

Maternal granddaughter of King Robert II of Scotland and great granddaughter of King Robert I the Bruce of Scotland. Was beautiful and known as the Fair Maiden of Nithsdale.
From Nithsdale (Strathnith or Stranith) A historical perspective, drawn from the Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical, edited by Francis H. Groome and originally published in parts by Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh between 1882 and 1885.
Under Robert II. Nithsdale obtained new superiors. Sir William Douglas, natural son of Sir Archibald Douglas, Lord of Galloway, wedding Giles, the daughter of the king, received with her a grant of Nithsdale, and was constituted sheriff of Dumfries.
Her children by her first marriage were
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Nithsdale, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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Brechin, Scotland
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Rosslyn Castle, Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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Orkney Islands, Orkney, Scotland
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Age 58
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Orkney Islands, Orkney, Scotland, UK
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