Archibald DOUGLAS

1179 - 1240  (61 years)

• Name	Archibald DOUGLAS
  Birth	1179	Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Archibald DOUGLAS  [1]
  _FSFTID	9H8J-7XK
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9H8J-7XK
  _UID	56E5DEF63D904645A4668CCE719DB4780555
  Burial	1240	Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland   [1]
  Death	18 Jul 1240	Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1]
  Person ID	I28985	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	William DOUGLAS,   b. 1157, Hermiston, Midlothian, Scotland d. 1214, Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Margaret KERSDALE OF MORAY,   b. 1152, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d. 1238, Scotland (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F200	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret de Crawford,   b. 8 Mar 1187, Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 1225, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Age 37 years)
  Marriage	Scotland   [1]
  Children	1. Sir William DOUGLAS, "Long Legs",   b. 1205, Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 16 Oct 1274, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, (Age 69 years)   2. Andrew CRAWFORD,   b. Abt 1210, Scotland, d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F12700	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Archibald Douglas, 2nd. Lord of Douglas, a Scottish Nobleman The earliest attestation of his existence is in a charter of confirmation dated prior to 1198. This charter of Jocelin, Bishop of Glasgow, granted the rights of a toft in Glasgow to Melrose Abbey. Archibald's name appears between that of Alan, High Steward of Scotland and Robert de Montgomery. Also before 1198, Archibald appears in another document, again before 1198, in which he resigns the lands of Hailes held by him of the Abbey of Dunfermline, to Robert of Restalrig. Between 1214 and 1226, Archibald acquired the use of the lands of Hermiston and Livingston, with Maol Choluim I, Earl of Fife as his feudal superior. Archibald of Douglas must have been knighted before 1226 as he appears in another charter of Melrose Abbey as 'Dominus de Douglas' witnessing William Purves of Mospennoc granting the Monks of Melrose rights to pass through his lands. Another witness is Andrew, Archibald's knight which highlights his influential position. Archibald de Douglas appears as a signatory to several royal charters following 1226, and he appears to have spent a considerable time in Moray as episcopal charters of his brother Bricius de Douglas show. He was in the retinue of the King Alexander II, at Selkirk, in 1238 when the title Earl of Lennox was regranted to Maol Domhnaich of Lennox. Douglas disappears from historical record after 1239 and it is presumed that he died about this time. source: Wikipedia

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2023), entry for Archibald DOUGLAS, person ID 9H8J-7XK. (Reliability: 3).