DOUGLAS, William Lord of Nithsdale, Sir ^{2 3}

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William married Egidia STEWART, daughter of Robert II STEWART King of Scots and Euphemia ROSS Countess of Moray, then Queen of Scots, about 1387.^{1 2 3} (Egidia STEWART was born about 1365.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Egidia, 'a werey beautifull lady,' who in 1387 was married to Sir William Douglas of Nithsdale with issue."

from Scots Peerage (vol 1)




"Archibald, third Earl of Douglas, had also a natural son William, known as Lord of Nithsdale, who seems to have largely inherited the characteristics of his grandfather Sir James, and whose career, as told by the historians of the time, reads like a romance......

Sir William Douglas of Nithsdale married about 1387 Egidia Stewart, a daughter of King Robert II., and said to have been one of the most beautiful women of her time. No record of her appears after 1388, and it is not known when she died. Sir William had issue..."

from Scots Peerage (vol 3) ^{2 3}