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Lady Joanna Moray

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Strathearn, Perthshire, Scotland
Death: circa August 1409 (65-74)
Hermiston, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Maurice Moray, Earl of Strathearn and Joan Menteith
Wife of Archibald ‘The Grim’ Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas
Mother of James "The Gross" Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas; Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas and Marjorie Douglas, Countess of Atholl
Half sister of Helen de Strathearn; William Vii Sutherland; Isabel Sutherland; Kenneth Sutherland of Forse and Robert de Moravia, 6th Earl of Sutherland

Occupation: Married July 23, 1362
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About Lady Joanna Moray, Countess of Douglas

Also known as Joanna de Moravia of Bothwell.

Joanna Moray1,2,3
Last Edited 4 Apr 2020
F, #3846, d. before August 1409
Father Sir Maurice Moray, Earl of Strathearn, Sheriff of Clydesdale2 b. c 1323, d. 17 Oct 1346
Mother Joanna de Menteith d. a 20 Mar 1367
Charts
Pedigree of James Irvine (#1)
Pedigree of James Irvine (#2)
Pedigree of James Irvine (#3)
Pedigree of James Irvine (#4)
Pedigree of James Irvine (#5)
Joanna Moray Lady of Drumsergard. She married Sir Thomas Moray, 5th Earl of Bothwell, son of Sir Andrew Moray, Keeper of Berwick Castle. Joanna Moray married Sir Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas, Earl of Wigtown, Lord of Galloway & Bothwell, son of Sir James Douglas, 2nd Earl Douglas & Mar, Lord of Liddesdale, on 23 July 1362.2,3 Joanna Moray died before August 1409.
Family 1
Sir Thomas Moray, 5th Earl of Bothwell d. 1361
Family 2
Sir Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas, Earl of Wigtown, Lord of Galloway & Bothwell b. c 1325, d. 24 Dec 1400
Children

  • Marjory Douglas+
  • Margaret Douglas+
  • Joan Douglas+3 d. b 17 Feb 1392
  • Catherine Douglas+4
  • Jean Douglas+5
  • Sir Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl Douglas, Duke of Touraine, Lord of Galloway & Wigtoun+2,6 b. c 1375, d. 17 Aug 1424
  • James Douglas, 7th Earl Douglas, 1st Earl Avondale+ b. c 1380, d. 24 Mar 1443

