DOUGLAS, William 6th Earl of Douglas 1
Cause of his death was execution.2 User ID: W6. General Notes: "Both sons were summarily beheaded at Edinburgh Castle on trumped up charges, in the presence of the child King James II. The so-called 'Black Dinner' thus broke the power of the 'Black' Douglases. The lordships of Annandale and Bothwell were annexed by the crown, Galloway to 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." William married Janet LINDSAY, daughter of David LINDSAY 3rd Earl of Crawford and Marjory OGILVY of Auchterhouse.1 (Janet LINDSAY was born about 1429.) Marriage Notes: "Janet, married, before 1440, to William, sixth Earl of Douglas, third Duke of Touraine, without issue. She is described as 'Dame Jehan, Countess of Douglas, daughter to Sir David, Earl of Craufurd..." |