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 1327 - 1384 (~ 56 years)
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| Name |
William Douglas |
| Title |
Sir |
| Suffix |
1st Earl of Douglas |
| Birth |
~1327 |
Douglas, Larnarkshire, Scotland  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
~ May 1384 |
Douglas, Larnarkshire, Scotland [1, 2] |
| Burial |
Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland [2] |
| Person ID |
I50494 |
The Hennessee Family |
| Last Modified |
5 Jan 2018 |
| Children |
| | 1. Mary Douglas, b. ~1360, Douglas, Larnarkshire, Scotland d. ~1395, Naworth Castle, Brampton, Cumbria, England (Age ~ 35 years) |
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| Family ID |
F18732 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
30 Apr 2023 |
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| Notes |
- illiam "1st Earl of Douglas" Douglas
Born about 1327 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of Archibald Douglas and Beatrice (Lindsay) Douglas
Brother of John (Douglas) de Douglas, Eleanor (Douglas) de Hepburn, Nicholas Erskine [half] and Thomas Erskine [half]
Husband of Mistress Unknown — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of Margaret (Stewart) Douglas — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of Margaret Mar — married 1286 in Castle Cary, Somerset, England
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of James Douglas, Isabel (Douglas) Stewart, Mary (Douglas) Dacre, George Douglas and Margaret Douglas
Died about May 1384 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotlandmap
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Categories: Clan Douglas | Lord of Douglas | Earl of Douglas | Battle of Poitiers | Douglas of Douglas.
Preceded by
First of that line 1st Earl of Douglas
abt. 1358-1384 Succeeded by
Sir James Douglas
Clan Douglas tartan.
William Douglas is a member of Clan Douglas.
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Contents
Biography
On 26 May 1342 he inherited the vast Douglas family estates from his uncle, Hugh Douglas.1 In August 1353 he slew his kinsman, William Douglas.1 He fought in the Battle of Poitiers on 19 September 1356, where he was wounded.1 As a result of his marriage, William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas was styled as Earl of Mar before 13 November 1357. He was created 1st Earl of Douglas [Scotland] on 26 January 1357/58.2 He held the office of Warden of the Marches.
Created 1st Earl of Douglas in 1358, and by marriage Earl of Mar. He returned from training in France in 1348 and recovered Douglasdale and Ettrick Forest to Scottish allegience. He was present at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356. He was warden of the east marches. He rebelled against King David II in 1363 in consequence of royal misappropriation of funds raised for ransom. He was reconciled and swore allegiance to Robert II in 1371. He was justiciar of southern Scotland from 1371 until his death. He had issue by his wife's sister-in-law, Margaret, daughter of Thomas Stewart, Earl of Angus, and Margaret St. Clair.
Sir James Balfour Paul, Editor, 1906, The Scots Peerage, writes: "Hume of. Godscroft and others have assigned three wives to this Earl of Douglas: first, Margaret, or Agnes, Dunbar,2 who is said to be the mother of James, second Earl of Douglas, and of Archibald Douglas, Lord of Galloway; second, Margaret of Mar ; and third, Margaret Stewart, Countess of Mar and Angus. But his only wife was Margaret of Mar, daughter of Donald, and sister of Thomas, Earl of Mar. Douglas and she were married, so far as can be ascertained, in 1357, 3 and she survived him, marrying, as her second husband, before July 1388, Sir John Swinton of Swinton, and dying in 1390."
DNA
Note: Y-DNA Haplogroup conflict. (Probably does not belong to Haplogroup I2b1, as listed on familytreedna.com mrl
William, 1st Earl of Douglas, incl Douglas-Hamilton, Dukes of Hamilton, I2b1 Group Type 1: William, 1st Earl of Douglas, incl Douglas-Hamilton, Dukes of Hamilton, Y-DNA Haplogroup I2b1 familytreedna
William Douglas, Born about 1150 in Douglas Castle, Douglas, Lanarkshire, R1a Group: Type 1: (R-M198). Drumlanrig/Queensberry line, Y-DNA Haplogroup R1b1a2 familytreedna
Birth
Birth:
Date: ABT 1327
Place: Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Date: ABT 1323
Place: Of, Douglas, LKS, Scotland[1]
Death
Death:
Date: MAY 1384[2]
Marriage
Husband: William Douglas
Wife: Margaret of MAR
Marriage:
Date: BEF 13 NOV 1357
Child: James Douglas
Husband: William Douglas
Wife: Margaret of Mar UNKNOWN
Child: Muriel Douglas
Child: James Douglas
Marriage:
Date: ABT 1286
Place: Of, Castle Cary, Somersetshire, England[3]
Husband: William Douglas
Wife: Margaret Stewart
Child: George Douglas
Marriage:
Place: Not Married[4]
Husband: Archibald Douglas
Wife: Beatrice de LINDSAY
Child: John Douglas
Child: William Douglas
Child: Eleanor Douglas
Marriage:
Date: ABT 1320[5]
Death
Death:
Date: MAY 1384
Place: Douglas, Scotland
Source: #S171
Burial
Burial:
Place: Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Source: #S171
Sources
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"Royal Ancestry" 2013 Douglas Richardson Vol. III. p. 151
Johnston, George Harvey. "The Earls of Douglas." The Heraldry of the Douglases: With Notes on All the Males of the Family, Descriptions of the Arms, Plates and Pedigrees. Edinburgh: W. & A.K. Johnston, Limited, 1907. 14-15. Print.
Sir James Balfour Paul, Editor, 1906, The Scots Peerage, founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, Published by David Douglas, Edinburgh, Scotland
http://www.thepeerage.com/p10949.htm#i109487
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- [S12057] "Mary (Douglas) Dacre (abt. 1360 - abt. 1395)", Profile, Ancestors & Descendants, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Douglas-.
- [S12058] "William Douglas (abt. 1327 - abt. 1384)", Biography, Ancestors, Descendants, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Douglas-391,.
- [S12059] "Sir Alexander Lindsay aka Earl of Crawford (~1267-~1314)", Profile, Ancestors & Descendants, https://www.wikitree.com/w.
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