Citations
1.[S558] Unknown author, Wallop Family, p. 278; Scots Peerage.
2.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 570.
3.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 619-620.
4.[S11620] The Douglas Archives.
5.[S11772] Unknown author, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, Vol. III (2), p. 127-161. "An Addendum to the Five Odards: Eva de Hodelholm and her Stepchildren". Written by MichaelAnne Guido, J. C. B. Sharp, & Jane Brankstone Thomas.
6.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 648.
From: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p128.htm#...
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Lady Joan Moray1
F, #107890, b. between 1339 and 1354, d. between January 1403 and August 1409
Last Edited=10 Feb 2019
Lady Joan Moray was born between 1339 and 1354. She was the daughter of Morice Moray, 1st Earl of Strathearn and Joan Menteith.1,2 She married, firstly, Sir Thomas Moray, Lord of Bothwell, son of Sir Andrew Moray of Bothwell, before 1361.1 She married, secondly, Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas, son of Sir James Douglas, 6th of Douglas, after 23 July 1362.3 She died between January 1403 and August 1409.2
From after 23 July 1362, her married name became Douglas. After her marriage, Lady Joan Moray was styled as Countess of Douglas on 14 August 1388.
Children of Lady Joan Moray and Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas
1. Lady Marjorie Douglas+4 d. b 11 May 1421
2. Lady Helen Douglas5 d. 24 Dec 1400
3. Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas+2 b. c 1370, d. 17 Aug 1424
4. James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas+6 b. 1371, d. 24 Mar 1442/43
Citations
1.[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 208. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families.
2.[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume IV, page 433. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
3.[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume XII/1, page 388.
4.[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families, page 227.
5.[S3178] Gregory Lauder-Frost, "re: Campbell-Renton Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 10 June 2008. Hereinafter cited as "re: Campbell-Renton Family."
6.[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume IV, page 435.
From: https://www.thepeerage.com/p10789.htm#i107890
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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 Archibald, was a late medieval Scottish nobleman. Archibald was the illegitimate son of Sir James "the Black" Douglas, Robert the Bruce's trusted lieutenant, and an unknown mother. A first cousin of William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas, he inherited the earldom of Douglas and its entailed estates as the third earl following the death without legitimate issue of James, 2nd Earl of Douglas at the Battle of Otterburn.
Early life
He was probably not yet born when his father went on crusade and was killed at the Battle of Teba whilst fighting the Moors. According to Walter Bower, possibly an insult regarding his illegitimacy, "He was dark and ugly more like a coco [cook-boy] than a Noble."[2] Jean Froissart in his chronicle describes Douglas, as an adult, as a large man capable of wielding a huge sword. It has been suggested that the young Archibald spent time with his cousin William at the court in exile of King David II at Château Gaillard in Normandy.[3] It was only natural for them to take service with the French king.[4] This was in keeping with the spirit of the Auld Alliance. The first definite mention of him was in 1342 when his name was included as an heir to the Douglas lands after his legitimate Douglas cousins.[5]
etc.
De Moravia marriage
Archibald further increased his power by his marriage to the widow and heiress Joanna de Moravia in 1362. Joanna de Moravia was the daughter of Maurice de Moravia, Earl of Strathearn and granddaughter of John de Moray of Drumsargard. Archibald is said to have offered to fight five English knights in single combat for her hand.[11] The Lady of Bothwell and heiress to the de Moravia dynasty, Joanna brought with her large estates and lordships throughout Scotland, which Archibald claimed de jure uxoris. This included the semi-ruined Bothwell Castle, which he promptly started to rebuild. The marriage was a device of the king to ensure that the Moray inheritance would be passed into safe (and loyal) hands. Since the death of Joanna's first husband, Sir Thomas de Moravia, the Lord of Bothwell, in 1361, she and her widowed mother had been wards of the court. Joanna was declared to be not only heiress of her father's unentailed lands, but also those of her first husband. The estates stretched from Aberdeenshire, Moray and Ross in the north, to Lanarkshire and Roxburghshire in the south. Although Douglas did not inherit his wife's father's Earldom of Strathearn, Douglas would be able to use his newfound kindred ties to the advantage of the king in the centre of the kingdom.[12]
etc.
During the intervals of war with the English, he imposed feudal law on the border chieftains, drawing up a special code for the marches. The power of the Black Douglas overshadowed the crown under the weak rule of Robert III. Archibald appeared to have strengthened his line's connection with that of the Royal Stewarts, when in 1390 he arranged the marriage of his son and heir, Archibald, Master of Douglas, to Princess Margaret, and in 1399 his daughter Marjorie to David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay; both of these spouses were children of Robert III, Rothesay being the heir apparent to the throne. Rothesay had already contracted to marry Elizabeth Dunbar, daughter of George I, Earl of March, who had paid a large sum for the honour. March, alienated by this breach of faith on the king's part, joined the English forces.
In 1390 he captured Lochnaw Castle.[15]
Death
The Earl of Douglas died at Threave Castle, around the Christmas of 1400, and was buried at Bothwell.
Marriage and children
Around 1362 Douglas married Joanna de Moravia, daughter of Maurice de Moravia, 1st Earl of Strathearn. They had five children:

  • (Archibald Douglas, who succeeded as 4th earl
  • James Douglas, later the 7th earl
  • Marjorie Douglas, married 1st David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, 2nd Walter de Haliburton the Treasurer of Scotland
  • Helen, married George de Lawedre of Haltoun,[16] Governor of Edinburgh Castle.
  • Eleanor Douglas, married John de Dundas

Lord Douglas had an illegitimate son:

