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Sir William "Le Hardi, 5th Laird of Douglas" Douglas Knt
(Bef 1255 - Bef 24 Jan 1299)
[[Category:Lord of Douglas]]
[[Category:Prisoners of the Tower of London]]
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== Biography ==William Douglas "the Bold" was a Scottish Crusader in 1270, a knight and nobleman, who held the castle of Berwick-upon-Tweed as constable for the Scottish crown under the Guardians of Scotland during the first interregnum.
He was the father of the Good Sir James Douglas, Bruce's deputy; and Sir Archibald Douglas, Regent of Scotland and commander of the army at Halidon Hill.
He was imprisoned on three occasions by the English under Edward I; the first occasion was in the spring of 1290 when his wife Eleanora of Lovaine posted bail for his release with four manucaptors in May 1290, these four knights, all her cousins, were John de Hastings, Nicholas de Segrave, William de Rye and Robert Bardulf; his arrest was for a charge of contempt; marrying Eleanora of Lovaine without the king's license and he was held at Knaresburgh. The second time he had surrendered Berwick Castle to end the genocide at Berwick on Tweed and he was confined to Hog's Tower only to be released before 10 June 1296 when he appeared in Edinburgh to put his seal for the first of two times to the infamous 'Ragman Roll'. The third time he was held a prisoner of Edward Plantagenet was after 9 July 1297 when he was accused by Sir Henry de Percy of breaking his covenant of peace with Edward that was agreed to in the document known as the Capitulation at Irving Water, where Douglas was in the company of Robert Brus, Alexander de Lindsay and John and James Stewart (the latter three his brothers in law). He was the first nobleman to join with Sir William Wallace in 1297 in rebellion; combining forces at Sanquhar, Durisdeer and later Scone Palace where the two liberated the English treasury. With that booty Wallace financed further rebellion including the successful Battle at Stirling Bridge fought on September the 11th,1297. By that time Sir William le Hardi was again Edward's guest at Berwick Castle; staying in what was now called 'Douglas Tower'. After Wallace's success at Stirling Bridge the English fled Berwick on Tweed with Douglas and another Scottish prisoner Thomas de Morham; both were later admitted to the Tower of London on 12 October 1297 with Douglas meeting his end there in 1298.
=== Birth ===He was the second son of Sir William "Long Legs" Douglas and Constance de Batail. Though the exact date of birth is unknown, he was a minor in 1256 when his father declared before a court that he had provided him lands in Warndon, Northumberland, with two guardians, as he was under age.
== Historical Notes ==:Married first to Elizabeth Stewart, daughter of Sir Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland around 1265. She died possibly in childbirth and he married second, Eleanor de Lorvaine daughter of Sir Matthew de Lorvaine and widow of William de Ferrers, Lord of Groby, some time before January 1289 when he came into possession of Douglasdale.
:Eleanor had come to Scotland to secure her dowry from her late husband's lands as provided by King Edward I. In a bold stroke William abducted her from Castle Fa'side near Tranent and married her soon thereafter. The King was not amused and ordered Douglas's land in Northumberland County forfeit.
:Sir William defended Berwick Castle besieged by Edward I in 1296, but after a gallant defense, he was forced to surrender. He was imprisoned, released, and captured again, joining William "Braveheart" Wallace in the fight for Scottish independence--the first Lord to do so. He was later recaptured and died imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1298.
== Sources ==
* Magna Carta Ancestry 2011 2nd ed. Vol. II p. 290-295
* '''"Royal Ancestry" 2013 Douglas Richardson Vol. III. p. 147'''
* '''"Royal Ancestry" 2013 Douglas Richardson Vol. III. p. 149'''
'''Children of Eleanor de Lovaine, by William de Douglas, Knt.''': '''Hugh De Douglas''', clerk. He was born about 1294. He became Canon of Glasgow before 17 May 1325. He died unmarried.: '''Archibald De Douglas''', Knt. He married Beatrice De Lindsay, daughter of Alexander de Lindsay, of Crawford. The had two sons, John and William, Knt. [Earl of Douglas and Mar], and one daughter, Eleanor. Sir Archibald De Douglas was slain at the Battle of Halidon Hill 19 July 1333.
*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 432.
http://www.thepeerage.com/p10950.htm#i109493*[http://www.archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun03paul#page/138/mode/2up Sir James Balfour Paul, Editor, 1906, The Scots Peerage,] founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, Published by David Douglas, Edinburgh, Scotland
*[[Wikipedia:William_the_Hardy,_Lord_of_Douglas | William on Wikipedia]]
*[http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/famgen/getperson.php?personID=I105073&tree=tree1 The Douglas Archives]
===Acknowledgements===This page has been edited according to [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Acknowledgements Style Standards] adopted January 2014. Descriptions of imported gedcoms for this profile are under the Changes tab.
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== Biography ==William Douglas "the Bold" was a Scottish Crusader in 1270, a knight and nobleman, who held the castle of Berwick-upon-Tweed as constable for the Scottish crown under the Guardians of Scotland during the first interregnum.
He was the father of the Good Sir James Douglas, Bruce's deputy; and Sir Archibald Douglas, Regent of Scotland and commander of the army at Halidon Hill.
