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1st Earl of Douglas William Douglas 1323–1384 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 APR 1323

Birth Location: Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1 MAY 1384

Death Location: Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Father: Archibald Douglas

Mother: Beatrice Lindsay

Spouse(s): Margaret Angus

Children(s): George Angus

1st Earl of Douglas William Douglas was born in 1323 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, the child of Archibald The Tyneman Douglas And Beatrice De Lindsay. 1st Earl of Douglas William Douglas married Margaret Stewartm 4Th Countess Of Angus, and had children including George Douglas 1St Earl Of Angus. 1st Earl of Douglas William Douglas passed away in 1384 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • 1st Earl of Douglas William Douglas was born in 1323 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, the child of Archibald The Tyneman Douglas And Beatrice De Lindsay.
  • 1st Earl of Douglas William Douglas married Margaret Stewartm 4Th Countess Of Angus, and had children including George Douglas 1St Earl Of Angus.
  • 1st Earl of Douglas William Douglas passed away in 1384 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Archibald Douglas
1297–1333
Birth Location: Douglas Castle, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland
AD
Beatrice Lindsay
1291–1352
Birth Location: Crawford, Scotland
BL

Spouses(s)

Margaret Angus
1342–1417
Birth Location: Midlothian, Scotland
MA

Children(s)

George Angus
1368–1402
Birth Location: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
GA

1st Douglas's Ancestors

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1st Douglas
1323–1384
Birth Place: Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Parents
Archibald "The Tyneman" Douglas
1297–1333
Douglas Castle, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Beatrice (De) Lindsay
1291–1352
Crawford, Scotland
Grandparents
William (Douglas leHardi) Douglas
1255–1298
Castle, Lanarkshire, Douglas, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Alianore (Eleanor (de Lovaine) Douglas of) Crawford
1240–1326
France
Great-Grandparents
Lord Douglas
1200–1274
Martha Carrick
1215–1292
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Archibald Douglas
1160–1238
Margaret Crawford
1187–1225

1st Douglas's Descendants

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1st (Earl of Douglas William) Douglas (27 APR 1323–1 MAY 1384) m. Margaret (Stewartm 4th Countess of) Angus (1342–1417)
  1. 1. George (Douglas 1st Earl of) Angus 1368–1402 m. Princess (Mary of Scotland Stewart Douglas Kennedy Graham) Edmonston 1380–1457
    1. 1. William (the Red) Douglas 1398–1437 m. Countess (of Angus Margaret Elizabeth) Hay 1404–1484
      1. 1. George (the Red) Douglas 1418–1503 m. Countess (of Angus Lady Isabel) Sibbald 1418–1497
        1. 1. 5th (Earl of Angus Archibald) Douglas 1453–1513 m. Elizabeth Boyd 1458–1496

1st Douglas's Timeline

2 Records

1323
27 APR 1323
Birth of 1st Earl of Douglas William Douglas in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1384
1 MAY 1384
Age 61
Death of 1st Earl of Douglas William Douglas in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 APR 1323
    Event Place: Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 MAY 1384
    Event Place: Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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