Person:Thomas Boyd (89)
Thomas Boyd, Earl of Arran
b.1446 Bridge of Weir, Houston, Renfrewshire, Scotland
d.Est 1472
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Thomas Boyd, Earl of Arran1446 - Est 1472
  2. Alexander Boyd, 3rd Lord Boyd1452 - 1508
  3. Archibald BoydAbt 1454 - Bef 1507
  4. John BoydAbt 1456 -
  5. Elizabeth BoydAbt 1458 - Bef 1498
  6. Annabella BoydAbt 1460 -
  7. Margaret BoydAbt 1462 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Thomas Boyd, Earl of Arran1446 - Est 1472
  • W.  Mary Stewart1453 - 1488
m. 26 Apr 1467
  1. Margaret BoydBef 1468 - Aft 1516
  2. James Boyd, 2nd Lord BoydAbt 1469 - 1484
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Facts and Events
Name Thomas Boyd, Earl of Arran
Gender Male
Birth? 1446 Bridge of Weir, Houston, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Alt Birth? 1446 Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Marriage 26 Apr 1467 Scotlandto Mary Stewart
Death? Est 1472
Alt Death? Abt 1473 Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium
Alt Death? 1477 Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium
Reference Number? Q4090351?


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Thomas Boyd, Earl of Arran (died c. 1473) was a Scottish nobleman.

Thomas was the son of Robert, 1st Lord Boyd, who was a regent during the minority of King James III of Scotland. His father was able to have Thomas created Earl of Arran and Baron Kilmarnock in the Peerage of Scotland, and arrange for Thomas' marriage to Princess Mary Stewart of Scotland, sister of King James III and daughter of King James II of Scotland, in 1467. The marriage was unpopular, especially after Lord Boyd and his brother, Sir Alexander Boyd, were later convicted of treason for abducting young James III, contriving the marriage of Thomas to Princess Mary Stewart (which was considered as an unforgivable insult by King James III), and establishing the regency.

While Thomas Boyd and his father were out of the country, negotiating the cession of Orkney to Scotland and King James III's marriage to Margaret of Denmark, the regency was overthrown, and they were attainted for high treason in 1469. However, Thomas fulfilled his mission, that of bringing the King's bride Margaret to Scotland, and then warned by his wife, he escaped with her back to Denmark. He is mentioned very eulogistically in one of the Paston Letters, but practically nothing is known of his subsequent history. He probably died at Antwerp between 1471 and 1473.

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References
  1.   Thomas Boyd, Earl of Arran, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2.   Thomas Boyd, 1st Earl of Arran, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
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