Earl William de Douglas^[1]

Abt 1323 - 1384  (61 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	William de Douglas
  Prefix	Earl
  Birth	Abt 1323	Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Death	May 1384	Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Siblings	3 Siblings
  + 1. Earl William de Douglas,   b. Abt 1323, Scotland d. May 1384, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland  (Age 61 years) ▻ Countess Margaret Mar,  m. Bef 13 Nov 1357 ;   Margaret Stewart;   + 2. Countess Eleanor Douglas,   b. Abt 1325, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. Abt 1360  (Age 35 years) ▻ James Sandilands,  m. Abt 1349 ;   Earl Alexander de Bruce;   Duncan Wallace,  m. Bef 1368 + 3. Catherine Douglas   d. Yes, date unknown ▻ William de Vaux + 4. Earl Archibald Douglas, "the Grim",   b. Abt 1325   d. 24 Dec 1400, Threave, Kirkcudbright, Scotland  (Age 75 years) ▻ Joan Moray,  m. 23 Jul 1362
  Association	Margaret Douglas (Relationship: Margaret is probably NOT dau of the 1st Earl of Douglas)
  Person ID	I23636	Geneagraphie | Ahnen BvS
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2010

  
  

  Father	Earl Archibald Douglas,   b. Abt 1280   d. 19 Jul 1333, Hallidan Hill, Berwickshire, Scotland (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Beatrice de Lindsay,   b. Abt 1291, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. Bef 1352 (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F47935	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Countess Margaret Mar,   b. Abt 1325   d. 19 Oct 1393 (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	Bef 13 Nov 1357
  Children	+ 1. Earl James Douglas,   b. Abt 1358   d. Abt 14 Aug 1388, Otterburn (Age 30 years) + 2. Countess Isobel Douglas,   b. Abt 1365   d. 1408 (Age 43 years)
  Family ID	F10136	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2010

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret Stewart,   b. Bef 1353   d. 23 Mar 1417-1418 (Age 65 years)
  Children	+ 1. Earl George Douglas   d. 1402, England
  Family ID	F10134	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2010

  
  

  Marriage	partner(s) unknown
  Children	1. Margaret Douglas   d. Aft 1404 + 2. Mary Douglas,   b. Bef 1359, Gilsland, Northumberland, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F35432	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2020

  
  

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• Notes

  was created the first proper Earl of Douglas in 1352. In 1353 William was responsible for the death of his kinsman Sir William Douglas, the famed "Knight of Liddesdale", from the Morton line of Douglases. William was a participant in a rebellion against King David II in 1363, but still managed to earn an appointment as Justiciar of Scotland under Robert II in 1371. An affair with his first cousin, Margaret Stewart, Countess of Mar and Angus, resulted in a son, George, who became the 1st Earl of Angus, founding the Red Douglas branch of the family. William left his titles and possessions to his son James. Built Tantallon Castle, nr North Berwick, Scotland c.1350

  
  

• Sources

  [S190] Peter Barns-Graham, British Pedigrees, (Stirnet), Douglas of Douglas, Douglas of Nithsdale, Douglas of Tourraine (Reliability: 2).