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.
^Mackintosh, John (1898). Historic Earls and Earldoms of Scotland. W. Jolly.
^Guthrie, William (1767). A General History of Scotland. Vol. 4. Paternoster Row, London: A. Hamilton, Robinson and Roberts. pp. 371-372. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
william, earl, erroll, 1470, september, 1513, styled, lord, until, 1507, scottish, peer, soldier, killed, battle, flodden, right, honourablethe, earl, errollarms, earl, erroll8th, lord, high, constable, scotlandin, office, 1507, 1513preceded, bywilliam, haysuc. 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 The Right HonourableThe Earl of ErrollArms of the Earl of Erroll8th Lord High Constable of ScotlandIn office 1507 1513Preceded byWilliam HaySucceeded byWilliam HayPersonal detailsBorn1470Huntly Aberdeenshire ScotlandDied9 September 1513 age 42 or 43 Battle of Flodden Northumberland EnglandSpouse s Christian LyonMargaret KinlochChildrenWilliam Hay 5th Earl of ErrollLady Isabel HayParent s William Hay 3rd Earl of ErrollLady Isabel Gordon Contents 1 Biography 2 Marriage and issue 3 Ancestry 4 ReferencesBiography editWilliam 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 editHe 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 HayHe married secondly Margaret Kinloch of Cruvie widow of Sir James Sandilands 5th feudal baron of Calder Ancestry editAncestors of William Hay 4th Earl of Erroll16 Sir William de la Haye 1st Lord Hay8 Gilbert Hay17 Margaret Gray4 William Hay 1st Earl of Erroll18 William Hay of Yester9 Alicia Hay19 Alicia de la Haye2 William Hay 3rd Earl of Erroll20 Archibald Douglas 3rd Earl of Douglas10 James Douglas 7th Earl of Douglas21 Joanna de Moravia5 Lady Beatrix Douglas22 Robert Stewart Duke of Albany11 Lady Beatrix Stewart23 Margaret Graham Countess of Menteith1 William Hay 4th Earl of Erroll24 Alexander Seton Lord Gordon12 Alexander Gordon 1st Earl of Huntly25 Lady Elizabeth Stewart6 George Gordon 2nd Earl of Huntly26 William Crichton 1st Lord Crichton13 Elizabeth Crichton27 Agnes Maitland3 Lady Isabel Gordon nbsp Robert III of Scotland nbsp James I of Scotland nbsp Anabella Drummond7 Annabella of Scotland30 John Beaufort 1st Earl of Somerset nbsp Lady Joan Beaufort31 Margaret Holland Duchess of ClarenceReferences edit Mackintosh John 1898 Historic Earls and Earldoms of Scotland W Jolly Guthrie William 1767 A General History of Scotland Vol 4 Paternoster Row London A Hamilton Robinson and Roberts pp 371 372 Retrieved 7 May 2023 James Balfour Paul 1906 The Scots Peerage Volume 3 D Douglas pp 565 566 Military officesPreceded byWilliam Hay Lord High Constable of Scotland1507 1513 Succeeded byWilliam HayPeerage of ScotlandPreceded byWilliam Hay nbsp Earl of Erroll1507 1513 Succeeded byWilliam Hay Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William Hay 4th Earl of Erroll amp oldid 1153709296, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
