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.

The Right Honourable The Earl of Erroll
Arms of the Earl of Erroll
8th Lord High Constable of Scotland
In office 1507–1513
Preceded by	William Hay
Succeeded by	William Hay
Personal details
Born	1470 Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Died	9 September 1513 (age 42 or 43) Battle of Flodden, Northumberland, England
Spouse(s)	Christian Lyon Margaret Kinloch
Children	William Hay, 5th Earl of Erroll Lady Isabel Hay
Parent(s)	William Hay, 3rd Earl of Erroll Lady Isabel Gordon

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:

1. William Hay, 5th Earl of Erroll (c. 1495, Errol, Perthshire, Scotland – 28 July 1522 in Edinburgh)
2. 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

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