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7 de nov. de 2019 · William, 8th earl of Douglas, eventually managed to recover Galloway and he or his brother the ninth earl undertook serious building work at Threave. Impressive and high-tech artillery fortifications were added at the base of their grandfather’s tower-house. This was likely intended to display Black Douglas power and prestige.
16 de sept. de 2022 · Sir William Douglas of Hawick, died 1572, with Hume of Manderston and Hume of Huttonhall, was sent forward to break the array of the queen’s gunners, when she stood with her army on Carberry Hill. When the queen escaped from Lochleven, Sir William Douglas joined the regent Moray at Glasgow, and on the latter being advised to retire to ...
When William Douglas 7th Earl of Morton was born in 1582, in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland, his father, Robert Douglas Master of Morton, was 20 and his mother, Jean Lyon, was 16. He married Anne Keith of Dunnottar, of Marshal - Countess of Morton on 28 March 1604, in Kincardineshire, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 ...
Earl of Douglas. William Douglas, 8. Earl of Douglas, (* um 1425; † 21. Februar 1452 ermordet auf Stirling Castle) war ein schottischer Adliger und Guardian of Scotland . William war der älteste Sohn des James Douglas, 7. Earl of Douglas und dessen Frau Beatrice Stewart von Albany. Er wurde 1430 zum Ritter geschlagen.
William, eighth Earl of Douglas, who inherited all the courage, ambition, and energy of his family, was born about the year 1425, and succeeded to the family title and estates in 1443. In the following year he obtained from Rome a dispensation to marry his kinswoman, Margaret Douglas, Lady of Galloway, heiress of the victims of the Black Bull's ...
Sir Archibald Douglas. Beatrice de Lindsay. William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas (c. 1323 – 1 May 1384) was a Scottish nobleman, peer, magnate, and head of the Black Douglas family. Under his leadership, the Black Douglases continued their climb to pre-eminence in Scottish politics begun under his uncle, Sir James the Good, as well as their ...
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 ...
