Genealogy Richard Remmé, The Hague, Netherlands » Sir William Douglas 1st Earl of Douglas, Earl of Mar (1321-1384)

Personal data Sir William Douglas 1st Earl of Douglas, Earl of Mar 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  • He was born in the year 1321 in (1327) Douglas, Lanark, Scotland.

    Waarschuwing Attention: Was younger than 16 years (7) when child (Margaret Douglas) was born (??-??-1328).

  • Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on June 28, 1969.
  • He died May 1384 in Douglas, Lanark, Scotland, he was 63 years old.
  • A child of Archibald 'The Good' Douglas and Beatrice de Lindsay
  • This information was last updated on December 4, 2022.

Household of Sir William Douglas 1st Earl of Douglas, Earl of Mar

(1) He is married to Margareth Erskine countess of Mar.

They got married about 1350-1357 at Castle Cary, Somersetshire, England.


Child(ren):

  1. Muriel Douglas  ± 1287-1381 
  2. James Douglas  ± 1350-1388 
  3. Isobel Douglas  ± 1350-1408 


(2) He is married to Margaret Stewart.

They got married about 1370 at Unmarried.


Child(ren):

  1. George [illegitimate] Douglas  ± 1370-± 1418 


(3) He is married to Margaret Dunbar.

They got married.


Child(ren):

  1. Margaret Douglas  1328-???? 


Notes about Sir William Douglas 1st Earl of Douglas, Earl of Mar

He was created the first proper Earl of Douglas in 1352. In 1353 William was responsible for the death of his kinsman Sir William Douglas, the famed "Knight of Liddesdale", from the Morton line of Douglases. William was a participant in a rebellion against King David II in 1363, but still managed to earn an appointment as Justiciar of Scotland under Robert II in 1371. An affair with his first cousin, Margaret Stewart, Countess of Mar and Angus, resulted in a son, George, who became the 1st Earl of Angus, founding the Red Douglas branch of the family. William died in 1384, leaving his titles and possessions to his son James. [4]
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E: William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas, Earl of Mar (d 1384)
m. Margaret, Countess of Mar (b c1360, d by 19.10.1393, dau of Donald, 8th Earl of Mar)

Builder of Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
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Timeline Sir William Douglas 1st Earl of Douglas, Earl of Mar

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Douglas

William Douglas
± 1240-> 1298
Elenora van Leuven
± 1250-> 1326
Alexander de Lindsay
± 1266-> 1308
Nn (Alice ?) Stewart
± 1264-> 1337

William Douglas
1321-1384

(1) ± 1357

Margareth Erskine countess of Mar
± 1330-± 1392

Muriel Douglas
± 1287-1381
James Douglas
± 1350-1388
Isobel Douglas
± 1350-1408
Joan [illegitimate] Douglas
< 1359-????
(2) ± 1370

Margaret Stewart
± 1350-1418

George [illegitimate] Douglas
± 1370-± 1418
(3) 

Margaret Dunbar
± 1305-????

Margaret Douglas
1328-????

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Sources

  1. gen_gedr7420__.ged, downloaded Dec.2005
  2. gen_gedr7420.ged, downloaded Dec.2005
  3. "Ballard-Willis Family Tree," database, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com , Ballard-Willis Family Tree, Mark W. Ballard
  4. Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints / Family History Library
  5. Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints / Family History Library

Historical events

Christening day June 28, 1969

  • The temperature on June 28, 1969 was between 7.5 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1969: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
    • January 20 » Richard Nixon is inaugurated the 37th President of the United States of America.
    • May 26 » Apollo program: Apollo 10 returns to Earth after a successful eight-day test of all the components needed for the forthcoming first manned moon landing.
    • September 5 » My Lai Massacre: U.S. Army Lieutenant William Calley is charged with six specifications of premeditated murder for the death of 109 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai.
    • October 21 » The 1969 Somali coup d'état establishes a Marxist–Leninist administration.
    • November 12 » Vietnam War: Independent investigative journalist Seymour Hersh breaks the story of the My Lai Massacre.
    • November 20 » Vietnam War: The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) publishes explicit photographs of dead villagers from the My Lai Massacre in Vietnam.

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