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William Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus (24 February 1398 – October 1437) was a Scottish nobleman and soldier. ... The castellan, George II, Earl of March, ...
William Douglas was the son of William Longleg, Lord of Douglas and it is supposed by his possible second wife, Constance Battail of Fawdon. [2] However, Fraser claims that he bought Fawdon from the Battails, when it is recorded in legal records that he purchased it from Gilbert de Umberville, Earl of Angus which puts her origins into question. [3]
William Douglas was the eldest son of William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus and his wife, Elizabeth Oliphant, eldest daughter of Laurence Oliphant, 4th Lord Oliphant.His younger brothers were James Douglas, 1st Lord Mordington and Sir Francis Douglas of Sandilands.
William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas (c. 1323 – 1 May 1384) was a Scottish nobleman, peer, magnate, and head of the Black Douglas family. Under his leadership, the Black Douglases continued their climb to pre-eminence in Scottish politics begun under his uncle, Sir James the Good, as well as their military dominance of the south of Scotland.
William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas, 2nd Earl of Avondale (1425 – 22 February 1452) was a late Medieval Scottish nobleman, Lord of Galloway, and Lord of the Regality of Lauderdale, [1] and the most powerful magnate in Southern Scotland. He was killed by James II of Scotland.
William Douglas (1589–1660) 11th Earl of Angus, was created Marquis of Douglas in 1633. [6] He resigned the title of Earl of Angus, having it recreated with the marquessate, so he was the 1st Earl of Angus in the new creation.
Sir William Douglas (c. 1220 – c 1289), [1] known as 'Longleg', was a Scottish knight.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 ...
He had one son, William Douglas, 2nd of Drumlanrig, and a daughter, Marion Douglas (born c.1402), who married Robert de Chisholm. There are various versions about who William Douglas married. Whilst most sources suggest he married Elizabeth Stewart of Durisdeer, [ 8 ] [ 9 ] other sources suggest he subsequently married Jean Murray (c1402) and ...