  • Sir William Douglas of Nithsdale (assassinated 1391), married Egidia Stewart daughter of Robert II

etc.
From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Douglas,_3rd_Earl_of_Douglas
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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 of Balvenie, was a late mediaeval Scottish magnate.[1] He was the second son of Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas, and Joan Moray of Bothwell and Drumsargard (now Cambuslang), d. after 1408.
Regent of Douglas
His rise to dominance in the kingdom began with the disastrous defeat of his elder brother Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas, at the Battle of Homildon Hill in September 1402, where he was captured by the English. James was now acting head of the main branch of the powerful Douglas family and was left to maintain their influence in southern Scotland. His successes in this regard preserved Douglas influence until the return of his elder brother from captivity in 1409, at which time he assumed the role of councillor and was rewarded with the grant of extensive estates. The most important of these was the stronghold of Abercorn Castle, which would become his principal residence for the rest of his life.
etc.
Marriage and issue
He married first Beatrice Stewart, daughter of Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany and Margaret Graham, Countess of Menteith. He married second Beatrice Sinclair, daughter of Henry Sinclair, 2nd Earl of Orkney, around 1425, and their children include:

  • Beatrice Douglas, married William Hay, 1st Earl of Erroll, Lord High Constable of Scotland.
  • William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas (1425–1452), who succeeded his father
  • James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas (1426–1491), who succeeded his older brother
  • Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray (1426–1455), James's twin
  • Hugh Douglas, Earl of Ormonde (d. 1455)
  • John Douglas, Lord of Balvenie
  • Janet Douglas, had a child with Constantine Dunlop, married Robert Fleming, 1st Lord Fleming
  • Margaret Douglas, married Henry Douglas of Borg (d. 1473)[2]

etc.
From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Douglas,_7th_Earl_of_Douglas
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B. EARLS of DOUGLAS
etc.
ARCHIBALD Douglas, illegitimate son of JAMES Douglas & his mistress --- ([1325]-Threave [24 Dec 1400/9 Feb 1401], bur Bothwell). Froissart names "messire Arcebaus Douglas" as son of "messire James Douglas, frère à messire Guillaume" who died "en Grenade"[628]. "Dominis Andrea de Douglas et Willelmo de Douglas fratre meo militibus Archebaldo de Douglas consanguineo meo…" witnessed the charter dated 3 Nov 1351 under which "Willelmus de Douglas dominus vallis de Lydel" granted "baronia mea de Newlandis et de Kylboughok" to "Jacobo de Douglas nepoti meo filio quondam domini Johannis de Douglas fratris mei"[629]. The Liber Pluscardensis records that "Archibaldus…dictus Blac Archebalde, filius nobilis Jacobi de Douglas…" was captured at the battle of Poitiers in 1356[630]. "Archebaldus de Douglas dñs Galwidie et de Bothevile" confirmed "terras de Arbuthnot" to "Philippo de Arbuthnot et Margarete de Douglas filie Jacobi de Douglas militis dñi de Dalkeith" by charter dated 25 Oct 1372 which names "Joneta sponsam nostram"[631]. He succeeded in 1388 as Earl of Douglas. The Liber Pluscardensis records the death in 1400 of "Archibaldus de Douglas, comes eiusdem"[632]. Fraser records details of his career[633].
m (Papal dispensation 23 Jul 1362) as her second husband, JOAN Moray, widow of THOMAS Moray Lord of Bothwell, daughter of MAURICE Moray Earl of Strathearn & his wife Joan Menteith (-[Jan 1403/Aug 1409]). "Archebaldus de Douglas dñs Galwidie et de Bothevile" confirmed "terras de Arbuthnot" to "Philippo de Arbuthnot et Margarete de Douglas filie Jacobi de Douglas militis dñi de Dalkeith" by charter dated 25 Oct 1372 which names "Joneta sponsam nostram" [634].
Archibald & his wife had three children (see Fraser for details of these descendants[635]):

