William Douglas of Glenbervie
Sir William Douglas of Glenbervie, Knt. (c. 1473–1513) was a Scottish nobleman, who fell at Flodden.
Biography
Douglas was the second son of Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus,[1][2] and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd. He obtained the lands of Glenbervie by his marriage and was thereafter styled Douglas of Glenbervie.[2]
In 1493 and 1509 Douglas was in possession of charters of the lands of Grenane, in Ayrshire. The lands of Braidwood, in Lanarkshire, were confirmed to him in 1510.[2]
William Douglas was knighted before 1511,[citation needed] and was slain on 9 September 1513 at the Battle of Flodden.[3]
Family
Douglas was pledged in marriage, by contract, in 1492, to Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of the later James Auchinleck of that Ilk, by which contract he received a grant of the wardship of Auchinleck's estates. They had a son Sir Archibald Douglas of Glenbervie.[3]
Elizabeth Douglas survived her husband and entered the convent of St. Catherine of Siena, on the Burgh Muir of Edinburgh.[citation needed] This convent was to give its name to the Sciennes area of the city.
Notes
- ↑ Burke Burke, pedigree CLXXXV.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Douglas 1798, pp. 18, 19.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Douglas 1798, p. 19.
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