 Abt 1297 - 1333 (36 years)
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| Name |
Archibald Douglas |
| Prefix |
Sir |
| Birth |
Abt 1297 |
Douglas Castle, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
19 Jul 1333 |
Battle Of Halidon Hill, Berwick-On-Tweed, Northumberland, England [2, 3] |
| Person ID |
I69946 |
Cecilie Family |
| Last Modified |
2 Mar 2009 |
| Father |
Sir William "Le Hardi" Douglas, b. Bef 1255, Douglas Castle, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. Bef 24 Jan 1299, Tower Of London, Middlesex, England (Age 44 years) |
| Mother |
Eleanor De Lovaine, b. Aft 1268, Bildeston, Suffolk, England d. Aft 3 May 1326 (Age 57 years) |
| Marriage |
Bef 1297 |
2ND Husband 2ND Wife [4] |
| Family ID |
F30369 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Beatrix De Lindsay, b. Abt 1302, Crawford, Clydesdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. Bef 1352, Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland (Age 50 years) |
| Marriage |
1st Husband [5] |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F30365 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
2 Mar 2009 |
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| Notes |
- Archibald (Sir); Regent of Scotland April-July 1333; married Beatrix, daughter of Sir Alexander de Linsay, and was killed 19 July 1333. [Burke's Peerage]
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Notes for Sir Archibald Douglas:
Archibald 'The Tyneman' ; Half brother of the Black Douglas. He defeated Edward de Baliol, King of Scotland in 1332 and was appointed regent of Scotland during the minority of King David II.Assumed the earldom from his brother, Hugh Douglas, who resigned and was canon of the Cathedral Church of Glasgow.
"He was chosen Regent of Scotland in 1333, after the capture of Sir Andrew Murray of Bothwell at Roxburgh Castle - an unfortunate choice, as succeeding events proved. In his attempt to relieve the castle and town of Berwick, then besieged by Edward III, Douglas rashly and imprudently attacked the English army drawn up in a strong position at Halidon Hill (July 22, 1333), and was defeated and killed, along with a large number of the leading nobility of Scotland and several thousands of the common soldiers. This disastrous battle for a time laid Scotland prostrate at the feet of the English monarch. In this extremity the struggle for the independence of the country was maintained by a small band of gallant leaders, conspicuous among them was Sir William Douglas, the Knight of Liddesdale."
The Great Historic Families of Scotland, by James Taylor
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| Sources |
- [S1690] Davis, I. M., Davis (1974), (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1974.), pp. 170-171 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1625] Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on, Douglas, William (Reliability: 3).
- [S1629] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charl, 2324 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1631] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th, 58-30 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1634] Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great, III:57 (Reliability: 3).
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