William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas & Mar

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY

William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas

• Born 1327 Scotland
• Died May 1384 Douglas, South Lanarkshire
• Buried 1384 Melrose Abbey[1]
• Father Sir Archibald Douglas
• Mother Beatrice Lindsay
• Spouse(s) Margaret, Countess of Mar
• Issue: James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas, George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus (illegitimate)

"William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas (c. 1327–1384) was a Scottish magnate"

Links:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Douglas,_1st_Earl_of_Douglas
• http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I6934&tree=N...
• http://www.thepeerage.com/p10949.htm#i109487

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Citations / Sources:

• [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume IV, page 430. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
• [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume IV, page 431.
• [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume IV, page 433.
• [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume I, page 310.
• [S18] Matthew H.C.G., editor, Dictionary of National Biography on CD-ROM (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1995). Hereinafter cited as Dictionary of National Biography.