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DOUGLAS, William 3rd of Drumlanrig
(About 1421-)
CRICHTON, Robert 1st Lord Crichton of Sanquhar, Sir
(About 1420-)
ERSKINE, Daughter heiress
(About 1421-)
DOUGLAS, William 4th of Drumlanrig, Sir
(About 1442-1484)
CRICHTON, Elizabeth
(About 1451-After 1539)
DOUGLAS, Janet
(About 1465-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. SOMERVILLE, William Baron of Carnwath, Master of Somerville

2. GORDON, Alexander of Lochinvar, Sir

DOUGLAS, Janet 1

  • Born: About 1465
  • Marriage (1): SOMERVILLE, William Baron of Carnwath, Master of Somerville after 12 October 1478 1 2
  • Marriage (2): GORDON, Alexander of Lochinvar, Sir 1

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Janet married William SOMERVILLE Baron of Carnwath, Master of Somerville, son of John SOMERVILLE 3rd (2nd) Lord Somerville and Helen HEPBURN, after 12 October 1478.1 2 (William SOMERVILLE Baron of Carnwath, Master of Somerville was born about 1453,2 died by 14 November 1491 2 and was buried in 1491 in Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Secondly, he (Sir Alexander Gordon of Lochinvar) married, by Papal dispensation on account of consanguinity, Janet, daughter of Sir William Douglas of Drumlanrig, and widow of William, Master of Somerville."

from Scots Peerage (vol 5)



He (William Somerville) is said to have married .... secondly, Janet, daughter of William Douglas of Drumlanrig, to whom he had been affianced as early as 12 October 1478. She was afterwards married to Sir Alexander Gordon, younger of Lochinvar. He had issue:
(1) John, third Lord,
(2) Hugh, fourth Lord.
(3) Mary, married to James Lockhart of Lee, and had issue."

from Scots Peerage (vol 8) 1 2

Janet next married Sir Alexander GORDON of Lochinvar, son of Sir John GORDON of Lochinvar and Kenmure and Annabella BOYD.1 (Sir Alexander GORDON of Lochinvar was born about 1465 and died on 9 September 1513 in Battle of Flodden Field, Northumberland, England 1.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Secondly, he (Sir Alexander Gordon of Lochinvar) married, by Papal dispensation on account of consanguinity, Janet, daughter of Sir William Douglas of Drumlanrig, and widow of William, Master of Somerville."

from Scots Peerage (vol 5)



"... She (Janet Douglas) was afterwards married to Sir Alexander Gordon, younger of Lochinvar."

from Scots Peerage (vol 8) 1 2

Sources


1 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 5 (1908).

2 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 8 (1911).

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