William Douglas, 1st of Drumlanrig

Sir William Douglas, 1st Baron of Drumlanrig

• Birth: BEF 1388
• Death: 1427 in France
• Father: James Douglas b: BEF 1368 in Scotland
• Mother: Unknown

Sir William Douglas, 1st Baron Drumlanrig, Dumfries Natural son of James Douglas. He was ancestor of the house of Drumlanrig, Earls, Marquesses and Dukes of Queensberry. 

Married

1. Elizabeth Stewart, daughter of Sir Robert Stewart and Margaret of Holkettle.
2. Jacoba (Janet) Douglas, daughter Sir James Douglas of Dalkeith & Agnes Dunbar, of obtained a marriage license on 12 June 1410; Dispensation.

Sir William Douglas, 1st Baron Drumlanrig, Dumfries died in 1421 at France.

Children of 1st wife

1. William Douglas b: BEF 1410

Note: Sir William Douglas was the 1st Baron of Drumlanrig. By virtue of his ambassadorship to England to solicit release of James I, he was granted, by James, an undated charter to Drumlanrig, Hawick, and Selkirk. He was an illegitimate son. Drumlanrig Castle, roughly 10 miles up the Nith from Tower Lag, was built by his descendant William, 11th Lord Drumlanrig, 3rd Earl of Queensbury. The construction occurred between 1679 and 1691. He was slain in battle in France.

Citations

1. [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 431. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
2. [S37] BP2003 volume 3, page 3234. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]

Links:

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• http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p118.htm#i...
• https://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getpe...

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Sir William Douglas, 1st of Drumlanrig, Hawick, and Selkirk

• Sir William Douglas of Drumlanrig, Hawick, and Selkirk, all three Baronies of which he received a charter of confirmation, dated the 30th November, 1412, from James I., written on vellum in the King's own hand. Sir William was an illegitimate son of James, Earl of Douglas and Mar, killed at Otterburn on the 19th of August, 1388. (source: History of the Chisholms : with genealogies of the principal families of the name by Mackenzie, Alexander, 1838-1898, p.187