See also

Family of Archibald I + and Margaret + of CRAWFORD

Husband: Archibald I + (1198-1238)
Wife: Margaret + of CRAWFORD (1179- )
Children: Andrew Douglas of HERMISTON (c. 1218- )
William + (1220-1274)

Husband: Archibald I +

Name: Archibald I +
Sex: Male
Father: William I + (1174-1213)
Mother: OF MORAY (1176- )
Birth 1198
Occupation Lord of Douglas
Title Sir
Death 1238 (age 39-40)

Wife: Margaret + of CRAWFORD

Name: Margaret + of CRAWFORD
Sex: Female
Father: John + CRAWFORD (1150-1248)
Mother: -
Birth 1179

Child 1: Andrew Douglas of HERMISTON

Name: Andrew Douglas of HERMISTON
Sex: Male
Birth 1218 (est)

Child 2: William +

Name: William +
Sex: Male
Nickname: Longleg
Spouse: Constance + BATTAIL (c. 1225- )
Birth 1220
Occupation Lord of Douglas
Death 1274 (age 53-54)

Note on Husband: Archibald I +

Archibald of Douglas (b.b. 1198 – d.c. 1238) was a Scottish Nobleman. He was the son of William of Douglas.

 

The earliest attestation of his existence is in a charter of confirmation dated prior to 1198. This charter of Jocelin, Bishop of Glasgow, granted the rights of a toft in Glasgow to Melrose Abbey. Archibald's name appears between that of Alan, High Steward of Scotland and Robert de Montgomery. Also before 1198, Archibald appears in another document, in which he resigns the lands of Hailes held by him of the Abbey of Dunfermline, to Robert of Restalrig. Between 1214 and 1226, Archibald acquired the use of the lands of Hermiston and Livingston, with Maol Choluim I, Earl of Fife as his feudal superior. Archibald of Douglas must have been knighted before 1226 as he appears in another charter as Dominus de Douglas in that year. Archibald de Douglas appears as a signatory to several royal charters following 1226, and he appears to have spent a considerable time in Moray as episcopal charters of his brother Bricius de Douglas show. He was in the retinue of the King Alexander II, at Selkirk, in 1238 when the title Earl of Lennox was regranted to Maol Domhnaich of Lennox. Douglas disappears from historical record after 1239 and it is presumed that he died about this time.

 

Archibald of Douglas is thought to have married Margaret, daughter of Sir John Crawford of Crawfordjohn and had issue:

 

William of Douglas (c.1220–c.1274)

Andrew Douglas of Hermiston, progenitor of the Lords of Dalkeith & Earls of Morton and Lords of Mains.

Note on Wife: Margaret + of CRAWFORD

Sir John Crawford, Knight, is named in several documents. He died in 1248, leaving no sons,but two daughters, who thus became the heiresses of the elder branch of the Crawfords. The elder of these ladies, Margaret de Crawford, married Archibald de Douglas, ancestor of the Dukes of Douglas. The younger daughter married David de Lindsay of Wauchopedale, ancestor of all the Clan Lindsay, and of the Earls of Crawford. Sir John Crawford, last in the male line of this elder branch of the Crawfords, was buried in Melrose Abbey.