DOUGLAS, Lord Archibald Lord of Douglas

1198 - 1240  (42 years)

• Name	DOUGLAS, Archibald
  Title	Lord
  Suffix	Lord of Douglas
  Born	1198	Hermiston, Midlothian, Scotland   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1240	Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I26605	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	DOUGLAS, William,   d. Abt 1214
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F20268	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	DOUGLAS, Sir Willaim 1st Lord of Douglas,   b. 1145, Douglasdale, Hermiston, Midlothian,Scotland ,   d. 1214, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland  (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	DE MORAY, Daughter of Kersdale,   b. 1152, Moray, Scotland ,   d. 1238, Angus, Scotland  (Age 86 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F4501	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	CRAWFORD, Margaret,   b. Mar 1187, Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland ,   d. 1225, Scotland  (Age ~ 37 years)
  Children	1. DOUGLAS, William Long Legs 3rd Earl of Douglas,   b. 1215,   d. 16 Oct 1274, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland  (Age 59 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F20267	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Archibald of Douglas (before 1198 – died c. 1238) was a Scottish nobleman. He was the son of William of Douglas. Life The earliest attestation of his existence is in a charter of confirmation dated prior to 1198. This charter of Jocelin, Bishop of Glasgow, granted the rights of a toft in Glasgow to Melrose Abbey. Archibald's name appears between that of Alan, High Steward of Scotland and Robert de Montgomery. Also before 1198, Archibald appears in another document, again before 1198, in which he resigns the lands of Hailes held by him of the Abbey of Dunfermline, to Robert of Restalrig. Between 1214 and 1226, Archibald acquired the use of the lands of Hermiston and Livingston, with Maol Choluim I, Earl of Fife as his feudal superior.[1] Archibald of Douglas must have been knighted before 1226 as he appears in another charter of Melrose Abbey as 'Dominus de Douglas' witnessing William Purves of Mospennoc granting the Monks of Melrose rights to pass through his lands. Another witness is Andrew, Archibald's knight which highlights his influential position.[2] Archibald de Douglas appears as a signatory to several royal charters following 1226, and he appears to have spent a considerable time in Moray as episcopal charters of his brother Bricius de Douglas show. He was in the retinue of the King Alexander II, at Selkirk, in 1238 when the title Earl of Lennox was regranted to Maol Domhnaich of Lennox. Douglas disappears from historical record after 1239 and it is presumed that he died about this time. Marriage and issue Archibald of Douglas is thought to have married Margaret, daughter of Sir John Crawford of Crawfordjohn and had issue: • William of Douglas (c.1220–c.1274) • Andrew Douglas of Hermiston, progenitor of the Lords of Dalkeith & Earls of Morton and Lords of Mains. References Notes 1 Reg. Morton vol i p. xxxiii-iv 2 Liber de Melros, voli, pp. 214–215 Sources • Registrum Honoris de Morton, ed. Thomson, MacDonald, Innes. Bannatyne Club, Edinburgh 1853.[1] • Liber Sancte Marie de Melros: munimenta vetustiora Monasterii Cisterciensis de Melros, ed. Innes. Bannatyne Club, Edinburgh 1837. [2] • Maxwell, Sir Herbert. A History of the House of Douglas. London 1902 • Balfour Paul, Sir James. The Scots Peerage IX Vols. Edinburgh 1907 • Fraser, Sir William. The Douglas Book IV Vols. Edinburgh 1885

  
  

• Sources

  [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=10 [S309] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;), Database online. Record for Archibald, 2nd Laird De Douglas http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=0&pid=10