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Male Sir William Douglas Click to view Sir William Douglas in the family tree

William was born about 1478 in Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland.1   William's father was 5th Earl of Angus Archibald Douglas and his mother was Elizabeth Boyd.  His paternal grandparents were 4th Earl of Angus George Douglas and Isobel Sibbald; his maternal grandparents were Sir Robert Boyd and Mariota Janet Maxwell. He had three brothers and three sisters, named George, Gawin, Archibald, Mariotta, Elizabeth and Janet.  He was the second youngest of the seven children.  He died as a war casualty, Battle of Flodden Field, on September 9th, 1513 in Braxton, Northumberland, England.2 

Family Details of William's family with Elizabeth Auchinleck

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