Archibald Douglas 
Archibald was born about 1290 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Archibald's father was William Douglas and his mother is Dornagilla Comyn. His paternal grandfather was William Douglas and his paternal grandmother is Martha Bruce; his maternal grandfather was John Comyn and his maternal grandmother is Eleanor De Baliol. He had a brother named Hugh. He was the older of the two children. He had a half-brother and a half-sister, named James and Barbara. He died on July 22nd, 1333 in Halidon Hill, Lancashire, England.General Notes
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First Regent of Scotland.
Assumed the earldom from his brother, H ugh Douglas, who resigned and was
canon of the Cathedral Church of Glasgow.
"He was chosen Regent of Scotland in 1333, after the capture of Sir
Andrew Mu rray of Bothwell at Roxburgh Castle - an unfortunate choice, as
succeeding ev ents proved. In his attempt to relieve the castle and town
of Berwick, then b esieged by Edward III, Douglas rashly and imprudently
attacked the English ar my drawn up in a strong position at Halidon Hill
(July 22, 1333), and was def eated and killed, along with a large number
of the leading nobility of Scotla nd and several thousands of the common
soldiers. This disastrous battle for a time laid Scotland prostrate at
the feet of the English monarch. In this ext remity the struggle for the
independence of the country was maintained by a s mall band of gallant
leaders, conspicuous among them was Sir William Douglas, the Knight of
Liddesdale."
The Great Historic Families of Scotland, by Jame s Taylor
Note: That later Sir William Douglas was the son of Sir James Douglas of
Loudoun.
This Archibald Douglas did have a natural son, William Douglas.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.1123 in Scotland d.1193 in Scotland
- b.~ 1145 in Scotland d.1221 in Scotland
- b.~ 1179 in Morayshire, Scotland d.1240 in Scotland
- b.~ 1145 in Morayshire, Scotland d.1238 in Scotland
- b.1200 in Morayshire, Scotland d.1276
- b.1142 in Crawford, Ayrshire, Scotland d.1202 in Crawford, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1160 in Crawfordjohn, Ayrshire, Scotland d.1248 in Melrose Abbey, Scotland
- b.~ 1187 in Crawford, Ayrshire, Scotland d.< 1225 in Scotland
- b.1225 in Douglas Castle, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland d.1302 in Tower of York
- b.< 1183 in Scotland
- b.~ 1203 in Carrick, Galloway, Argyll, Scotland
- b.~ 1290 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland d.22 Jul 1333 in Halidon Hill, Lancashire, England
- b.~ 1115 in Northalteron, Morayshire, Scotland d.1176 in Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1170 in Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland d.~ 1233 in Buchan, Aberdeen, Scotland
- b.~ 1122 in Tynedale, Morayshire, Scotland d.> 1189
- b.~ 1215 in Badenoch, Inverness, Scotland d.1274
- b.~ 1140 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.1199 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1172 in Buchan, Aberdeen, Scotland d.~ 1243
- b.~ 1150 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.1242 in Badenoch, Inverness, Scotland d.1303 in Inverlochy Castle, Fort William, Inverness, Scotland
- b.~ 1164 in Galloway, Perthshire, Scotland d.19 Dec 1200 in Northhamptonshire, England
- b.~ 1184 in Galloway, Wigtownshire, Scotland d.1234
- b.~ 1163 in Kirk Oswald, Cumberland, England d.11 Jun 1217
- b.~ 1216 in Galloway, Scotland
- b.~ 1144 in Huntingdon, Northumberland, England d.17 Jun 1219 in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1190 in Huntingdon, England d.1228
- b.~ 1163 in Chester, Cheshire, England d.06 Jan 1233
- b.~ 1261
- b.~ 1160 in Barnard Castle, Gianford, Durham, England
- b.1181 in Barhard Castle, Gianford, Durham, England
- b.~ 1168
- b.~ 1212 in Barnard Castle, Durham, England d.24 Oct 1268
- b.~ 1162 in Richmond Castle, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1190 in Richmond Castle, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1163 in Normandy, France
- b.1246 in Bernard Castle, Gainford, Durham, England
- b.~ 1164 in Galloway, Perthshire, Scotland d.19 Dec 1200 in Northhamptonshire, England
- b.~ 1184 in Galloway, Wigtownshire, Scotland d.1234
- b.~ 1163 in Kirk Oswald, Cumberland, England d.11 Jun 1217
- b.~ 1215 in Fotheringhay Castle, Galloway, Scotland d.28 Dec 1290 in Kemston, Bedfordshire, England
- b.~ 1144 in Huntingdon, Northumberland, England d.17 Jun 1219 in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1190 in Huntingdon, England d.1228
- b.~ 1163 in Chester, Cheshire, England d.06 Jan 1233
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They had two sons and a daughter, named William, John and Eleanor.
Family Notes
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Children
William Douglas
William was born in 1320 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland. He died at the age of 64 in May 1384 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Eleanor Douglas
Eleanor was born about 1325 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland. She died about 1380 in Scotland.
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