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Personal data SIR WILLIAM Longleg "3rd Laird of Douglas" Douglas 21st GGF 

• He was born after er 1200 in Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
• He died in the year 1274 in Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
• A child of SIR ARCHIBALD 2nd Laird of Douglas

Household of SIR WILLIAM Longleg "3rd Laird of Douglas" Douglas 21st GGF

Child(ren):

1. SIR WILLIAM "the Hardy 4th Laird of Douglas" Douglas  < 1255-< 1299 

Notes about SIR WILLIAM Longleg "3rd Laird of Douglas" Douglas 21st GGF

Sir William "Longleg" Douglas, 3rd Lord of Douglas
Sir William of Douglas, known as "Longleg", was born about 1215. Why or how he got the name 'Longleg' is unknown to me.
He sided with the English party in the embittered struggle for the control of Scottish affairs between the nationalistic Walter Comyn, Earl of Menteith, and the pro-English Alan Durward, Justiciar of Scotia, presumably because of his estates at Fawdon.
I have seen mention that two of his sons fought at the Battle of Largs against the Norse in 1263. This might imply that there are more than two sons.
Sir William "Longleg" died sometime after 1274.

Birth: 1227
Death: 1274

Father: Sir Archibald, 2nd of Douglas & of Hermiston)(d c1240)
Mother: Margaret de Crawford b: ABT. 1195 in Crawford, Ayrshire, Scotland

Marriage 1 Martha (of Carrick) Bruce, who later married Robert the Bruce
Children
Has No Children Hugh of Douglas - The indenture between Sir Hugh de Abernethy and Longlegs for his marriage to Marjory is the earliest charter of the Douglases which escaped destruction. It is dated 1274.
Has Children William (le Hardi) 5th of Douglas
Has Children Willelma (of Douglas) Douglas

Marriage 2 Constance of Batail, through whom he obtained the rich Manor of Fawdon in Northumberland.
A further daughter, Margaret, mother unknown, is stated to have married Richard Keith, son of Sir Hervey de Keith, Earl Marischal of Scotland (in charge of the horses of the King of Scots).

William Longleg, Lord of Douglas
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William, Lord of Douglas (c. 1227 – c. 1274), known as 'Longleg', was a Scoto-Norman nobleman. He was the son of Archibald I, Lord of Douglas.

The years of the minority of King Alexander III (1249–1262) featured an embittered struggle for the control of affairs between two rival parties, the one led by the nationalistic Walter Comyn, Earl of Menteith, the other by pro-English Alan Durward, Justiciar of Scotia. The former dominated the early years of Alexander's reign. In 1255 an interview between the English and Scottish kings at Kelso led to Menteith and his party losing to Durward's party. Later both parties called a Meeting of the great Magnates of the Realm to establish a regency until Alexander came of age. William Lord of Douglas was one of the magnates called to witness. Douglas was a partisan of Durward's party. This can be explained by the fact that although most of his territories lay in Douglasdale, through his wife, Constance, he had obtained the rich Manor of Fawdon in Northumberland and it would do well to keep English Royal favour.

David Hume of Godscroft, the arch-panegyricist of the House of Douglas, states that Longleg married Marjorie, Countess of Carrick and had by her two sons and a daughter, the daughter inheriting the Earldom of Carrick. Marjorie went on to marry Robert the Bruce, father to King Robert I of Scotland; this, however, does not make any sense historically.

William Longleg, Lord of Douglas (died c. 1274) married Constance Battail of Fawdon, and had two sons and a daughter:

Hugh I, Lord of Douglas (died c. 1274)
William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas (1240–1298)
Willelma de Douglas (d. 1302)
References
Notes
Maxwell, Vol I, p.18
Maxwell, Vol I, p19
Balfour Paul, Vol III, p.137
Sources
Balfour Paul, Sir James -The Scots Peerage IX vols. Edinburgh 1906.
Fraser, Sir William -The Douglas Book IV vols. Edinburgh 1885.
Hume, David -The history of the House and race of Douglas and Angus. London 1820.
Maxwell, Sir Herbert -A History of the House of Douglas II vols. London 1902.
Preceded by
Archibald I, Lord of Douglas Douglas Arms 1.svg
Lord of Douglas
c. 1240 – c. 1274 Succeeded by
Sir William Douglas the Hardy

The years of the minority of King Alexander III (1249-1262) featured an embittered struggle for the control of affairs between two rival parties, the one led by the nationalistic Walter Comyn, Earl of Menteith, the other by pro-English Alan Durward, Justiciar of Scotia. The former dominated the early years of Alexander's reign. In 1255 an interview between the English and Scottish kings at Kelso led to Menteith and his party losing to Durward's party. Later both parties called a Meeting of the great Magnates of the Realm to establish a regency until Alexander came of age. William Lord of Douglas was one of the magnates called to witness. Douglas was a partisan of Durward's party. This can be explained by the fact that although most of his territories lay in Douglasdale, through his wife, Constance, he had obtained the rich Manor of Fawdon in Northumberland and it would do well to keep English Royal favour.

David Hume of Godscroft, the arch-panegyricist of the House of Douglas, states that Longleg married Marjorie, Countess of Carrick and had by her two sons and a daughter, the daughter inheriting the Earldom of Carrick. Marjorie went on to marry Robert the Bruce, father to King Robert I of Scotland, this however does not make any sense historically.

William Longleg, Lord of Douglas, died c. 1274, and is said to have married Marjory de Abernethy, daughter of Orm de Abernethy leaving two sons:

* Hugh I, Lord of Douglas, d. c. 1274
* William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas (1240-1298)

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