Sir William "Le Hardi" Douglas^{[1, 2, 3]}

Bef 1255 - Bef 1299  (44 years)

• Name	William "Le Hardi" Douglas
  Prefix	Sir
  Nickname	Le Hardi
  Birth	Bef 1255	Douglas Castle, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 24 Jan 1299	Tower Of London, Middlesex, England   [4, 5]
  Person ID	I69887	Cecilie Family
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2009

  
  

  Father	Sir William "Longlegs" Douglas,   b. 1240, Douglas, Strathclyde, Scotland d. 1274 (Age 34 years)
  Mother	Martha Of Carrick,   b. Abt 1230, Carrick, Argyllshire, Scotland d. Bef 1255 (Age 25 years)
  Marriage	1st Wife
  Family ID	F30426	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth Stewart,   b. Abt 1255, Dundonald Castle, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland d. Bef 24 Jan 1296, London, Middlesex, England (Age 41 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1276	1st Wife
  Children	1. Sir James "The Black" Douglas,   b. Abt 1286, Douglas Castle, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 25 Aug 1330, By Moors In Spain, Carrying Robert The Bruce's Heart To Holy Land (Age 44 years)
  Family ID	F30325	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2009

  
  

  Family 2	Eleanor De Lovaine,   b. Aft 1268, Bildeston, Suffolk, England d. Aft 3 May 1326 (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1297	2ND Husband 2ND Wife   [5]
  Children	1. Sir Archibald Douglas,   b. Abt 1297, Douglas Castle, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 19 Jul 1333, Battle Of Halidon Hill, Berwick-On-Tweed, Northumberland, England (Age 36 years)
  Family ID	F30369	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2009

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Bef 1255 - Douglas Castle, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland Marriage - Abt 1276 - 1st Wife  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Sir William, 5th of Douglas, called "Le Hardi" ("The Bold"); died a prisoner of the Enlish in London 1298. [Burke's Peerage] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ------------------- Copied from "Douglas Family" by Mark Freeman, freepages.genalogy.rootsweb.com/~markfreeman/douglas.html: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ------------------- " ... surnamed the 'Hardy,' from his valour and heroic deeds, fought on the patriotic side in the War of Independence. He was governor of the Castle of Berwick in 1296, when that town was besieged and taken, after a resolute defence, by Edward I. The garrison of the castle on capitulating were allowed to march out with the honours of war; but Sir William douglas was detained for some time a prisoner in one of the towers of that fortress. On regaining his liberty he rejoined the patriotic party, but fell once more into the hands of the English, and died in confinement in the Tower of York in 1302. He was the father, by a sister of the High Stewart, of Sir James Douglas." The Great Historic Families of Scotland, by James Taylor

  
  

• Sources

  [S1328] Schwennicke, Detlev, ES, (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt Verlag, 1980-), 3:714 (Reliability: 3). [S1690] Davis, I. M., Davis (1974), (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1974.), pp. 170-171 (Reliability: 3). [S1328] Schwennicke, Detlev, ES, (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt Verlag, 1980-), 3:159 (Reliability: 3). [S1625] Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on, Douglas, James (Reliability: 3). [S1631] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th, 58-30 (Reliability: 3).