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Earl Archibald "The Grim" DOUGLAS
1328 - 1400 (72 years)-
Name Archibald "The Grim" DOUGLAS [1] Prefix Earl Nickname The Grim Birth 1328 Hermiston, Midlothian, Scotland 
[1] Gender Male Occupation 1361 [2] Constable of Edinburgh Castle Title 1369 [2] Lord of Galloway Name Archibald DOUGLAS [2] Name Black Archibald [2] Name The Grim _FSFTID LBS5-G9N _FSLINK https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LBS5-G9N _UID 2DD1778233F94BA684D27F710DB97016A668 Burial 1400 Bothwell, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, [1] Death 24 Dec 1400 Threave Castle, Dumfries, Scotland [1] Person ID I594767660 Carney Wehofer July 2025 Last Modified 2 Jan 2023
Father Sir James "The Good" DOUGLAS, of Lothian, b. Abt 1276, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 25 Aug 1330, Battle Of Teba, Teba, Malaga, Spain (Age ~ 54 years) Mother Joan ARMSTRONG, of Blackness, b. 1278, Scotland d. 1337, Scotland (Age 59 years) Marriage Abt 1304 Midlothian, Scotland [3] Family ID F536728964 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Joan (Jean) DE MORRAY, b. Abt 1340, Drumsargard, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. Aug 1409, Roxburghshire, Scotland (Age ~ 69 years) Marriage 23 Jul 1362 Children 1. Sir William DOUGLAS, b. Abt 1356, Nithsdale, Dumfriesshire, Scotland d. 1392, Pomorskie, Poland (Age ~ 36 years)2. Archibald DOUGLAS, 4th Earl of Douglas, b. 1369, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 17 Aug 1424, Verneuil, France, Buried in Tours Cathedral (battle) (Age 55 years)Family ID F214 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Jan 2023
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Notes - Archibald Douglas, Earl of Douglas and Wigtown, Lord of Galloway, Douglas and Bothwell (c. 1330 – c. 24 December 1400), called Archibald the Grim or Black Archibald, was a late medieval Scottish nobleman. Archibald was the bastard son of Sir James "the Black" Douglas, Robert I's trusted lieutenant, and an unknown mother. A first cousin of William 1st Earl of Douglas, he inherited the earldom of Douglas and its entailed estates as the third earl following the death without legitimate issue of James 2nd Earl of Douglas at the Battle of Otterburn.
Gave land to Robert Rutherford of Chatto and Jean Douglas. See, https://digital.nls.uk/histories-of-scottish-families/archive/95747959#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=51&xywh=548%2C1912%2C1879%2C1392
- Archibald Douglas, Earl of Douglas and Wigtown, Lord of Galloway, Douglas and Bothwell (c. 1330 – c. 24 December 1400), called Archibald the Grim or Black Archibald, was a late medieval Scottish nobleman. Archibald was the bastard son of Sir James "the Black" Douglas, Robert I's trusted lieutenant, and an unknown mother. A first cousin of William 1st Earl of Douglas, he inherited the earldom of Douglas and its entailed estates as the third earl following the death without legitimate issue of James 2nd Earl of Douglas at the Battle of Otterburn.
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Sources - [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2023), entry for Archibald Douglas, person ID LTNJ-CPF. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2023), entry for Archibald "The Grim" Douglas, person ID LBS5-G9N. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2023), entry for James "The Good" DOUGLAS, person ID L6KK-BW5. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2023), entry for Archibald Douglas, person ID LTNJ-CPF. (Reliability: 3).