  • 1. ARCHIBALD Douglas ([1370]-killed in battle Verneuil 17 Aug 1424, bur 24 Aug 1424 Tours Cathedral). He succeeded his father in [1400/01] as Earl of Douglas. Charles VII King of France created him Duc de Touraine 19 Apr 1424. The Geste des Nobles records that in 1424 “le conte de Douglas” arrived in France where “le roy de France” granted him “la duchié de Touraine”[636]. He was killed fighting against the Duke of Bedford[637]. The Geste des Nobles names “le duc de Touraine, James de Douglaz son fils, le conte de Buchan son gendre connestable de France...” among those killed in battle “devant Verneuil” 17 Aug 1424[638]. m (before 1390) Lady MARGARET Stewart, daughter of ROBERT III King of Scotland & his wife Annabel Drummond (-[26 Jan 1450/Sep 1456], bur Lincluden Church). Archibald & his wife had [three] children:
    • a) ARCHIBALD Douglas ([1390]-Restalrig 26 Jun 1439, bur St Bride’s, Douglas). He succeeded his father as Earl of Douglas. [m firstly MATILDA Lindsay, daughter of DAVID Lindsay Earl of Crawford & his wife ---.] m [secondly] (Papal dispensation 6 Jun 1425, before 26 Apr 1425) as her first husband, EUPHEMIA Graham of Strathearn, daughter of PATRICK Graham Earl of Strathearn & his wife --- (-[1 Aug/1 Nov] 1468). The Papal dispensation for the marriage of "Archebaldi de Douglas" and "Euphemie de Graham", issued by Pope Martin V, is dated 26 Jun 1425[639]. She married secondly (Papal dispensation 25 Feb 1441, [1441]%29 as his first wife, James Hamilton Lord Hamilton. “Malise Earl of Menteith” granted "the lands of Elastonne...” to “his kinsman James Lord Hamilton, knight, and Eufamia his spouse, sister of Earl Malis (and widow of Archibald fifth Earl of Douglas)" by charter dated 17 Dec 1453[640]. King James II granted “the lands of the baronies of Drumsergart and Cormannok...” to "James Lord Hamilton and his spouse Euphamia Countess of Douglas, otherwise spouse of the deceased Archibald Earl of Douglas and Lord of Lauderdale”, by reason of “the forfeiture of James, formerly Earl of Douglas and Lord of Lauderdale", by charter dated 1 Jul 1455[641]. Archibald & his [second] wife had three children:
      • i) WILLIAM Douglas (1423-beheaded Edinburgh Castle 24 Nov 1440). He succeeded his father as Earl of Douglas. m JANET Lindsay, daughter of DAVID Lindsay Earl of Crawford & his wife Marjory Ogilvy of Auchterhouse (-[1483/84]).
      • ii) DAVID Douglas (-beheaded Edinburgh Castle 24 Nov 1440).
      • iii) MARGARET Douglas "the Fair Maid of Galloway" (-[21 Jan 1473/early 1475]). m firstly (1444) WILLIAM Douglas Earl of Douglas, son of JAMES Douglas Earl of Douglas & his second wife Beatrice Sinclair (1425-murdered Stirling Castle 22 Feb 1452). m secondly (1453, divorced) as his first wife, her brother-in-law, JAMES Douglas Earl of Douglas, son of JAMES Douglas Earl of Douglas & his second wife Beatrice Sinclair (1425-Lindores Abbey [after 22 May] 1491, bur Lindores Abbey). m thirdly ([1459/60]%29 as his first wife, JOHN Stewart Earl of Atholl, son of JAMES Stewart, the Black Knight of Lorn & his wife Joan Beaufort ([1440]-the Laighwood 15 Sep 1512, bur Dunkeld Cathedral).
    • b) ELIZABETH Douglas (-[1451]). m firstly JOHN Stewart Earl of Buchan Constable of France, son of ROBERT Stewart Duke of Albany & his second wife Harriet Keith ([1381]-killed in battle Verneuil 17 Aug 1424). The Geste des Nobles names “le duc de Touraine, James de Douglaz son fils, le conte de Buchan son gendre connestable de France...” among those killed in battle “devant Verneuil” 17 Aug 1424[642]. m secondly ([1425]%29 THOMAS Stewart Master of Mar Lord of Badenoch, illegitimate son of ALEXANDER Stewart Earl of Mar & his mistress --- (-before 1435) m thirdly as his first wife, WILLIAM Sinclair Earl of Orkney, son of HENRY Sinclair Earl of Orkney & his wife Jill Douglas of Nithdale (-[1480]). He was created Earl of Caithness in 1455. He resigned the earldom of Orkney in 1470.
    • c) [JAMES Douglas (-killed in battle Verneuil 17 Aug 1424). The Geste des Nobles names “le duc de Touraine, James de Douglaz son fils, le conte de Buchan son gendre connestable de France...” among those killed in battle “devant Verneuil” 17 Aug 1424[643]. The primary source which identifies his mother has not been identified.]
