary title that was, after the king, the supreme officer of the Scottish army. He was killed on 9 September 1513 in the Battle of Flodden,[2] near Branxton, Northumberland. He died alongside his younger brother Thomas, King James IV of Scotland and more than a dozen dukes and earls in a decisive English victory.[3]
Marriage and issue
He married Christian Lyon, daughter of John Lyon, 3rd Lord Glamis, and had two children:
- William Hay, 5th Earl of Erroll (c. 1495, Errol, Perthshire, Scotland – 28 July 1522 in Edinburgh)
- Lady Isabel Hay
He married secondly Margaret Kinloch of Cruvie, widow of Sir James Sandilands, 5th feudal baron of Calder.
Ancestry
Ancestors of William Hay, 4th Earl of Erroll |
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| | | | | | | | | 16. Sir William de la Haye, 1st Lord Hay | | | | | | | 8. Gilbert Hay | | | | | | | | | | 17. Margaret Gray | | | | | | | 4. William Hay, 1st Earl of Erroll | | | | | | | | | | | | 18. William Hay of Yester | | | | | | | 9. Alicia Hay | | | | | | | | | | 19. Alicia de la Haye | | | | | | | 2. William Hay, 3rd Earl of Erroll | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20. Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas | | | | | | | 10. James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas | | | | | | | | | | 21. Joanna de Moravia | | | | | | | 5. Lady Beatrix Douglas | | | | | | | | | | | | 22. Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany | | | | | | | 11. Lady Beatrix Stewart | | | | | | | | | | 23. Margaret Graham, Countess of Menteith | | | | | | | 1. William Hay, 4th Earl of Erroll | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 24. Alexander Seton, Lord Gordon | | | | | | | 12. Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly | | | | | | | | | | 25. Lady Elizabeth Stewart | | | | | | | 6. George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly | | | | | | | | | | | | 26. William Crichton, 1st Lord Crichton | | | | | | | 13. Elizabeth Crichton | | | | | | | | | | 27. Agnes Maitland | | | | | | | 3. Lady Isabel Gordon | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Robert III of Scotland | | | | | | | James I of Scotland | | | | | | | | | | Anabella Drummond | | | | | | | 7. Annabella of Scotland | | | | | | | | | | | | 30. John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset | | | | | | | Lady Joan Beaufort | | | | | | | | | | 31. Margaret Holland, Duchess of Clarence | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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