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Willem Lord Whittington Eighth Earl of Douglas 1425–1477 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1425

Birth Location: Pauntley, Gloucestershire, England

Death Date: 03 Nov 1477

Death Location: Pauntley, Gloucestershire, England

Father: Sir Gross"

Mother: Lady deSinclair

Spouse(s): Elisabeth Arundel, Lady Pauntley

Children(s): Lady Whittington

Willem Lord Whittington Eighth Earl of Douglas was born in 1425 in Pauntley, Gloucestershire, England, the child of Sir James Lord Of Dalkeith Douglas The Gross And Lady Beatrix Lady Countess Douglas Desinclair. Willem Lord Whittington Eighth Earl of Douglas married Elisabeth Arundel, Lady Elizabeth Dorothy Arundel Lady Of Tolverne Countess Of Pauntley, and had children including Lady Mary Elizabeth Whittington. Willem Lord Whittington Eighth Earl of Douglas passed away in 1477 in Pauntley, Gloucestershire, England.

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Biography

  • Willem Lord Whittington Eighth Earl of Douglas was born in 1425 in Pauntley, Gloucestershire, England, the child of Sir James Lord Of Dalkeith Douglas The Gross And Lady Beatrix Lady Countess Douglas Desinclair.
  • Willem Lord Whittington Eighth Earl of Douglas married Elisabeth Arundel, Lady Elizabeth Dorothy Arundel Lady Of Tolverne Countess Of Pauntley, and had children including Lady Mary Elizabeth Whittington.
  • Willem Lord Whittington Eighth Earl of Douglas passed away in 1477 in Pauntley, Gloucestershire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Gross"
1371–1443
Birth Location: Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland
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Lady deSinclair
1398–1462
Birth Location: Brechin, Lanarkshire, , Scotland
Ld

Spouses(s)

Elisabeth Arundel
1427–1483
Birth Location: Egloshayle, Lanherne, Cornwall, England
EA
Lady Pauntley
1427–1458
Birth Location: Tolverne, Cornwall, England
LP

Children(s)

Lady Whittington
1448–1513
Birth Location: Solers, Gloucestershire, England
LW

Willem Douglas's Ancestors

Self
Willem Douglas
1425–1477
Birth Place: Pauntley, Gloucestershire, England
Parents
Sir James Lord of Dalkeith Douglas "The Gross"
1371–1443
Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland
Lady (Beatrix Lady, Countess Douglas,) deSinclair
1398–1462
Brechin, Lanarkshire, , Scotland
Grandparents
James (Sir Dalkeith) Douglas
1340–1420
Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland
Agnes (Lady Dalkeith) Dunbar
1344–1378
Dunbar Castle, East-Lothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Douglas
1320–1350
Agnes Dalkeith
1308–1377
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Douglas
1280–1323
Joan Scotland
1278–1337

Willem Douglas's Descendants

1.
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Willem (Lord Whittington Eighth Earl of) Douglas (1425–03 Nov 1477) m. Elisabeth Arundel (1427–10 Jul 1483) m. Lady (Elizabeth Dorothy Arundel, Lady of Tolverne, Countess of) Pauntley (1427–1458)
  1. 1. Lady (Mary Elizabeth) Whittington 1448–1513 m. Sir (William I "Tincher") LITTLETON, 1443–1508
    1. 1. Sir (William II "alias Lodge") Littleton 1484–1558
      1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth Anne Littleton) d'Lodge 1530–1608 m. Sir (Knight Thomas Sparrowhawk) Sparks 1530–1596
        1. 1. Sir (William Sparrowhawk) Sparkes 1552–1577 m. Lady (Elizabeth Martin Sparke) (Wayne) 1552–1615 m. Lady (Elizabeth Martin Sparke (Wayne)) (12) 1552–1615

Willem Douglas's Timeline

2 Records

1425
1425
Birth of Willem Lord Whittington Eighth Earl of Douglas in Pauntley, Gloucestershire, England
Pauntley, Gloucestershire, England
1477
03 Nov 1477
Age 52
Death of Willem Lord Whittington Eighth Earl of Douglas in Pauntley, Gloucestershire, England
Pauntley, Gloucestershire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1425
    Event Place: Pauntley, Gloucestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 03 Nov 1477
    Event Place: Pauntley, Gloucestershire, England
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