Lord of Liddesdale

The Lord of Liddesdale was a magnate in medieval Scotland; the territorial lordship of Liddesdale was first created by David I of Scotland, perhaps between 1113 and 1124 when the latter was Prince of the Cumbrians. He gave it over to Ranulf de Sules, a knight from the Cotentin Peninsula. It was forfeited by the Soulis (de Sules) family in the 14th century and eventually passed to the Douglases.

* Ranulf I de Soules († x 1170)
* Ranulf II de Soules († 1207)
* Fulk de Soules († x 1227)
* Nicholas I de Soules († x 1264)
* William I de Soules († 1292x3)
* Nicholas II de Soules († 1296)
* William II de Soules († 1320x1), forfeit
* Sir Robert de Brus (bastard son of Robert I), († 1332)
* Sir Archibald Douglas, († 1333)
* William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas (loses 1342; † 1384)
* Sir William Douglas of Lothian, († 1353)
* George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus, († 1403)
** Sir James Douglas of Dalkeith († 1420), held lordship until 1397;
* Crown wardship: 1403-09x
* William Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus, († 1437)
* James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Angus, († 1446)
* George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus, († 1463)
* Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus, (forfeit 1491; † 1513)
* Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell, († 1508)
* Adam Hepburn, 2nd Earl of Bothwell, († 1513)
* Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell, († 1556)
* annexed to the crown in 1540

References

* M'Michael, Thomas, "The Feudal Family of de Soulis", in "Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History & Antiquarian Society: Transactions and Journal of Proceedings", 3rd series, vol. 26, 1947-48, pp. 163-93