Individual Details
Sir Archibald "The Grim" Douglas
(Abt 1325 - Abt 23 Dec 1400)
[[Category:Governor of Edinburgh Castle]]
[[Category:Battle of Poitiers]]
[[Category:Scotland, Notables]]
[[Category:Declaration of Arbroath, Douglas Family Worklist]]
[[Category: Descendants of Laird William Douglas, Name Study]]
[[Category: Douglas of Douglas]]
[[Category:Black Douglas]]
[[Category: Earls of Douglas]]
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== Biography ==
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}Archibald Douglas was the son of Sir James Douglas, the good.
[[#CokayneP2-4|Cokayne - Peerage, Ed. 2 Vol IV]]:[https://archive.org/stream/completepeerageo04coka#page/433/mode/1up p. 433]
[[#BalfourPaul3|BalfourPaul - Peerage Vol. III]]:[https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun03pauluoft/page/146/mode/2up p. 146]
He fought at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356 and later became Lord of Galloway in 1369. He later began work on Threave Castle, which was to become his stronghold. He purchased the Earldom of Wigtown and later became Lord of Bothwell with his marriage to Joan or Johanna of Moray.
[[#JohnstonDouglas|Johnston - Douglas]]:[https://archive.org/stream/heraldryofdougla00john#page/15/mode/1up p. 15]
Commonly called ''The Grim'' he was an illegitimate son of "the good Sir James Douglas" who was an uncle of the 1st Earl of Douglas. Archibald was with the Earl, his cousin, at the battle of Poitiers, 19th September 1356,
[[#BalfourPaul3|BalfourPaul - Peerage Vol. III]]:[https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun03pauluoft/page/158/mode/2up p. 158] and greatly distinguished himself in various inroads against the English. He was Lord Warden of the Marches in 1368 till his death. Under the Settlement of May 1342, whereby the Douglas lands were entailed on the 1st Earl and his issue male, with divers remainders, he succeeded thereto and, in consequence (apparently), to the Earldom, in 1388, on the failure of such legitimate male issue. [The (apparently) ''territorial'' devolution of this Earldom (as a Peerage dignity) at this comparatively late date is a powerful argument against the views held by the later Lord Mansfield on that subject.] Archibald was appointed a Conservator of a truce with the English on 16th July 1390. He survived his father 70 years, and died probably on Christmas Eve, 1400, at Threave Castle, and was buried at Bothwell, Lanarkshire.
===Titles and Lordships===
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Titles:
*Earl of Douglas
*Earl of Wigtown
*Lord of Galloway
*Lord of Douglas
*Lord of Bothwell (in right of his wife).
== Sources ==
* Cokayne, George Edward, The Complete Peerage (London, St. Catherine Press, 1916) Ed. 2 Vol IV
* Johnston, George Harvey, "The heraldry of the Douglases : with notes on all the males of the family, descriptions of the arms, plates and pedigrees", Edinburgh: W & A K Johnston, 1907
* Lee, Sidney, ed,"Dictionary of National Biography", (London, Smith Elder & Co., 1888), Vol. XV
* Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas,,1906, Vol. III
See Also:* [[#LeeSydney15|LeeSydney - DNB Vol. 15]]: [https://archive.org/stream/dictionaryofnati15stepuoft#page/261/mode/1up pp 261-3.]* [[#BalfourPaul3|BalfourPaul - Peerage Vol. III]]: [https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun03pauluoft/page/146/mode/1up pp. 157-165]* Wikipedia: [[Wikipedia:Archibald_Douglas,_3rd_Earl_of_Douglas|Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas]]* [https://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getperson.php?personID=I271&tree=CC Clan MacFarlane: Archibald Douglas]* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p10799.htm#i107988 The Peerage: Archibald Douglas]* [https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/history/british-and-irish-history-biographies/archibald-douglas-3d-earl-douglas Encylopedia.com: Archibald Douglas 3rd Earl Of Douglas]* Peter Charles Barns-Graham, Founder & Chief Executive: on-line source - Stirnet, Limited., http://www.stirnet.com; Location: Abbeydore; Date: April, 2002-present; Page: Douglas01, Murray05, Lauder01, Lauder02*[http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/mm4fz/murray05.php Stirnet, Murray5]
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[[Category:Battle of Poitiers]]
[[Category:Scotland, Notables]]
[[Category:Declaration of Arbroath, Douglas Family Worklist]]
[[Category: Descendants of Laird William Douglas, Name Study]]
[[Category: Douglas of Douglas]]
[[Category:Black Douglas]]
[[Category: Earls of Douglas]]
}
}
== Biography ==
}
}Archibald Douglas was the son of Sir James Douglas, the good.
