Individual Details
William "8th Earl of Douglas" Douglas
(Abt 1425 - 22 Feb 1450)
[[Category:Declaration of Arbroath, Douglas Family Worklist]]
[[Category:Declaration of Arbroath, Strathearn Family Worklist]]
[[Category:Scotland, Needs Bio]]
[[Category:Black Douglas]]
[[Category: Earls of Douglas]]
[[Category: Earls of Avondale]]
[[Category: Descendants of Laird William Douglas, Name Study]]
[[Category: Douglas of Douglas]]
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==Biography==
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==Sources==
See Also:*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Douglas,_8th_Earl_of_Douglas Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia]
*Fraser, Sir William, The Douglas Book (4 Vols). Edinburgh 1885*This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Douglas". Encyclopædia Britannica. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
*thepeerage.com
*John Prebble, The Lion in the North*http://iainthepict.blogspot.com/2012/02/murder-of-william-8th-earl-of-douglas.html*https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Douglas-8th-earl-of-Douglas*Johnston, George Harvey. "The Earls of Douglas." ''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, Limited, 1907. 17. Print
[[Category:Declaration of Arbroath, Strathearn Family Worklist]]
[[Category:Scotland, Needs Bio]]
[[Category:Black Douglas]]
[[Category: Earls of Douglas]]
[[Category: Earls of Avondale]]
[[Category: Descendants of Laird William Douglas, Name Study]]
[[Category: Douglas of Douglas]]
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==Biography==
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==Sources==
See Also:*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Douglas,_8th_Earl_of_Douglas Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia]
*Fraser, Sir William, The Douglas Book (4 Vols). Edinburgh 1885*This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Douglas". Encyclopædia Britannica. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
*thepeerage.com
*John Prebble, The Lion in the North*http://iainthepict.blogspot.com/2012/02/murder-of-william-8th-earl-of-douglas.html*https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Douglas-8th-earl-of-Douglas*Johnston, George Harvey. "The Earls of Douglas." ''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, Limited, 1907. 17. Print
Events
| Birth | Abt 1425 | Douglas Castle, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland | |||
| Death | 22 Feb 1450 | Stirling Castle, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland | |||
| Marriage | Margaret Christian Douglas | ||||
| Reference No | 1726589 | ||||
| Reference No | 1753095 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Margaret Christian Douglas (1430 - 1475) |
| Father | James "The Gross, 7th Earl of Douglas" Douglas (1382 - 1443) |
| Mother | Lady Beatrice Sinclair ( - 1463) |
| Sibling | James "The Black, 9th Earl of Douglas" Douglas KG (1412 - 1491) |