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William Douglas, 1st Earl of Queensberry. William Douglas, 1st Earl of Queensberry (c. 1582 – 8 March 1639/40) was a Scottish noble. He was the eldest son of James Douglas, 8th of Drumlanrig and his wife Mary Fleming. He inherited his father's title, as 9th Laird of Drumlanrig, in October 1615. [1] Between 1616 and 1623, he held the offices ...
Er war der älteste Sohn des Archibald Douglas, 3. Earl of Douglas, und dessen Frau Lady Joan Moray und damit ein Enkel des schwarzen Douglas, Sir James, Laird of Douglas. Er folgte seinem Vater 1401 als Earl of Douglas und auch als Warden of the Marches. Der Earl kommandierte die Invasionsarmee Schottlands 1401 im Krieg gegen England.
George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus, Lord Douglas, Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest (c. 1427 – 12 March 1463) [1] was a Scottish nobleman. He was the son of William Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus [2] and Margaret Hay of Yester. Known as the Great Earl of Angus. He succeeded to the Earldom following the death of his childless brother James Douglas, 3rd ...
On his father's death in 1640 he succeeded to the titles 2nd Earl of Queensberry, 2nd Viscount of Drumlanrig, and 2nd Lord Douglas of Hawick and Tibberis. [1] James was appointed a Commissioner for the apprehension of papists on 5 July 1642. He supported Charles I in the Civil War and was taken prisoner after the Battle of Kilsyth, [2] being ...
Family. The Earl of Angus was married three times: (1) on 13 June 1573 at the Church of the Holy Rude, Mary Erskine, a daughter of the Earl of Mar and Annabell Murray. [13] Her "tocher" or dowry was 8,000 merks; [14] (2) 25 December 1575 at Cupar, [15] (divorced 1587) Margaret, a daughter of George Leslie, 4th Earl of Rothes; (3) 29 July 1587 ...
William Douglas, 1. Earl of Douglas (* um 1330; † Mai 1384 in Douglas, South Lanarkshire) war ein schottischer Adeliger. William war ein Sohn des schottischen Regenten Sir Archibald Douglas, welcher 1333 gefallen war und dessen Frau Beatrice, Tochter des Alexander Lindsay of Crawford. Er war auch Neffe des Generals und Heerführers Sir James ...
Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus (c. 1449 – October 1513) was a Scottish nobleman, peer, politician, and magnate. Tradition has accorded him the nickname Archibald 'Bell-the-Cat' due to his association with the 1482 rebellion against James III of Scotland .
