William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas
- William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas
Infobox Monarch
name =William Douglas
title =Earl of Douglas
caption =Arms of the 6th Earl of Douglas
reign =
coronation =
othertitles =Duke of Touraine("de jure")
Earl of Wigtown
Lord of Galloway
Lord of Bothwell, Selkirk and Ettrick Forest, Eskdale, Lauderdale, Liddesdale and Annandale
Count of Longueville ("de jure")
Seigneur de Dun-le-Roi ("de jure")
predecessor =Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas
successor =James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas
married =Janet Lindsay
issue =
royal house =
dynasty =Douglas
royal anthem =
father =Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas
mother =Euphemia Graham
date of birth =1424
place of birth =Scotland
date of death =1440
place of death = "murdered at" Edinburgh Castle
date of burial =1440
place of burial =St Bride's Kirk Douglas, South Lanarkshire|
William Douglas (c. 1424 – 24 November 1440) was a short-lived Scottish Nobleman. He was Earl of Douglas and Wigtown, Lord of Galloway, Lord of Bothwell, Selkirk and Ettrick Forest, Eskdale, Lauderdale, and Annandale in Scotland, and de jure Duke of Touraine, Count of Longueville, and Sire of Dun-le-roi in France. He was the eldest son of Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas and Eupheme Graham.
He married Janet Lindsay, daughter of David Lindsay, 3rd Earl of Crawford, and succeeded to the earldom on the death of his father, who had served as regent of James II. Following Douglas' death, Sir William Crichton, Sir Alexander Livingston of Callendar, and James Douglas, Earl of Avondale shared power. Together they conspired to break the power of the late Earl's family, and summoned William and his younger brother David to Edinburgh. The so-called 'Black Dinner' which followed saw the two boys summarily beheaded on trumped up charges, in the presence of the young King.
The lordships of Annandale and Bothwell fell to the crown, Galloway to Margaret Douglas, the 6th Earl's sister, and the Douglas lands and earldom passed to William's great-uncle James Douglas, the Earl of Avondale, who was accordingly seen later as the main perpetrator.
References
*1911
* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p10810.htm#i108096 thepeerage.com]
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
William Douglas — may refer to:Earlsof Douglas*William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas (c.1327 1384) *William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas (1425 1440) *William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas (1425 1452)of Angus*William Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus (c. 1398 1437) *William … Wikipedia
William Douglas, Duke of Hamilton — William Douglas Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton, KG, PC (24 December 1634 – 18 April 1694), was the son of William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas and his second wife Lady Mary Gordon. Both he and his wife, Anne Hamilton were 4th Great Grandchildren… … Wikipedia
William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas — William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas, 2nd Earl of Avondale (1425 ndash; February 22 1452), was a Scottish nobleman. He was the eldest son of James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas and Beatrice Sinclair.The power of the Black Douglases, lost after the … Wikipedia
William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton — William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton, (d. 1606) was the 4th Earl of Morton s near kinsman, being the son of Sir Robert Douglas of Lochleven (d. 1547), and was closely associated with him in his career, the two men being occasionally confused in… … Wikipedia
William Wentworth-FitzWilliam, 6th Earl FitzWilliam — William Thomas Spencer Wentworth FitzWilliam, 6th Earl FitzWilliam, KG (12 October 1815 ndash; 20 February 1902) was a British peer and Liberal politician.Born Viscount Milton, he was the only child of William Wentworth FitzWilliam, 4th Earl… … Wikipedia
William Douglas, 7th Earl of Morton — (1582 ndash; 7 August 1648), was a grandson of the 6th Earl of Morton. He was Lord High Treasurer of Scotland, and a zealous Royalist, who, on the outbreak of the Great Rebellion in 1642, provided £100,000 for the cause by selling his Dalkeith… … Wikipedia
William Douglas of Whittinghame — William Douglas of Whittingehame, (c. 1540 December 17, 1595) was a Senator of the College of Justice at Edinburgh, and a Royal conspirator.FamilyDalrymple appears to have his ancestry incorrect, as the Great Seal of Scotland (number 1995,… … Wikipedia
Charles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer — For other people named Charles Spencer, see Charles Spencer (disambiguation). The Right Honourable The Earl Spencer KG, GCVO, PC, VRD … Wikipedia
James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn — James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn, PC (c. 1661–September 28 1734) was a Scottish and Irish nobleman, the son of Col. James Hamilton and Elizabeth Colepeper.He married Elizabeth Reading, daughter of Sir Robert Reading, 1st Baronet, on January… … Wikipedia
Angus, William Douglas, 10th Earl of — ▪ Scottish rebel born c. 1552 died March 3, 1611, Paris, Fr. Scottish rebel and conspirator, a convert to Roman Catholicism during the reign of James VI. He joined the household of the Earl of Morton and then, while visiting the… … Universalium
