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Preceded by George Douglas |
2nd Earl of Angus 1402-1437 |
Succeeded by James Douglas |
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Sir William Douglas, Knt., 2nd Earl of Angus, son of George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus and Marion Stewart, was born about 1398.[1][2][3][4][5] See the research note below for more about this date.
William succeeded to his title as 2nd Earl of Angus on the death of his father in 1402 and was infeft with his lands in 1409.[6] In 1423 he was one of the magnates who met James I at Durham after the king had been released from captivity and escorted him back to Scotland, and is said to have been knighted at the coronation in May 1424.[2][7] He was Ambassador to England in 1430 and held the office of Warden of the Middle Marches in 1433.[2][8] He fought in the Battle of Piperdean on 10 September 1435, where he defeated the English.[1][2][7]
William was betrothed to Margaret Hay, daughter of Sir William Hay of Yester,[9] by contract dated 4 December 1409, [1][10] but they were probably not married until shortly after 6 January 1414/5 when the bishop of Glasgow granted dispensation for their marriage,[11] though this date could be a year late. See the research note below for more about the dating of their marriage. Their children:
He had another son who was possibly illegitimate::
Royal Ancestry does not name Helen nor Archibald.[1]
William died about October 1437 per the retour of his son James who gave it as "a quarter of a year" previous to 11 January 1437/8.[1][5][18]
Without a giving a source Wikipedia gives a precise date of birth of 24 February 1398.
Given that his parents were married in 1397, William could not have been more that four years old when his father died. The Douglas Book notes that a precept dated 27 March 1409 by the Duke of Albany calls him "of lawful age," and there must have been some special dispensation, though that is apparently not recorded.[3]
On 4 December 1409, William's mother gave a bond of £100 if William would marry a daughter, "qwha sa hit be," of Sir William Hay.[10] Roughly a year later, 12 December 1410, she gave an acquittance of that amount to Sir William Hay.[9][19] The couple were related in the fourth degree, and the pope mandated a dispensation in a letter to the Bishop of Glasgow, 11 December 1412.[20] A year later, the bishop granted the dispensation, 6 January 1414/5.[11] Secondary accounts give varying dates. Charles II states that Scots Peerage[21] and Complete Peerage[4] both have different dates, both wrong.[5] The Calendar of Writs shows the mandate was dated 11 December 1413, and Royal Ancestry overlooks the final dispensation on 6 January 1414/5.[1]
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The wikitree profile also contains a specific marriage date of Dec 3, 1414. The Scots Peerage is cited as a source, but Scots Peerage at the page cited has no mention of that date. It is also absent from the corrections volume. The Complete Peerage is also silent about this date. Is there a source for this specific marriage date?
If there are sources for these specific dates, the profile should reflect this and I would like to know the sources so as to update the profile in my personal family tree.