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Archibald (Douglas) Douglas Vth Earl of Douglas Earl of Wigtown (abt. 1390 - 1439)

Archibald "2nd titular Duke of Touraine" Douglas Vth Earl of Douglas Earl of Wigtown formerly Douglas
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Died at about age 49 in Restalrig, Midlothian, Scotlandmap
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Preceded by
Archibald Douglas
5th Earl of Douglas
1424-1439
Succeeded by
William Douglas
Preceded by
Archibald Douglas
2nd Duke of Touraine
1424-1439
Succeeded by
William Douglas

Biography

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Archibald (Douglas) Douglas Vth Earl of Douglas Earl of Wigtown is Notable.
Archibald (Douglas) Douglas Vth Earl of Douglas Earl of Wigtown is a member of Clan Douglas.

Archibald Douglas (1390 – 26 June 1439), Earl of Douglas, Duke of Touraine, Earl of Wigtown, Lord of Galloway, Lord of Bothwell, Selkirk and Ettrick Forest, Eskdale, Lauderdale, Liddesdale and Annandale, Count of Longueville, Seigneur de Dun-le-Roi, was a Scottish nobleman and General during the Hundred Years' War.

Archibald Douglas, 5th earl of Douglas, died at Restalrig, Midlothian 26 June 1439, and was buried in the Church of St Bride's, Douglas.[1]

Sources

  1. Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), vol. 1, p. 651, BRUS 11.iii.a.Archibald Douglas

See also:

  • The Scots Peerage, Balfour Paul, Sir James, Edinburgh 1904
  • A History of the House of Douglas, Maxwell, Sir Herbert. London 1902
  • Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  • Johnston, George Harvey. "The Earls of Douglas." 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, Limited, 1907. 16. Print




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Died at Restalrig, Midlothian, Scotland.
posted by Chris Douglas B.S.

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