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Douglas, William (ca. 1330 - ca. 1384)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1330
Death Date: 1384-04-24

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Mormaer, Margaret (d. before 22 Nov. 1393)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1357-11-13
    Union ended: 1384-4-24

Offspring

Primary Title

  • Earl of Douglas

Titles

  • Earl of Douglas
    Assumed: 1358 (ODNB gives 'early 1358' for date of creation.)
    Vacated: 1384-04-24 (Date of death.)
  • Earl of Mar
    Assumed: 1377
    Vacated: 1384

Details of Offices

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Leicester Castle, Leicester Castle, Leicestershire Earl of Douglas's Minstrel

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Douglas's Minstrel Douglas, William (1330 - 1384) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

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  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Fryde, E.B., D.E. Greenway, S. Porter and I. Roy, eds. Handbook of British Chronology. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1996
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  • Paul, James Balfour, Sir. 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. . 9 vols.. Edinburgh: D. Douglas, 1904-1914