8th Earl of Douglas William Douglas

1425 - 1452  (27 years)

• Name	William Douglas  [1, 2]
  Title	8th Earl of Douglas
  Birth	1425	Scotland   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	22 Feb 1452	Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Murdered by King James II
  Person ID	I2796	MontyHistNotes_II
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	7th Earl of Douglas James Douglas,   b. 1370, Hermiston, Midlothian, Scotland d. 24 Mar 1443, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 73 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Beatrix Sinclair
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1387
  Family ID	F2148	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Douglas,   b. 1430, Eddleston, Peeblesshire, Scotland d. 1475, Eddleston, Peeblesshire, Scotland (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	2 Feb 1449  [1]
  Family ID	F1251	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2025

  
  

• Event Map		Death - 22 Feb 1452 - Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S323] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com;), Listing of British Peerage. [S516] Ancestry.com, Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.Original data - Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed. Dictionary of National Biography, 1921–1922. London, England: Oxf;).