Sir William Douglas, 9th Earl Of Angus

1532 - 1591  (~ 59 years)

• Name	William Douglas
  Prefix	Sir
  Suffix	9th Earl Of Angus
  Birth	Mar 1532	Glenbervie, Kincardine, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Residence	Loch Leven Castle, Kinross, Fife, Scotland
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  _FSFTID	LZ4F-P3M
  _UID	E6A56A24F81E41A4A951CE0ACA3729D0E057
  Burial	Jul 1591	Glenbervie, Kincardine, Scotland
  Death	1 Jul 1591	Loch Leven Castle, Kinross, Fife, Scotland
  Person ID	I89020	World of Hyde
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2022

  
  

  Father	Sir Archibald Douglas, 1st Of Glenbervie 8th Earl Of Angus And 5th Earl Of Morton,   b. 1508, Kincardineshire, Scotland d. 18 Sep 1570, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Agnes Keith, Countess Of Moray,   b. 1503, Kincardineshire, Scotland d. 1545, Scotland (Age 42 years)
  Family ID	F65380	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lady Egidia Giles Graham, Countess Of Angus,   b. 1536, Morphie, Kindcardineshire, Scotland d. 1606, Kincardine Castle, Blackford, Perth, Scotland (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	14 Feb 1552
  Children	1. Lady Jean Jane Douglas,   b. Abt 1552, Monymusk, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom d. 1575 (Age ~ 23 years)   2. Margaret Douglas,   b. 1552, Kincardineshire, Scotland d. 1618 (Age 66 years)   3. Sir William Douglas, 10th Earl Of Angus,   b. 15 Mar 1554, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 3 Mar 1611, Paris, Paris, Île-De-France, France (Age 56 years)
  Family ID	F27713	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Mar 1532 - Glenbervie, Kincardine, Scotland Burial - Jul 1591 - Glenbervie, Kincardine, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  William Douglas, 9th Earl of Angus (died 1 July 1591, at Glenbervie) was a Scottish nobleman and zealous supporter of Mary, Queen of Scots. He was the eldest son of Sir Archibald Douglas of Glenbervie, Knt., by his spouse Agnes, daughter of William Keith, 3rd Earl Marischal, and upon the death of Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Angus without issue, William succeeded to that Earldom as heir-male, in 1588. Sir Robert Douglas states that "Sir William Douglas of Glenbervie (as he was styled prior to his succession to the earldom) was a man of great honour and integrity, and a steady friend of Queen Mary. He accompanied her in her expedition to the north, and took part in the battle at Corrichie in 1562." He had two charters under The Great Seal of Scotland, from Queen Mary, of the lands and barony of Glenbervie, Kemnay, and several others. The earl married Egidia (or Giles), daughter of Sir Robert Graham of Morphie, and had issue nine sons and four daughters, of whom: William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus, eldest son and heir Sir Robert Douglas, 1st Baronet of Glenbervie, 2nd son, received from his father the lands of Glenbervie by charter dated 14 July 1592. Henry Douglas of Tannachy (d. 5 October 1595) who married Janet Murray of Scotland at sometime before 1580. Had issue Janet Douglas born 16 Apr 1580 Dunfermline Scotland. John Douglas of Barras Gavin Douglas (d. bef 1 October 1616) who married Elizabeth Keith; ancestors of the family of Douglas of Bridgeford From The Scottish Nation: “ ..., Sir William Douglas of Glenbervie, succeeded as ninth earl. He was the son of Sir Archibald Douglas of Glenbervie, grandson of the fifth earl. The earldom was claimed by James the Sixth, who brought a suit against Sir William, for reducing the charters connected with the title, but on 7th March 1588-9, a decision was given in favour of the latter. The ninth earl died in July 1591, in the 59th year of his age. By his wife, daughter of Sir Robert Graham of Morphie, he had six sons and four daughters. His second son, Sir Robert, was the first baronet of the Glenbervie family.