Individual Details
Sir William "Longlegs, 3rd Laird of Douglas" Douglas
(Aft 1200 - 1274)
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=== Birth ===: His birth year is not known for certain but based on a writ in 1267 he describes himself as over 60, establishing his birth as soon after 1200. William was tall and impressive of stature, earning him the nickmane "Longlegs."
=== Marriage ===:One known marriage to Constance of Batail probably around 1242 as their oldest son Hugh was four years shy of majority on Palm Sunday 1259 when he entered into a marriage contract with Marjory Abernathy.:Assertions that William was married first to Martha de Carrick are without basis and this person is not found in any known records.
=== Historical Note ===: DOUGLAS CASTLE was also known as "Castle Dangerous." It was the stronghold of the Black Douglases and a center of activity during the Scottish wars for independence led by William Wallace and Robert the Bruce. The English briefly held the castle until it was recaptured and destroyed by its owner Sir James "The Black" Douglas.
== Sources ==*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.
*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
http://www.thepeerage.com/p10950.htm#i109494*[[Wikipedia:William Longleg, Lord of Douglas | Sir William on Wikipedia]]
*[http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/famgen/getperson.php?personID=I47357&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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=== Birth ===: His birth year is not known for certain but based on a writ in 1267 he describes himself as over 60, establishing his birth as soon after 1200. William was tall and impressive of stature, earning him the nickmane "Longlegs."
=== Marriage ===:One known marriage to Constance of Batail probably around 1242 as their oldest son Hugh was four years shy of majority on Palm Sunday 1259 when he entered into a marriage contract with Marjory Abernathy.:Assertions that William was married first to Martha de Carrick are without basis and this person is not found in any known records.
=== Historical Note ===: DOUGLAS CASTLE was also known as "Castle Dangerous." It was the stronghold of the Black Douglases and a center of activity during the Scottish wars for independence led by William Wallace and Robert the Bruce. The English briefly held the castle until it was recaptured and destroyed by its owner Sir James "The Black" Douglas.
== Sources ==*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.
*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
http://www.thepeerage.com/p10950.htm#i109494*[[Wikipedia:William Longleg, Lord of Douglas | Sir William on Wikipedia]]
*[http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/famgen/getperson.php?personID=I47357&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 | Aft 1200 | Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland | |||
| Marriage | 1250 | Constance Batail | |||
| Death | 1274 | Lanarkshire, Scotland | |||
| Reference No | 285154 | ||||
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| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Constance Batail (1210 - 1274) |
| Child | Sir William "Le Hardi, 5th Laird of Douglas" Douglas Knt (1255 - 1299) |
| Child | Hugh Douglas (1243 - 1289) |
| Child | Willelma Douglas (1245 - ) |
| Father | Sir Archibald "2nd Laird of Douglas" Douglas (1175 - 1240) |
| Mother | Lady Margaret Crawford (1187 - 1225) |
| Sibling | Sir Andrew Douglas (1240 - 1259) |