William
Douglas VIIIth Earl of Douglas
formerly Douglas
Born about in Douglas Castle, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Ancestors 
Son of James (Douglas) Douglas VIIth Earl of Douglas
and Beatrice (Sinclair) Sinclair Countess of Douglas
Brother of
Margaret Douglas, Elizabeth Douglas, James (Douglas) The Black IXth Earl of Douglas KG, Hugh (Douglas) Douglas First Earl of Ormonde, Archibald Douglas, John Douglas, Henry Douglas, George Douglas, Beatrice (Douglas) Douglas Countess of Erroll and Janet Douglas
Husband of
Margaret (Douglas) Countess of Atholl and Douglas
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 25
in Stirling Castle, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Profile last modified
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| William (Douglas) Douglas VIIIth Earl of Douglas was descended from a signer of the Declaration of Arbroath. Join: Scotland Project Discuss: Scotland |
| Preceded by James Douglas |
8th Earl of Douglas 1443-1452 |
Succeeded by James Douglas |
| Preceded by James Douglas |
2nd Earl of Avondale 1443-1452 |
Succeeded by James Douglas |
Biography
William (Douglas) Douglas VIIIth Earl of Douglas is a member of Clan Douglas.
Sources
See Also:
- Brown, M.H. Douglas, William, eighth earl of Douglas and second earl of Avondale. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online edition (23 Sept 2004), available here by subscription.
- Cokayne, George Edward,The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom. London: St. Catherine Press (1916),vol. 4, p. 436
- Fraser, Sir William. The Douglas Books. Edinburgh: by the author (1885), vol. 1, pp. 455-476.
- Johnston, George Harvey, "The Heraldry of the Douglases : with notes on all the males of the family, descriptions of the arms, plates and pedigrees", Edinburgh: W & A K Johnston (1907)p. 17.
- Maxwell, Sir Herbert. A History of the House of Douglas., London: Freemantle Co. (1902), vol. 1, pp. 162-201
- Paul, Sir James Balfour. The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1906), vol. 3, pp. 175-178
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The garden below the window that William was defenestrated from is still called the Douglas Garden, as it was fertilized with his blood.