William (Douglas) Douglas IInd of Cavers (abt. 1396 - abt. 1464)

Born about 1396 in Cavers House, Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Descendants

Died about 8 Jan 1464 at about age 68 in Cavers, Scottish Borders, Scotland [uncertain]

Biography

William (Douglas) Douglas IInd of Cavers is a member of Clan Douglas.

William Douglas was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

William was the son of Archibald Douglas by his wife Margaret.^[1][2]

He had issue:

1. Archibald, 3rd of Cavers d. 1486^[1][2]
2. Isobel^[3]

William died on 8 Jan 1464.^[2]

Research Notes

• Unreliable sources place a Margaret Stewart as wife and a Margaret (last name unknown) as mother.
  • Geni: Margaret Stewart of Lorn
  • The Peerage: Margaret ?

• The Peerage: William Douglas

• http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/history/families/douglas_of_cavers.htm

• http://www.geni.com/people/William-Douglas-of-Cavers/6000000004533169933

• http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2215.htm#i66565

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} MacGregor, Gordon, The Red Book of Scotland, Scotland, private, 2022, Ed. 3, Vol. III, p. 667
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} 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, Archive.org, p. 31
3. ↑ Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1910, Vol. VII, Archive.org, p. 323