William Douglas 
William was born about 1425. William's father was Archibald Douglas and his mother was Euphemia Graham. His paternal grandparents were Archibald Douglas and Margaret Stewart. He has a sister named Margaret. He is the older of the two children. He has a half-brother named Thomas.General Notes
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William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas (c.1424-24 November 1440), was a sho
rt lived Scottish nobleman. He was the eldest son of Archibald Douglas, 5
th Earl of Douglas and Eupheme Graham.
He married Janet Lindsay, daughter of David Lindsay, 3rd Earl of Crawfor
d, and succeeded to the earldom on the death of his father, who had serv
ed as regent of James II. Following Douglas' death, Sir William Crichto
n, Sir Alexander Livingston of Callendar, and James Douglas, Earl of Avond
ale shared power. Together they conspired to break the power of the late E
arl's family, and summoned William and his younger brother David to Edinbu
rgh. The so-called 'Black Dinner' which followed saw the two boys summari
ly beheaded on trumped up charges, in the presence of the young King.
The lordships of Annandale and Bothwell fell to the crown, Galloway to Mar
garet Douglas, the 6th Earl's sister, and the Douglas lands and earldom pa
ssed to William's great-uncle James Douglas, the Earl of Avondale, who w
as accordingly seen later as the main perpetrator.
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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.1225 in Douglas Castle, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland d.1302 in Tower of York
- b.< 1300 in Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland d.25 Aug 1330 in Santiago De Compostela, Spain
- b.~ 1246 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland d.<24 Jan 1296 in London, Middlesex, England
- 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.~ 1248 in 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.1292 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland d.09 Apr 1326 in Bathgate, Scotland
- b.02 Mar 1316 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland d.19 Apr 1390 in Dundonald Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.1297 in Scotland d.02 Mar 1316 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
- b.1348 in Dundonald, Ayrshire Scotland d.04 Apr 1406 in Stirling Castle, Scotland
- b.1294 in Rowallan Castle, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland d.~ 1330
- b.1320 in Rowallan, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland d.1355 in Scotland
- b.~ 1298 in Polkelly, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.1364 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland d.<Sep 1456 in Thrieve Castle, Galloway, Scotland
- b.1287 in Scotland d.~ 1346 in Durham, England
- b.1328 in Inchmahome, Scotland d.1373
- 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
- b.~ 1425
- b.~ 1408 in Strathearn, Perthshire, Scotland d.~ 1475
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Family Notes
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