[[#CokayneP2-4|Cokayne - Peerage, Ed. 2 Vol IV]]:[https://archive.org/stream/completepeerageo04coka#page/433/mode/1up p. 433]
[[#BalfourPaul3|BalfourPaul - Peerage Vol. III]]:[https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun03pauluoft/page/146/mode/2up p. 146]
He fought at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356 and later became Lord of Galloway in 1369. He later began work on Threave Castle, which was to become his stronghold. He purchased the Earldom of Wigtown and later became Lord of Bothwell with his marriage to Joan or Johanna of Moray.
[[#JohnstonDouglas|Johnston - Douglas]]:[https://archive.org/stream/heraldryofdougla00john#page/15/mode/1up p. 15]
Commonly called ''The Grim'' he was an illegitimate son of "the good Sir James Douglas" who was an uncle of the 1st Earl of Douglas. Archibald was with the Earl, his cousin, at the battle of Poitiers, 19th September 1356,
[[#BalfourPaul3|BalfourPaul - Peerage Vol. III]]:[https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun03pauluoft/page/158/mode/2up p. 158] and greatly distinguished himself in various inroads against the English. He was Lord Warden of the Marches in 1368 till his death. Under the Settlement of May 1342, whereby the Douglas lands were entailed on the 1st Earl and his issue male, with divers remainders, he succeeded thereto and, in consequence (apparently), to the Earldom, in 1388, on the failure of such legitimate male issue. [The (apparently) ''territorial'' devolution of this Earldom (as a Peerage dignity) at this comparatively late date is a powerful argument against the views held by the later Lord Mansfield on that subject.] Archibald was appointed a Conservator of a truce with the English on 16th July 1390. He survived his father 70 years, and died probably on Christmas Eve, 1400, at Threave Castle, and was buried at Bothwell, Lanarkshire.
===Titles and Lordships===
:}
Titles:
*Earl of Douglas
*Earl of Wigtown
*Lord of Galloway
*Lord of Douglas
*Lord of Bothwell (in right of his wife).
== Sources ==
* Cokayne, George Edward, The Complete Peerage (London, St. Catherine Press, 1916) Ed. 2 Vol IV
* Johnston, George Harvey, "The heraldry of the Douglases : with notes on all the males of the family, descriptions of the arms, plates and pedigrees", Edinburgh: W & A K Johnston, 1907
* Lee, Sidney, ed,"Dictionary of National Biography", (London, Smith Elder & Co., 1888), Vol. XV
* Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas,,1906, Vol. III
See Also:* [[#LeeSydney15|LeeSydney - DNB Vol. 15]]: [https://archive.org/stream/dictionaryofnati15stepuoft#page/261/mode/1up pp 261-3.]* [[#BalfourPaul3|BalfourPaul - Peerage Vol. III]]: [https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun03pauluoft/page/146/mode/1up pp. 157-165]* Wikipedia: [[Wikipedia:Archibald_Douglas,_3rd_Earl_of_Douglas|Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas]]* [https://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getperson.php?personID=I271&tree=CC Clan MacFarlane: Archibald Douglas]* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p10799.htm#i107988 The Peerage: Archibald Douglas]* [https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/history/british-and-irish-history-biographies/archibald-douglas-3d-earl-douglas Encylopedia.com: Archibald Douglas 3rd Earl Of Douglas]* Peter Charles Barns-Graham, Founder & Chief Executive: on-line source - Stirnet, Limited., http://www.stirnet.com; Location: Abbeydore; Date: April, 2002-present; Page: Douglas01, Murray05, Lauder01, Lauder02*[http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/mm4fz/murray05.php Stirnet, Murray5]
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Events
| Birth | Abt 1325 | Scotland | |||
| Marriage | 23 Jul 1362 | (Date of Papal Dispensation) - Lady Joanna "of Drumsargard" Moray | |||
| Death | Abt 23 Dec 1400 | Thrieve Castle, Kircudbrightshire, Scotland | |||
| Reference No | 1006597 | ||||
| Reference No | 1027918 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Child | Sir William Douglas (1370 - 1392) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Helen Douglas (1380 - ) |
| Spouse | Lady Joanna "of Drumsargard" Moray (1340 - 1405) |
| Child | Eleanor Douglas ( - 1400) |
| Child | Archibald "4th Earl of Douglas, 1st Duke of Touraine, Tyneman" Douglas (1370 - 1424) |
| Child | Lady Marjory "Duchess of Rothesay" Douglas (1375 - 1421) |
| Child | James "The Gross, 7th Earl of Douglas" Douglas (1382 - 1443) |
| Father | Sir James "the Good" Douglas (1286 - 1330) |
| Mother | Living |