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He succeeded to the earldom on the murder of his brother William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas by King James II and his entourage. He denounced his brother's murderers and took up arms against the king, and he and his brothers attacked Stirling , driving a horse through the town with the safe conduct given to William attached to its tail.
William Douglas, Earl of Morton (died before 1 November 1681) was a Scottish nobleman and Earl of Morton. He was the son of Robert Douglas, 8th Earl of Morton, and Anne Villiers. He succeeded as the 9th Earl of Morton on 12 November 1649. William tried to preserve the grant of the Islands of Orkney and Zetland which had been given to his ...
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, 6th Earl of Douglas (c. 1424 – 24 November 1440) was a Scottish nobleman. In addition to his Earldom of Douglas, he was Earl of Wigtown, Lord of Galloway, Lord of Bothwell, Selkirk and Ettrick Forest, Eskdale, Lauderdale, and Annandale in Scotland, and de jure Duke of Touraine, Count of Longueville, and Lord of Dun-le-roi in France.
William Douglas, 8th earl of Douglas (born c. 1425—died Feb. 22, 1452, Stirling, Stirling, Scot.) was a prominent Scottish lord during the reign of James II of Scotland. The so-called Black Douglases, of whom the 8th earl was a member, had lost their lands through accusations of treason; but the Earl recovered Galloway and Wigtown by marriage ...
Beatrice Douglas, married William Hay, 1st Earl of Erroll, Lord High Constable of Scotland. William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas (1425–1452), who succeeded his father; James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas (1426–1491), who succeeded his older brother; Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray (1426–1455), James's twin; Hugh Douglas, Earl of Ormonde ...
Tantallon Castle. 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 [1]. Er war auch Neffe des Generals und ...