  • 2. JAMES Douglas of Balvany ([1375?]-[24 Mar/28 Mar] 1443, bur Douglas). Earl of Avondale and Lord Balvany 1437. He succeeded his great-nephew as Earl of Douglas in 1440. [m firstly [--- Stewart, daughter of ROBERT Stewart Duke of Albany & his [first wife Margaret Graham Ctss of Menteith/second wife Muriella Keith] (-[1424])]. The estimated date of birth of James Earl of Douglas, and his known marriage dated to 1424, suggests that an earlier marriage is likely. Balfour Paul, after noting that "his only recorded wife is Beatrice Sinclair", says that Earl James "is three times within a year styled ‘brother’ by Murdach Duke of Albany, which suggests that he married [firstly] an unknown or a widowed daughter of Robert Duke of Albany or that he married a sister-in-law of Duke Murdach", adding that "no evidence on the point has been discovered"[644]. Balfour Paul does not cite the sources for the three documents, but Fraser cites an “Act of General Council at Inverkeithing” dated 28 Aug 1423, a “precept for infefting Henry Ramsay of Colluthie in Leuchars” dated 28 Aug 1423, and a charter of Pittendriech dated 4 Mar 1424 (N.S.)[645]. If this parentage of James’s supposed first wife is correct, his estimated birth date suggests that she could have been born from her father’s second marriage.] m [secondly] (1424) BEATRICE Sinclair, daughter of HENRY Sinclair Earl of Orkney & his wife Jill Douglas of Nithsdale (-[Jun 1455/8 Feb 1463]). Earl James & his [second] wife had [eleven] children:
    • a) WILLIAM Douglas (1425-murdered Stirling Castle 22 Feb 1452). Twin with his brother James. He succeeded his father in 1443 as Earl of Douglas. m (1444) as her first husband, MARGARET Douglas "the Fair Maid of Galloway", daughter of ARCHIBALD Douglas Earl of Douglas & his second wife Eupheme Graham of Strathearn (-[21 Jan 1473/early 1475]). She married secondly (1453, divorced) as his first wife, her brother-in-law, James Douglas Earl of Douglas, and thirdly as his first wife, John Stewart Earl of Atholl.
    • b) JAMES Douglas (1425-Lindores Abbey [after 22 May] 1491, bur Lindores Abbey). Twin with his brother William. He succeeded his brother as Earl of Douglas. m firstly (1453) as her second husband, his sister-in-law, MARGARET Douglas "the Fair Maid of Galloway", widow of WILLIAM Douglas Earl of Douglas, daughter of ARCHIBALD Douglas Earl of Douglas & his wife Eupheme Graham of Strathearn (-[21 Jan 1473/early 1475]). She married thirdly as his first wife, John Stewart Earl of Atholl. m secondly as her third husband, ANNE de Holand, widow firstly of JOHN Neville, and secondly of JOHN Neville Lord Neville, daughter of JOHN de Holand Duke of Exeter & his first wife Anne Stafford (-26 Dec 1486).
    • c) ARCHIBALD Douglas (-killed Arkinholm 1 May 1455). He was installed in parliament as Earl of Moray 3 Jul 1445, a reflection of the power of the Douglas family rather than of his wife's hereditary right. He rebelled against the king following the murder of his brother William Earl of Douglas. He was attainted posthumously and his assets and title declared forfeited[646]. m ([Aug 1434/26 Apr 1442]) as her first husband, Lady ELIZABETH Dunbar, daughter of JAMES Dunbar Earl of Moray & his wife Katherine [Janet] Seton of Gordon (-before 17 Feb 1486). She married secondly (contract 20 May 1455, divorced before 10 Mar 1460) as his first wife, George Gordon Master of Huntly, who succeeded in 1470 as Earl of Huntly, and thirdly ([1462]) as his second wife, John Colquhoun of Luss.
    • d) HUGH Douglas (-executed 1455).
    • e) JOHN Douglas (-executed 1463). Lord of Balveny, forfeited 1455.
    • f) HENRY Douglas . Priest.
    • g) GEORGE Douglas (-young).
    • h) MARGARET Douglas . m HENRY Douglas of Borg in Galloway, son of JAMES Douglas Baron of Aberdour & his first wife Lady Elizabeth Stewart of Scotland.
    • i) BEATRICE Douglas (-1490 or after). m (before 17 Mar 1450) WILLIAM Hay of Erroll, Perthshire, Lord Hay, Constable of Scotland, son of GILBERT Hay & his wife Alice Hay of Yester (-[Slains] after 15 Nov 1461). He was created Earl of Erroll in 1452. m secondly (before 12 Oct 1463) ARTHUR Forbes, son of --- (-after 1 Jun 1474).
    • j) JANET Douglas . m (before 23 Jul 1451) as his first wife, ROBERT Fleming, son of MALCOLM Fleming of Biggar and Cumbernauld & his wife Elizabeth Stewart of the Dukes of Albany (-[26 Mar 1491/16 Jan 1493]). He was created Lord Fleming in [1451/54].
    • k) ELIZABETH Douglas . m WILLIAM Wallace of Craigie, son of ---.
  • 3. MARJORY Douglas (-before 11 May 1421). The Liber Pluscardensis records the marriage "apud Bothwel" of "dux Rothsay David princeps, primogenitus regis Roberti tercii" and "Archibaldus de Douglas…filiam suam Mariam"[647]. Accounts dated 1421 record pension payments “in plenam solucionem termini Pentecostes” to “quondam domine Marie ducisse Rothesaie” and her death “post quem terminum” after which the pension stopped[648]. m firstly (Bothwell Church Feb 1400) DAVID Stewart Duke of Rothesay, son of ROBERT III King of Scotland & his wife Annabella Drummond (24 Oct 1378-Falkland Castle 26 Mar 1402, bur Lindores Abbey). m secondly (1403) WALTER Halyburton of Dirletoun, son of --- (-1447).

