William de Douglas

Abt 1320 - Abt 1384  (~ 64 years)

• Name	William de Douglas  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1320
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt May 1384	Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [2, 3, 4]
  Burial	Melrose Abbey, Roxburghshire, Scotland   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I29043	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of GFS, Ancestor of LD, Ancestor of TWK
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	Archibald Douglas,   b. Aft 18 Feb 1290   d. 19 Jul 1333, Halidon Hill, Northumberland, England (Age < 42 years)
  Mother	Beatrice Lindsay,   b. Abt 1286   d. Bef 6 Dec 1352 (Age ~ 66 years)
  Family ID	F17272	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	(Unknown mistress of William de Douglas)
  Children	+ 1. Joan
  Family ID	F17318	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jul 2020

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret Stewart,   b. Abt 1354   d. Bef 23 Mar 1418 (Age ~ 64 years)
  Children	+ 1. George Douglas,   b. Between 1378 and 1380   d. 1403, England (Age ~ 25 years)
  Family ID	F17268	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jun 2020

  
  

  Family 3	Margaret Mar   d. Bef 22 Nov 1393
  Marriage	Bef 13 Nov 1357  [5]
  Children	+ 1. James Douglas,   b. Abt 1358   d. Aug 1388, Otterburn, Northumberland, England (Age ~ 30 years)
  Family ID	F20937	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Aug 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Earl of Douglas and Mar. 1st Earl of Douglas. "Sir William Douglas, of Douglas, 2nd but only surviving son of Sir Archibald Douglas, Regent of Scotland (Apr. to July 1333), by Beatrice, daughter of Sir Alexander Lindsay, of Crawford, having by the resignation of his uncle, Hugh Douglas, 26 May 1342 (confirmed by the King), obtained the vast estates of the Douglas family (formerly held by the well-known Sir James Douglas, "the Good", slain in Spain, 25 Aug. 1330, elder brother of Hugh and Archibald abovenamed), attained full age about 1348, distinguished himself (1346-56) against the English in Scotland; slew his kinsman, Wilham Douglas, "the Knight of Liddesdale," in Aug. 1353, and was wounded 19 Sep. 1356, at the Battle of Poitiers. He was present at the Parliament held in Edinburgh, 20 Sep. 1357, and was one of the eight nobles of whom three were to place themselves in the hands of the English on the release of David II. He was, shortly afterwards, cr., 26 Jan. 1357/8, EARL OF DOUGLAS [S.]. He attended the Coronation of Robert II at Scone, 26 Mar. 1371; was Warden of the Marches, obtaining several successes against the English, and bringing Teviotdale into perfect subjection. He married, probably shortly before 13 Nov. 1357 (when she is mentioned in a charter of David II), Margaret, only daughter of Donald, Earl of Mar [S.], by Isabel Stewart, which Margaret, by the death of her brother Earl Thomas, between 22 Oct. 1373 and 21 June I374, became suo jure Countess of Mar [S.]. The Earl, her husband (as early as 21 June 1374), assumed in her right that Earldom in addition to his own. He died in May 1384, after a short illness, at Douglas, and was buried at Melrose." [Complete Peerage, citation details below]

  
  

• Sources

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