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William Douglas 1314 – 1384 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT 1314

Birth Location: Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1 MAY 1384

Death Location: Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Archibald Douglas

Mother: Beatrice Lindsay

Spouse(s): Margaret Stewart

Children(s): Margaret Douglas, George Douglas, George Douglas

The story of William Douglas began in 1314 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. William Douglas married Margaret Stewart, and had children including Margaret Douglas, George Douglas, George Douglas. William Douglas passed away in 1384 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of William Douglas began in 1314 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • William Douglas married Margaret Stewart, and had children including Margaret Douglas, George Douglas, George Douglas.
  • William Douglas passed away in 1384 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Archibald Douglas
1274 – 1333
Birth Location: Douglas, Lanark, Scotland
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Beatrice Lindsay
1296 – 1352
Birth Location: Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Stewart
1354 – 1398
Birth Location: Kildrummy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Margaret Douglas
1371 – 1470
Birth Location: Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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George Douglas
1375 – 1402
Birth Location: East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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George Douglas
1376 – 1402
Birth Location: Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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William Douglas's Ancestors

Self
William Douglas
1314 – 1384
Birth Place: Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Archibald Douglas
1274 – 1333
Douglas, Lanark, Scotland
Beatrice Lindsay
1296 – 1352
Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
William ("The Hardy") Douglas
1240 – 1298
Dalkeith, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Eleanor (de) Lovaine
1241 – 1326
Bildeston, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Douglas's Descendants

