DOUGLAS, William Long Legs 3rd Earl of Douglas

1215 - 1274  (59 years)

• Name	DOUGLAS, William  [1, 2]
  Suffix	Long Legs 3rd Earl of Douglas
  Born	1215  [1, 2]
  	Douglas Castle, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Died	16 Oct 1274	Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I26604	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	DOUGLAS, Lord Archibald Lord of Douglas,   b. 1198, Hermiston, Midlothian, Scotland ,   d. 1240, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland  (Age 42 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	CRAWFORD, Margaret,   b. Mar 1187, Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland ,   d. 1225, Scotland  (Age ~ 37 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F20267	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	BATTAIL, Constance of Fawdon
  Children	1. DOUGLAS, William The Hardy Lord of Douglas,   b. 1243, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland ,   d. 24 Jan 1299, Tower of London, London, England  (Age 56 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F20266	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	DECARRICK, Constance Batail (Douglas) Baroness,   b. 1215, Carrick Castle, Argyll, Scotland ,   d. 27 Oct 1292, Scotland  (Age 77 years)
  Children	1. DOUGLAS, Earl William "Le Harli" (5Th Douglas),   b. 1243, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland ,   d. 24 Jan 1299, Tower of London, London, England  (Age 56 years)  [natural]   2. DOUGLAS, Willelma Heiress Butternock,   b. 1255,   d. Dec 1302, Baldernock, Stirlingshire, Scotland  (Age 47 years)  [natural]   3. DOUGLAS, William The Hardy Lord of Douglas,   b. 1243, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland ,   d. 24 Jan 1299, Tower of London, London, England  (Age 56 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F1191	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William, Lord of Douglas (c. 1220 – c. 1274), known as 'Longleg', was a Scottish nobleman. He was the son of Archibald I, Lord of Douglas. The years of the minority of King Alexander III (1249–1262) featured an embittered struggle for the control of affairs between two rival parties, the one led by the nationalistic Walter Comyn, Earl of Menteith, the other by pro-English Alan Durward, Justiciar of Scotia. The former dominated the early years of Alexander's reign. In 1255 an interview between the English and Scottish kings at Kelso led to Menteith and his party losing to Durward's party. Later both parties called a Meeting of the great Magnates of the Realm to establish a regency until Alexander came of age. The Lord of Douglas was one of the magnates called to witness.[1] Douglas was a partisan of Durward's party. This can be explained by the fact that although most of his territories lay in Douglasdale, through his wife, Constance, he had obtained the rich Manor of Fawdon in Northumberland and it would do well to keep English royal favour.[2] David Hume of Godscroft, the arch-panegyricist of the House of Douglas, states that Longleg married Marjorie, Countess of Carrick, and had by her two sons and a daughter, the daughter inheriting the Earldom of Carrick. Marjorie went on to marry Robert de Brus, father to King Robert I of Scotland; this, however, does not make any sense historically. William Longleg married Constance Battail of Fawdon, and had two sons and a daughter:[3] • Hugh I, Lord of Douglas (died c. 1274) • William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas (1240–1298) • Willelma de Douglas (d. 1302) References Notes 1 Maxwell, Vol I, p. 18 2 Maxwell, Vol I, p. 19 3 Balfour Paul, Vol III, p. 137 Sources • Balfour Paul, Sir James -The Scots Peerage IX vols. Edinburgh 1906. [1] • Fraser, Sir William -The Douglas Book IV vols. Edinburgh 1885.[2] • Hume, David -The history of the House and race of Douglas and Angus. London 1820. [3] • Maxwell, Sir Herbert -A History of the House of Douglas II vols. London 1902.

  
  

• Sources

  [S309] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;), Database online. Record for Earl William "Le Harli" (5th Douglas) Douglas http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=0&pid=7190 [S309] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;), Database online. Record for Earl William "Long Legs" (Douglas 3rd) Douglas http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=0&pid=7190