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Archibald DOUGLAS

Archibald DOUGLAS

Male 1179 - 1240  (61 years)

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  • Name Archibald DOUGLAS 
    Born 1179  Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch ID 9H8J-7XK 
    Name Archibald DOUGLAS  [1
    _UID 56E5DEF63D904645A4668CCE719DB4780555 
    Buried 1240  Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Died 18 Jul 1240  Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I28985  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2023 

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

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

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