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William Douglas (ABT 1314 – 1 MAY 1384) m. Margaret Stewart (ABT 1354 – 19 OCT 1398)
  1. 1. Margaret Douglas (1371 – 25 OCT 1470) m. Sir (Herbert) Harries (1380 – 4 JUL 1440)
    1. 1. Janet Herries (1390 – 9 MAR 1439) m. Herbert (Maxwell) Caerlaverock (1382 – 4 FEB 1454) m. Herbert (Caerlaverock) Maxwell (9 AUG 1388 – 14 FEB 1453)
      1. 1. Lady (Catherine Maxwell Kennedy Of Ayrshire And Carrick At) Dunure (1408 – 1484) m. Gilbert Kennedy (1406 – 6 MAR 1477)
        1. 1. Elizebeth Kennedy (1424 – 1475) m. James Ogilvy (1430 – 25 SEP 1504) m. James (I Dunkeld Lord Ogilvy van) Arlie (1430 – 1505)
        2. 2. Agnes Kennedy (1425 – ) m. William Glendonwyn (ABT 1400 – ) m. William (De) Dalrymple (1423 – ) m. William (de) Dalrymple (ABT 1385 – )
        3. 3. Elizabeth Kennedy (1435 – 1475) m. Johannas (De) Vaux (1362 – 1456) m. Gilbert McIlvaine (1450 – ABT 1529)
        4. 4. John (Kennedy 2nd Laird Of Ayrshire And) Carrick (12 OCT 1436 – 24 JUL 1508) m. Elizabeth (Seton de) Gordon (1448 – 17 APR 1500) m. Elizabeth Montgomerie (1440 – 24 AUG 1467)
        5. 5. James Kennedy (1439 – 1508) m. Egidia Blair (1480 – 1530)
        6. 6. Catherine Kennedy (1441 – 1533) m. Alexander Montgomerie (1445 – 1468)
        7. 7. Walter Kennedy (ABT 1442 – 18 JUN 1478) m. Christian Hynd (ABT 1444 – )
        8. 8. Mariot Kennedy (1444 – )
        9. 9. Agnes Kennedy (1445 – ) m. George Campbell (ABT 1449 – 9 MAR 1491)
        10. 10. Margaret Kennedy (ABT 1445 – ) m. George Campbell
        11. 11. Margaret Kennedy (1454 – )
      2. 2. Edward Maxwell (JAN 1416 – FEB 1481)
      3. 3. Edward Maxwell (1410 – ) m. Mrs. (Edward) Maxwell m. Margerie Mundnell m. Edward Maxwell (ABT 1412 – ) m. Edward Maxwell (1412 – )
      4. 4. George Maxwell (1411 – 8 MAY 1485) m. Janet Forrester (1412 – 1488) m. Janet Crichton (ABT 1465 – )
      5. 5. Gavin Maxwell (ABT 1412 – AFT 1454)
  2. 2. George Douglas (1375 – 14 SEP 1402) m. Mary Stewart (1375 – 20 MAR 1457) m. Mary, (Princess Of) Scotland (ABT 1380 – )
    1. 1. Elizabeth (Mary) Douglas (1398 – From 1356 to 1437)
    2. 2. William (Douglas) Angus (1398 – 1401)
    3. 3. William Douglas (JAN 1399 – 9 OCT 1437) m. Margaret (Hay of) Yester (1400 – 22 APR 1484)
    4. 4. Elizabeth Douglas (ABT 1400 – ) m. Alexander (Lord) Forbes
    5. 5. Mary (Elizabeth) Douglas (ABT 1402 – 1460) m. Alexander Forbes (ABT 1380 – 1448) m. John (de) Carmichael (ABT 1370 – 20 FEB 1489) m. William (De) Haya (1400 – BEF 2 SEP 1478)
      1. 1. James Forbes (1415 – 30 SEP 1460) m. Egidia ("Gille") Keith (ABT 1424 – AFT 14 AUG 1473) m. James Forbes (STILLBORN – )
      2. 2. Elizabeth (Marion) Forbes (ABT 1417 – 1460) m. Alexander Irvine (1415 – )
        1. 1. Alexander Irvine (1446 – 4 DEC 1527) m. Elizabeth Keith (<1436> – ) m. Janet Keith (1455 – )
      3. 3. Barbara Forbes (ABT 1418 – ) m. Alexander Meldrum (ABT 1389 – 1448)
      4. 4. John Forbes (ABT 1420 – ) m. Eqidia Keith
      5. 5. Susanna Forbes (ABT 1422 – ABT 1500) m. William Urquhart (ABT 1410 – )
      6. 6. Annabella Forbes (ABT 1424 – FEB 1514) m. Patrick Gray (1419 – 1 SEP 1464)
        1. 1. Andrew Grey (APR 1446 – FEB 1513) m. Elizabeth (Lennox) Stewart (9 APR 1465 – 9 DEC 1529)
        2. 2. Elizabeth Gray (1448 – )
        3. 3. Patrick Gray (ABT 1448 – )
        4. 4. Annabelle Grey (ABT 1452 – ) m. Collace
        5. 5. Janet Gray (1454 – )
      7. 7. Richard Forbes (ABT 1425 – )
      8. 8. Alaster Forbes (ABT 1426 – ) m. Elizabeth (Mary) Douglas (ABT 1432 – )
      9. 9. William Forbes (ABT 1427 – 2 OCT 1478)
      10. 10. Margaret Forbes (8 FEB 1428 – 1460) m. Alexander Meldrum (ABT 1389 – 1448) m. Alexander Meldrum (6 OCT 1406 – 8 APR 1468)
      11. 11. Thomas Forbes (1430 – )
      12. 12. Robert Carmichael (1420 – )
      13. 13. John (de) Carmichael (1421 – 20 FEB 1489) m. Isobel Sibbald (ABT 1430 – 21 FEB 1497)
        1. 1. William Carmichael (ABT 1453 – BEF 8 MAR 1528/1529) m. William Carmichael (ABT 1457 – )
        2. 2. Peter Carmichael (ABT 1470 – BEF 30 MAY 1545) m. Euphame Wemyss (ABT 1482 – AFT 20 APR 1552)
        3. 3. James Carmichael (ABT 1474 – ) m. Elizabeth Carmichael (ABT 1471 – ) m. Elizabeth (Mrs.) Carmichael (1476 – )
      14. 14. William Carmichael (ABT 1427 – BEF 8 APR 1475) m. John Carmichael (ABT 1486 – ) m. Mrs- (William) Carmichael (ABT 1445 – ) m. William Carmichael m. William Carmichael (ABT 1411 – ) m. William Carmichael m. William Carmichael
      15. 15. Janet Hay (1426 – 1499) m. John Bethune (1418 – 1499)
      16. 16. Marion (Elizabeth) Hay (ABT 1444 – 27 JUN 1509) m. George Brown (1438 – 1504)
    6. 6. Elizabeth Douglas (ABT 1403 – BEF 1451) m. William (De) Haya (1400 – BEF 2 SEP 1478) m. William (Of) Orkney (ABT 1390 – )
    7. 7. Mary Douglas (ABT 1403 – )
    8. 8. James Douglas (ABT 1426 – BEF 31 OCT 1493)
    9. 9. Earl (of Angus) Douglas (ABT 1428 – 14 NOV 1462) m. Isabel (Sibbald Countess) Angus (1418 – 21 FEB 1497)
  3. 3. George Douglas (1376 – AFT SEP 1402) m. Mary, (Princess Of) Scotland (ABT 1380 – ) m. Mary Stewart (ABT 1380 – 1458)
    1. 1. William Douglas (1350 – 22 JUL 1444) m. Margaret Stewart (ABT 1370 – SEP 1456) m. Elizabeth Cunningham (ABT 1412 – 1509) m. <Living> m. Mrs. (William) Douglas (ABT 1435 – ) m. Wm Douglas
    2. 2. Majory Douglas (1362 – 1421) m. David, (Prince of) Scotland (24 OCT 1378 – 26 MAR 1402) m. Alexander Fraser (ABT 1370 – )
    3. 3. Wiliam Douglas (1399 – )
    4. 4. George Douglas (ABT 1430 – 14 NOV 1462)
    5. 5. Henry (Vii King of) Engand (1457 – 1509)
    6. 6. Sarah (Rutherford) Douglass (8 JUN 1834 – 19 JUL 1908) m. Kearsley Carter (1832 – 1916)
    7. 7. William Douglas ( – 1437)
    8. 8. Elizabeth Douglas

William Douglas's Timeline

3 Records

1314
ABT 1314
Birth of William Douglas in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1384
1 MAY 1384
Age 70
Death of William Douglas in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1384
MAY 1384
Age 70
Burial of William Douglas in Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Title

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: ABT 1314
    Event Place: Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 MAY 1384
    Event Place: Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: MAY 1384
    Event Place: Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
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