Earl Archibald had one illegitimate child by an unknown mistress (see Fraser for details[649]):

  • 4. WILLIAM Douglas of Nithsdale (-killed in battle Danzig [1391/92]). The Liber Pluscardensis records that "Archibaldus de Douglas…filium…Willelmum" was killed "ab Anglicis super pontem de Dansekyn"[650]. Accounts dated 1391 record payments made to “domino Willelmo de Douglas, in partem pensionis...” and in early 1393 a reference to “quondam dominus Willelmus de Douglas”[651]. m (1387) Lady EGIDIA Stewart, daughter of ROBERT II King of Scotland & his second wife Eupheme of Ross. The Liber Pluscardensis records that "Archibaldus de Douglas…filium…Willelmum" married "rex Scociæ Robertus…filiam…Egidia Pulcra"[652]. Balfour Paul dates her marriage to 1387[653]. The Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun records that “Schyr Willame off Dowglas, that till Schyr Archebald swne than was” married “the Kyng...hya douchtyr Dame Gylis that than was the fayrest off fassown and off face” in 1387 and was granted “the Lordschipe als off Nyddysdale”[654]. William & his wife had one child:
    • a) JILL Douglas (-1438 or after). The Liber Pluscardensis records that the only daughter of "Willelmum [Douglas]" and his wife "rex Scociæ Robertus…filiam…Egidia Pulcra" married "dominus comes Orcadiæ Henricus de Sancto Claro" by whom she had "comitem Orcadiæ…Willelmum ac alios plures filios et filias"[655]. m firstly (before 17 Nov 1407) HENRY Sinclair Earl of Orkney, son of HENRY Sinclair Earl of Orkney & his wife Jean Halyburton of Dirletoun (-[1 Feb] 1421). m secondly (after 29 Apr 1422) ALEXANDER Stewart, son of MURDOCH Stewart Duke of Albany & his wife Isabel of Lennox (-beheaded Stirling 25 Mar 1425).

C. EARLS of MORTON
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From: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY%20LATER.htm#Ar...
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Lady Joanna Moray, Countess of Douglas's Timeline

1339
1339
Strathearn, Perthshire, Scotland
1371
1371
Hermiston, East Lothian, Scotland
1372
1372
Castle Douglas, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1377
1377
Hermiston, East Lothian, Scotland
1409
August 1409
Age 70
Hermiston, Roxburghshire, Scotland
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