DOUGLAS, Eleonora 1 2
Another name for Eleonora was Eleanor. User ID: K70. Eleonora married Alexander DE BRUS Earl of Carrick, son of Edward DE BRUS Earl of Carrick, briefly 'King of Ireland' and Isabel.1 (Alexander DE BRUS Earl of Carrick was born about 1310 and died on 19 July 1333 in Battle of Halidon Hill, Berwick on Tweed, England 1.) Marriage Notes: "He married Eleonora, sister of tlie first Earl of Douglas, and was created Earl of Carrick shortly before his death, which occurred at the battle of Halidon Hill in 1333.- His widow married, secondly, James Sandilands of Calder ; thirdly, William Towers of Dairy ; fourthly, before October 1573, Sir Duncan Wallace of Sundrum, and fifthly,Sir Patrick Hepburn of Hailes. For the latter marriage there was a dispensation Eleonora next married Sir James SANDILANDS of Calder about 1346.2 (Sir James SANDILANDS of Calder was born about 1300 and died in 1358.) Marriage Notes: "Sandilands as a surname is derived from the lands of Sandilands in the upper ward of Clydesdale, which, together with the lands of Reidmyre, were confirmed to James of Sandilands by William, Lord Douglas, 18 December 1348." |
1 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 2 (1905).
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e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 8 (1911).
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