William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas & Mar

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William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas & Mar

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Birthplace: Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Death: May 01, 1384 (56-65)
Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Place of Burial: Melrose, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
Immediate Family:

Son of Sir Archibald 'The Tyneman' Douglas and Beatrice Lindsay of Crawford
Husband of Margaret of Mar, Countess of Mar
Partner of Lady Margaret Stewart, 4th Countess of Angus, Lady Abernethy (suo iure)
Ex-partner of mother of Joan Douglas and mother of Margaret Douglas
Father of Joan Douglas; Margaret Douglas; George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus; James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas and Mar and Isabel Douglas, Countess of Mar & Lady of Garioch
Brother of Eleanor Douglas, Countess of Carrick and John Douglas
Half brother of Mary Erskine; Nicholas Erskine; Thomas Erskine, 13th Earl of Mar; Jean Erskine and Marion Erskine

Occupation: Warden of the Marches
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About William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas & Mar

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY

William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas

  • Born 1327 Scotland
  • Died May 1384 Douglas, South Lanarkshire
  • Buried 1384 Melrose Abbey[1]
  • Father Sir Archibald Douglas
  • Mother Beatrice Lindsay
  • Spouse(s) Margaret, Countess of Mar
  • Issue: James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas, George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus (illegitimate)

"William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas (c. 1327–1384) was a Scottish magnate"



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  • [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume IV, page 430. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
  • [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume IV, page 431.
  • [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume IV, page 433.
  • [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume I, page 310.
  • [S18] Matthew H.C.G., editor, Dictionary of National Biography on CD-ROM (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1995). Hereinafter cited as Dictionary of National Biography.
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William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas & Mar's Timeline

1323
1323
Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1358
1358
Douglas Castle, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1360
1360
Mar, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland
1365
1365
Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1378
1378
Tantallon Castle, near, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
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1384
May 1, 1384
Age 61
Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1384
Age 61
Melrose Abbey, Melrose, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
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