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    William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas, son of Sir Archibald Douglas, Guardian of Scotland. The Earldom was forfeited by James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas, in...
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    Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus (1378–1402) William Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus (c. 1398–1437) James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Angus (1428–1446) George Douglas,...
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    The title Earl of Morton was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1458 for James Douglas of Dalkeith. Along with it, the title Lord Aberdour was granted...
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    Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas James...
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    of the Stewart kings.[citation needed] The heads of the House of Douglas held the titles of the Earl of Douglas (Black Douglas) and later the Earl of...
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    Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas, Duke of Touraine (c. 1369 – 17 August 1424), was a Scottish nobleman and warlord. He is sometimes given the epithet...
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    apparent are "Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale" (the eldest son of the duke) and "Earl of Angus" (the eldest son of a marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale)....
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    William Douglas, third son of William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas, along with the title Lord Daer and Shortcleuch. On 29 April 1656, the first earl married...
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    Archibald Douglas, Earl of Douglas and Wigtown, Lord of Galloway, Douglas and Bothwell (c. 1330 – c. 24 December 1400), called Archibald the Grim or Black...
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    Sir Walter Scott of Kirkurd and Buccleuch, a border chief, by King James II, in consequence of the fall of the 8th Earl of Douglas (1452), but the family...
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  • William Douglas may refer to: William Douglas, 1st Earl of Queensberry (c. 1582–1640), Scottish nobleman William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry (1637–1695)...
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    William Douglas, illegitimate son of the 2nd Earl of Douglas and Mar, some time before 1427, when he died. His descendant William Douglas, 9th of Drumlanrig...
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  • Sir James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas and Mar (c. 1358 – 5 or 19 August 1388) was an influential and powerful magnate in the Kingdom of Scotland. He was...
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    14th Earl, Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, better known as Sir Alec Douglas-Home. After the unexpected resignation of Harold Macmillan, the 14th Earl was...
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    James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas, 1st Earl of Avondale (1371 – 24 March 1443), latterly known as James the Gross, and prior to his ennoblement as James...
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    himself from the power of the Douglases. Attempts to curb it took place in 1451, during the absence of William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas from Scotland, and...
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    Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas (c. 1391 – 26 June 1439) was a Scottish nobleman and general during the Hundred Years' War. Douglas was the son of Archibald...
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  • William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas, 2nd Earl of Avondale (1425 – 22 February 1452) was a late Medieval Scottish nobleman, Lord of Galloway, and Lord of the...
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    William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas (c. 1323 – 1 May 1384) was a Scottish nobleman, peer, magnate, and head of the Black Douglas family. Under his leadership...
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    Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, and thus the granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and the half-sister of King James V. She was the grandmother of King...
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  • Francis Douglas, 8th Earl of Wemyss and 4th Earl of March (1772–1853) See Earl of Wemyss and March for later holders of the title. The Earls of March on...
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    Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, KT, PC (/ˈhjuːm/ HEWM; 2 July 1903 – 9 October 1995), known as Lord Dunglass from 1918 to 1951 and the Earl of...
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    Archibald Douglas, 1st Earl of Forfar and 2nd Earl of Ormond (1653–1712), younger son of the 1st Earl of Ormond. Archibald Douglas, 2nd Earl of Forfar and...
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  • William Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus (24 February 1398 – October 1437) was a Scottish nobleman and soldier. The son of George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus and...
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    areas of Moray and was held by lords whose resources lay elsewhere. The last of these once-loyal lords were the Clan Douglas, Earls of Douglas who were...
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    James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas, 3rd Earl of Avondale KG (1426–1491) was a Scottish nobleman, last of the 'Black' earls of Douglas. The son of James...
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  • 9th Earl of Douglas (1426–1488) James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton (died 1493) James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Angus (1426)–1446 James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton...
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  • William, Earl of Douglas. While the eleventh (by some counts) holder of the title, William and Margaret's daughter Isabel Douglas, Countess of Mar, was...
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    that of Lord Balveny, was created for James Douglas, known as "the Gross", in 1437. He was a younger son of Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas and...
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    6th Earl of Douglas (c. 1424 – 24 November 1440) was a Scottish nobleman. In addition to his Earldom of Douglas, he was Earl of Wigtown, Lord of Galloway...
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