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Stirling Castle is a magnificent example of the power and ambition of the Stewart dynasty. However, the castle is also the site of one of the most unpleasant events associated with the Stewart kings – the murder of William Douglas, 8th earl of Douglas, at the hands of King James II himself. William Douglas had gained the vast Black Douglas ...
Leben. William Douglas war der älteste Sohn des Archibald Douglas, 5. Earl of Douglas und dessen Frau Lady Euphemia Graham († um 1469), Tochter des Patrick Graham und der Euphemia Stewart, 2. Countess of Strathearn and Caithness. In jungen Jahren wurde er 1430 bei der Taufe der Zwillingssöhne König Jakobs I. zum Ritter geschlagen.
Kids Encyclopedia Facts. William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas, 2nd Earl of Avondale (1425 – 22 February 1452) was a late Medieval Scottish nobleman, Lord of Galloway, and Lord of the Regality of Lauderdale, and the most powerful magnate in Southern Scotland. He was killed by James II of Scotland.
William Douglas, 1st Earl of March (c. 1665–1705) William Douglas, 2nd Earl of March (c. 1696–1731) William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry, 3rd Earl of March (1725–1810) Francis Wemyss Charteris Douglas, 8th Earl of Wemyss, 4th Earl of March (1772–1853) See above for further succession
George Douglas, an illegitimate son of William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas, was created Earl of Angus on 9 April 1389. [18] His descendant, William, 11th Earl of Angus , was created Marquess of Douglas , Earl of Angus and Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest on 14 June 1633.
Archibald Campbell, Marquess of Argyll, was the eldest son of Archibald Campbell, 7th Earl of Argyll, by his first wife Agnes Douglas, daughter of William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton, and was educated at St Andrews University, where he matriculated on 15 January 1622. He had early in life, as Lord Lorne, been entrusted with the possession of ...
William Douglas d. 1705 Earl of March: William Douglas d. 1733 2nd Baronet of Kelhead: Earl of Doncaster restored, 1743: Earl of Solway, 1706: Francis Scott 1695–1751 2nd Duke of Buccleuch and Earl of Dalkeith, 2nd Earl of Doncaster: Jane Douglas 1701–1729: James Douglas 1697–1715
