3rd Lord of Douglas William Longleg Douglas

1220 - 1274  (54 years)

• Name	William Longleg Douglas  [1, 2, 3]
  Title	3rd Lord of Douglas
  Birth	1220	Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Oct 1274	Scotland   [1]
  	Fawdon
  Notes	William Longleg, Lord of Douglas From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search 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
  Person ID	I7181	MontyHistNotes_II
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	2nd Lord of Douglas Archibald Douglas,   b. 1198, Hermiston, Midlothian, Scotland d. 1240, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 42 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaret Crawford,   b. 1187, Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 1225, Scotland (Age 38 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1209	Scotland
  Family ID	F2033	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Carrick,   b. 1215, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 1255 (Age 40 years)
  Marriage	1233	Scotland
  Children	+ 1. 4th Lord of Douglas William Douglas,   b. 1240, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 1298, London, England (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Hugh Douglas,   b. Bef 1255, Scotland d. 1289 (Age > 34 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2567	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2025

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1220 - Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S323] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com;), Listing of British Peerage. [S786] Maxwell, Herbert, History of the House of Douglas Vol I, (Date: 1902;). [S782] The Douglas Archives, (Name: The Douglas Archives; Location: http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/famgen/index.php;), Douglas Archibald http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/famgen/getperson.php?personID=I273798&tree=tree1.