Archibald Douglas 
Archibald was born in 1390 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Archibald's father was Archibald Douglas and his mother was Margaret Stewart. His paternal grandparents were Archibald Douglas and Joanna of Moray; his maternal grandparents were Robert III Stewart and Annabella Drummond. He had three sisters named Mary, Margaret and Elizabeth. He was the second oldest of the four children. He died at the age of 48 on June 26th, 1438 in Restalrig, Midlothian, Scotland.General Notes
REFN: 3621AN
Alias:<ALIA> 2nd Duke of /Touraine/
REFN: P3622
Archibald, 5th Earl of Dougla s, 2nd Duke of Touraine and Earl of Wigtown
Born in 1390, Archibald earned dis tinction as Guardian of the Realm
during the minority of James II. At the tim e of his passing the
possessions of Douglas were immense. They included the L ordship of
Galloway, which included the Earldom of Wigtown and the area which is now
the county of Kirkcudbright. He possessed Annandale, Ettrick Forest,
Jedburgh, Lauderdale, Eskdale, Teviotdale and estates which covered a
vast area and stretched across the border. He also possessed the Dukedom
of Tourai ne in France. These holdings were enough to make the Earl the
greatest magnat e in the realm. The victim of an outbreak of the plague,
Archibald died in 14 39.
nobleman, son of Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas and Margaret Stewa
rt.
He fought with the French at Baugé in 1421, and was made count of Longuevi
lle in Normandy. He succeeded to his father's English and Scottish titl
es in 1424, though he never drew on his father's French estates of the Duc
hy of Touraine. Douglas served as ambassador to England in 1424, during t
he ransoming of James I. He held the office of Regent of the Kingdom, duri
ng the minority of James II from 1437 to 1439. Douglas died from a fev
er in Restalrig, Midlothian, and was buried at Douglas.
Marriage and issue
Between 1423 and 1425 he married Eupheme Graham (before 1413-1468), daught
er of Patrick Graham, De jure Earl of Strathearn. They had three children.
" William Douglas (c.1424-24 November 1440), who briefly succeeded as 6
th Earl
" Margaret Douglas (before 1435-1475) the 'Fair Maid of Galloway', w
ho married first William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas, second James Dougla
s, 9th Earl of Douglas, third John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl
" David Douglas (before 1439-24 November 1440)
Both sons were summarily beheaded at Stirling on trumped up charges, in t
he presence of the young King James II. The so-called 'Black Dinner' th
us broke the power of the 'Black' Douglases. The lordships of Annandale a
nd Bothwell fell to the crown, Galloway to Margaret Douglas, and the Dougl
as lands and earldom passed to William's great-uncle James Douglas, Ea
rl of Avondale, who was himself implicated, with Sir William Crichto
n, in the murder of the young earl.
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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.1200 in Morayshire, Scotland d.1276
- b.1225 in Douglas Castle, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland d.1302 in Tower of York
- b.~ 1203 in Carrick, Galloway, Argyll, Scotland
- b.< 1300 in Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland d.25 Aug 1330 in Santiago De Compostela, Spain
- b.1214 in Dundonald, Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland d.1283 in Dundonald Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1246 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland d.<24 Jan 1296 in London, Middlesex, England
- b.1215 in Isle of Bute, Scotland
- b.~ 1325 in Hermiston, Roxburghshire, Scotland d.<09 Feb 1400 in Threave Castle, Scotland
- b.~ 1290 in Scotland
- b.~ 1370 in Lanarkshire, Scotland d.17 Aug 1424 in Verneuil, France
- b.~ 1194 in Ruthven, Perthshire, Scotland d.<23 Nov 1271 in Dunblane, France
- b.~ 1248 in Scotland
- b.~ 1232 in Orkney, Scotland
- b.~ 1280 in Scotland d.~ 1327
- b.~ 1240 in Scotland
- b.~ 1325 in Bothwell, Scotland d.~ 1408 in Hermiston, Roxburghshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1285 in Scotland
- b.1390 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland d.26 Jun 1438 in Restalrig, Midlothian, Scotland
- b.1243 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland d.16 Jul 1309 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.1292 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland d.09 Apr 1326 in Bathgate, Scotland
- b.~ 1263 in Ulster, Ireland
- b.02 Mar 1316 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland d.19 Apr 1390 in Dundonald Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.11 Jul 1274 in Turnberry Castle, Scotland d.07 Jun 1329 in Cardcross Castle, Firth of Clyde, Dumbartonshire, Scotland
- b.1297 in Scotland d.02 Mar 1316 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1278 in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.< 1302
- b.1348 in Dundonald, Ayrshire Scotland d.04 Apr 1406 in Stirling Castle, Scotland
- b.~ 1265 in Rowallan, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland d.~ 1348
- b.1294 in Rowallan Castle, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland d.~ 1330
- b.1273 in Rowallan, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.1320 in Rowallan, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland d.1355 in Scotland
- b.1279 in Polkelly, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1298 in Polkelly, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.1364 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland d.<Sep 1456 in Thrieve Castle, Galloway, Scotland
- b.1260 in Scotland
- b.1287 in Scotland d.~ 1346 in Durham, England
- b.1268 in Scotland
- b.1328 in Inchmahome, Scotland d.1373
- b.1260
- b.~ 1299 in Scotland
- b.1352 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland d.1401 in Scone, Scotland
- b.~ 1300 in Auchterarder and Corgil, Perthshire, Scotland
- b.1328 in Scotland
- b.~ 1305 in Menteith, Perthshire, Scotlnad
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