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William Douglas of Glenbervie

William Douglas of Glenbervie

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Sir William Douglas of Glenbervie, Knt. (c. 1473 – 9 September 1513) was a Scottish nobleman, who fell at Flodden.

Arms of the House Douglas of Glenbervie

Biography

Douglas was the second son of Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd.[1][2] He obtained the lands of Glenbervie by his marriage and was thereafter styled Douglas of Glenbervie.[2]

In 1493 and 1509 Douglas was in possession of charters of the lands of Grenane, in Ayrshire. The lands of Braidwood, in Lanarkshire, were confirmed to him in 1510.[2]

William Douglas was knighted before 1511,[citation needed] and was slain on 9 September 1513 at the Battle of Flodden.[3]

Family

Douglas was pledged in marriage, by contract, in 1492, to Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of the later James Auchinleck of that Ilk, by which contract he received a grant of the wardship of Auchinleck's estates. They had a son Sir Archibald Douglas of Glenbervie.[3]

Elizabeth Douglas survived her husband and entered the convent of St. Catherine of Siena, on the Burgh Muir of Edinburgh.[citation needed] This convent was to give its name to the Sciennes area of the city.

Notes

  1. [1]
    Burke & Burke 1848, pedigree CLXXXV.
  2. [2]
    Douglas 1798, pp. 18, 19.
  3. [3]
    Douglas 1798, p. 19.

References

  • Burke, John; Burke, John Bernard (1848), The royal families of England, Scotland, and Wales: with their descendants, sovereigns and subjects, vol. 1, London: E. Churton, pedigree CLXXXV
  • Douglas, Sir Robert; et al. (1798), The Baronage of Scotland, Edinburgh, pp. 18, 19
  • Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Balfour, Paul, James (1904). The Scots Peerage; founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom. Vol. 5. Edinburgh: D. Douglas. pp. 145, 146.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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