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Personal data William "le Hardi" (William "le Hardi") Douglas 

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Household of William "le Hardi" (William "le Hardi") Douglas

(1) He has/had a relationship with Alianore de Lovaine.


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(2) He had a relationship with Elizabeth Stewart.


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  1. James Douglas  1286-1330 


Notes about William "le Hardi" (William "le Hardi") Douglas

Scottish nobleman and warlord.

Douglas' father, Longleg died at some point c. 1274 and there is some confusion as to whether his eldest son Hugh predeceased him, however William the Hardy was certainly in possession of his estates by the end of the decade. Douglas was knighted before 1288, when he was called upon by Sir Andrew Moray, to imprison his uncle Sir Hugh de Abernethy at Douglas Castle. Abernethy had been party to the murder of Donnchadh III, Earl of Fife, one of the six Guardians of Scotland. Abernethy died in custody despite attempts by Edward I of England to have him released.

In 1289, Douglas requested the release of certain family charters from Richard, Abbot of Kelso. These charters had been kept at the Priory of Lesmahagow, a daughter house of the Tironensian Abbey of Kelso, for safety. In the receipt for these documents, Douglas styled himself Dominus de Duglas, Lord of Douglas, the first time the title had been recorded.

Following Wallace's success at Stirling Bridge the English fled Berwick on Tweed with Douglas and another Scottish prisoner Thomas de Morham; both were later committed to the Tower of London on 12 October 1297 with Douglas meeting his end there in 1298 due to mistreatment.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William "le Hardi" Douglas

Archibald Douglas
1179-1240
Margaret de Crawford
1187-1225

William "le Hardi" Douglas
1255-1298

(1) 

Alianore de Lovaine
1240-1326

Archibald 'The Tyneman' Douglas
1297-1333
(2) 

Elizabeth Stewart
1250-1287

James Douglas
1286-1330

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