Archibald Douglas

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• Occupation: Between Apr and Jul 1333, Scotland; Regent of Scotland

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Died:
Battle of Halidon Hill

Archibald married Beatrix Lindsay in 1320 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Beatrix (daughter of Alexander Lindsay and Beatrix Stewart) was born in 1291 in Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died before 1352 in Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. 8th Lord of Douglas William Douglas was born in 1315 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died in May 1384 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland; was buried in 1384 in Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland.
2. John Douglas was born in 1321 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died in 1341.
3. Eleanor Douglas was born in 1325 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died in 1360 in Scotland.
4. Helen Douglas was born in 1329 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Archibald married Dornagilda Comyn in 1327 in Scotland. Dornagilda was born in 1295 in Badenoch, Inverness-shire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: The Hardy of that Ilk

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Died:
Tower of London

William married Ailanore Eleanor de Louvain after 1288 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Ailanore was born in 1244 in Little Easton, Essex, England; died in 1326 in Dunmow, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Priory

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William Longleg, Lord of Douglas
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William, Lord of Douglas (c. 1220 - c. 1274) known as 'Longleg' was a Scoto-Norman nobleman.

The years of the minority of King Alexander III (1249-1262) featured an embittered struggle for the control of affairs between two rival parties, the one led by the nationalistic Walter Comyn, Earl of Menteith, the other by pro-English Alan Durward, Justiciar of Scotia. The former dominated the early years of Alexander's reign. In 1255 an interview between the English and Scottish kings at Kelso led to Menteith and his party losing to Durward's party. Later both parties called a Meeting of the great Magnates of the Realm to establish a regency until Alexander came of age. William Lord of Douglas was one of the magnates called to witness. Douglas was a partisan of Durward's party. This can be explained by the fact that although most of his territories lay in Douglasdale, through his wife, Constance, he had obtained the rich Manor of Fawdon in Northumberland and it would do well to keep English Royal favour.

David Hume of Godscroft, the arch-panegyricist of the House of Douglas, states that Longleg married Marjorie, Countess of Carrick and had by her two sons and a daughter, the daughter inheriting the Earldom of Carrick. Marjorie went on to marry Robert the Bruce, father to King Robert I of Scotland, this however does not make any sense historically.

William Longleg, Lord of Douglas, died c. 1274, and is said to have married Marjory de Abernethy, daughter of Orm de Abernethy leaving two sons:

* Hugh I, Lord of Douglas, d. c. 1274
* William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas (1240-1298)

Preceded by

Died:
Fawdon

William married Martha Carrick in 1233 in Scotland. Martha was born in 1215 in Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland; died in 1255. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 26-00154-02

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Birth:
Carrick

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Archibald I, Lord of Douglas
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Archibald of Douglas (b.b. 1198 - d.c. 1238) was a Scottish Nobleman. He was the son of William of Douglas.

The earliest attestation of his existence is in a charter of confirmation dated prior to 1198. This charter of Jocelin, Bishop of Glasgow, granted the rights of a toft in Glasgow to Melrose Abbey. Archibald's name appears between that of Alan, High Steward of Scotland and Robert de Montgomery. Also before 1198, Archibald appears in another document, in which he resigns the lands of Hailes held by him of the Abbey of Dunfermline, to Robert of Restalrig. Between 1214 and 1226, Archibald acquired the use of the lands of Hermiston and Livingston, with Maol Choluim I, Earl of Fife as his feudal superior. Archibald of Douglas must have been knighted before 1226 as he appears in another charter as Dominus de Douglas in that year. Archibald de Douglas appears as a signatory to several royal charters following 1226, and he appears to have spent a considerable time in Moray as episcopal charters of his brother Bricius de Douglas show. He was in the retinue of the King Alexander II, at Selkirk, in 1238 when the title Earl of Lennox was regranted to Maol Domhnaich of Lennox. Douglas disappears from historical record after 1239 and it is presumed that he died about this time.
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* 1 Marriage and Issue
* 2 References
o 2.1 Notes
o 2.2 Sources

[edit] Marriage and Issue

Archibald of Douglas is thought to have married Margaret, daughter of Sir John Crawford of Crawfordjohn and had issue:

* William of Douglas (c.1220-c.1274)
* Andrew Douglas of Hermiston

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Archibald married Margaret Crawford in 1209 in Scotland. Margaret (daughter of John Crawford) was born in 1187 in Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died in 1225 in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]