Genealogy Wylie » Eleanor Douglas (± 1317-± 1380)

Personal data Eleanor Douglas 

• She was born about 1317 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland.Source 3
• She died about 1380.
• A child of Archibald Douglas and Beatrix de Lindsay
• This information was last updated on March 19, 2023.

Household of Eleanor Douglas

(1) She is married to Alexander Bruce.

They got married about 1330 at 1st husband.Source 4

Child(ren):

1. Eleanor Bruce  < 1334-1368 

(2) She is married to James Sandilands.

They got married before 1349 at 2nd husband of 5.Sources 4, 5

Child(ren):

1. James Sandilands  ± 1346-± 1405 

(3) She is married to William Towers.

They got married before 1361 at 3rd husband.Sources 5, 6

(4) She is married to Duncan Wallace.

They got married before 1368 at 4th husband.Sources 5, 6

(5) She is married to Patrick Hepburn.

They got married on March 18, 1375/1376 at 5th husband 2 wife-dispensation date.Sources 5, 7

Notes about Eleanor Douglas

Eleanor, only sister of 1st Earl of Douglas and widow of Alexander Bruce,1st and last Earl of Carrick of the c1330 creation. [Burke's Peerage, p.2831]

Note: There is some confusion in Burke's Peerage as to Eleanor'sancestry. Pages 2831 & 418 name her "only sister of 1st Earl ofDouglas". Yet page 2325 states that she is an illegitimate daughter ofthe 1st Earl by Margaret Stewart, Countess of Angus in her own right. Ithink her birth date precludes her being daughter of Margaret Stewart.

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He [Alexander de Bruce] m. Eleanor, only sister of William, 1st Earl ofDouglas, daughter of Archibald Douglas, Regent of Scotland, by Beatrice,daughter of Sir Alexander Lindsay, of Crawford. He d. as aforesaid,spm., 19 July 1333. His widow m. before 1349, James Sandilands, ofCalder, who d. before 1358; 3rdly, before 1364 (and probably before1361), William Towers, of Dalry; 4thly, before 1368, Sir Duncan Wallace,of Sundrum; and 5thly and lastly (as his 2nd wife, dispensation granted18 Mar 1376), Sir Patrick Hepburn, of Hales, who was living in 1402,being then above 80 years old. [Complete Peerage III:57]

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