Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas
Archibald Douglas
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Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas (c. 1391 – 26 June 1439)[1] was a Scottish nobleman and general during the Hundred Years' War.
Life
Douglas was the son of
He fought with the French at
He also sat on the jury of 21 knights and peers which convicted Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany and two of his sons of treason in 1425, leading to the execution of Albany and the virtual annihilation of his family.[3]
Following the murder of
Marriage and issue
Between 1423 and 1425 he married Lady Eupheme Graham (before 1413 – 1468), daughter of Patrick Graham,
- William Douglas (c. 1424 – 24 November 1440), who briefly succeeded as 6th Earl
- Margaret Douglas, Fair Lady of Galloway(before 1435 – 1475)
- David Douglas (before 1430 – 24 November 1440)
Both sons were summarily beheaded at Edinburgh Castle on trumped-up charges, in the presence of the child king James II. The 'Black Dinner' led to the lordships of Annandale and Bothwell being annexed by the crown, Galloway to their sister, Margaret Douglas, and the Douglas lands and earldom passed to William's great-uncle James Douglas, Earl of Avondale, who was himself implicated, with Sir William Crichton, in the murder of the young earl.
References
Notes
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/7863. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ "Scots to the siege of Orleans".
- ^ George Crawfurd, p.159, A General Description of the Shire of Renfrew (1818) Retrieved November 2010
- ^ Balfour Paul pp.169-70
Sources
- The Scots Peerage, Balfour Paul, Sir James, Edinburgh 1904
- A History of the House of Douglas, Maxwell, Sir Herbert. London 1902
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Douglas". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 442–444.