He was imprisoned on three occasions by the English under Edward I; the first occasion was in the spring of 1290 when his wife Eleanora of Lovaine posted bail for his release with four manucaptors in May 1290, these four knights, all her cousins, were John de Hastings, Nicholas de Segrave, William de Rye and Robert Bardulf; his arrest was for a charge of contempt; marrying Eleanora of Lovaine without the king's license and he was held at Knaresburgh. The second time he had surrendered Berwick Castle to end the genocide at Berwick on Tweed and he was confined to Hog's Tower only to be released before 10 June 1296 when he appeared in Edinburgh to put his seal for the first of two times to the infamous 'Ragman Roll'. The third time he was held a prisoner of Edward Plantagenet was after 9 July 1297 when he was accused by Sir Henry de Percy of breaking his covenant of peace with Edward that was agreed to in the document known as the Capitulation at Irving Water, where Douglas was in the company of Robert Brus, Alexander de Lindsay and John and James Stewart (the latter three his brothers in law). He was the first nobleman to join with Sir William Wallace in 1297 in rebellion; combining forces at Sanquhar, Durisdeer and later Scone Palace where the two liberated the English treasury. With that booty Wallace financed further rebellion including the successful Battle at Stirling Bridge fought on September the 11th,1297. By that time Sir William le Hardi was again Edward's guest at Berwick Castle; staying in what was now called 'Douglas Tower'. After Wallace's success at Stirling Bridge the English fled Berwick on Tweed with Douglas and another Scottish prisoner Thomas de Morham; both were later admitted to the Tower of London on 12 October 1297 with Douglas meeting his end there in 1298.
=== Birth ===He was the second son of Sir William "Long Legs" Douglas and Constance de Batail. Though the exact date of birth is unknown, he was a minor in 1256 when his father declared before a court that he had provided him lands in Warndon, Northumberland, with two guardians, as he was under age.
== Historical Notes ==:Married first to Elizabeth Stewart, daughter of Sir Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland around 1265. She died possibly in childbirth and he married second, Eleanor de Lorvaine daughter of Sir Matthew de Lorvaine and widow of William de Ferrers, Lord of Groby, some time before January 1289 when he came into possession of Douglasdale.
:Eleanor had come to Scotland to secure her dowry from her late husband's lands as provided by King Edward I. In a bold stroke William abducted her from Castle Fa'side near Tranent and married her soon thereafter. The King was not amused and ordered Douglas's land in Northumberland County forfeit.
:Sir William defended Berwick Castle besieged by Edward I in 1296, but after a gallant defense, he was forced to surrender. He was imprisoned, released, and captured again, joining William "Braveheart" Wallace in the fight for Scottish independence--the first Lord to do so. He was later recaptured and died imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1298.
== Sources ==
* Magna Carta Ancestry 2011 2nd ed. Vol. II p. 290-295
* '''"Royal Ancestry" 2013 Douglas Richardson Vol. III. p. 147'''
* '''"Royal Ancestry" 2013 Douglas Richardson Vol. III. p. 149'''
'''Children of Eleanor de Lovaine, by William de Douglas, Knt.''': '''Hugh De Douglas''', clerk. He was born about 1294. He became Canon of Glasgow before 17 May 1325. He died unmarried.: '''Archibald De Douglas''', Knt. He married Beatrice De Lindsay, daughter of Alexander de Lindsay, of Crawford. The had two sons, John and William, Knt. [Earl of Douglas and Mar], and one daughter, Eleanor. Sir Archibald De Douglas was slain at the Battle of Halidon Hill 19 July 1333.
*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 432.
http://www.thepeerage.com/p10950.htm#i109493*[http://www.archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun03paul#page/138/mode/2up Sir James Balfour Paul, Editor, 1906, The Scots Peerage,] founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, Published by David Douglas, Edinburgh, Scotland
*[[Wikipedia:William_the_Hardy,_Lord_of_Douglas | William on Wikipedia]]
*[http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/famgen/getperson.php?personID=I105073&tree=tree1 The Douglas Archives]
===Acknowledgements===This page has been edited according to [http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Acknowledgements Style Standards] adopted January 2014. Descriptions of imported gedcoms for this profile are under the Changes tab.
Events
| Birth | Bef 1255 | Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland | |||
| Birth | Bef 1255 | ||||
| Marriage | 1265 | Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland - Elizabeth Stewart | |||
| Marriage | 18 Feb 1291 | Scotland - Eleanor Lovaine | |||
| Death | Bef 24 Jan 1299 | Tower of London, London, Middlesex, England | |||
| Death | Bef 24 Jan 1299 | ||||
| Alt name | de Douglas | ||||
| Alt name | William Douglas Knt | ||||
| Reference No | 292133 | ||||
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| Reference No | 60 | ||||
| Reference No | 307728 |
Families
| Spouse | Eleanor Lovaine (1268 - 1326) |
| Child | Sir Archibald Douglas (1297 - 1333) |
| Child | Hugh Douglas (1294 - 1362) |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Stewart (1245 - 1296) |
| Child | Barbara Douglas (1280 - 1350) |
| Child | Sir James "the Good" Douglas (1286 - 1330) |
| Father | Sir William "Longlegs, 3rd Laird of Douglas" Douglas (1200 - 1274) |
| Mother | Constance Batail (1210 - 1274) |
| Sibling | Hugh Douglas (1243 - 1289) |
| Sibling | Willelma Douglas (1245 - ) |