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DOUGLAS 435 VI. 1439- 6. William (Douglas), Earl of Douglas [S.], also Duke of Touraine and Count of Longueville in France, s. and h., aged about 1 5 when he sue. his father. His power, greater than that of any other subject, tempted him to defy the Government, and he and his only br. (David Douglas) were, after a brief trial, convicted of high treason and beheaded within Edinburgh Castle, 24 Nov. 1440. He m. Janet,(^) da. of David (Lindsay), 3rd Earl of Crawford [S.], by Marjory, da. of Alexander Ogilvy of Auchterhouse. He d. as afsd., s.p. At his death the French honours became extinct, while as to the Scottish honours and estates, all of which ought to have been forfeited, the Lordship of Annandale (granted to the 4th Earl and his issue male) passed to the Crown, as also (subject to the life interest therein of Eupheme, the old Dowager Countess) did the Lordship of Bothwell, while (probably owing to the weakness of the Government, or to an arrangement with the Earl of Avondale) the great Lordship of Galloway was allowed to devolve (subject to her mother's life rent) on the Earl's sister (thence called " the fair maid of Galloway"), and the Earldom itself and other property on the h. male (as mentioned below), just as if there had been no attainder. His widow was living 1473, and d. apparently in 1483 or 1484. VII. 1440. 7. James (Douglas), Earl of Douglas and Earl of Avondale [S.], called " The Gross," great-uncle and h. male, being the 2nd s. of Archibald, the 3rd Earl. He was of Balveny, i^c, CO. Banff; was on the trial, 1425, of the Duke of Albany [S.]; was Warden of the West Marches, and was, about 1 43 7, cr. EARL OF AVONDALE [S.], having charter of lands in Peebles, 22 Dec. 1439 (confirmed 20 Sep. 1440 by royal charter), as "Earl of Avondale and Lord of Balveny" a few months before he sue. to the Earldom of Douglas. He appears to have m., istly, Beatrice, da. of Robert (Stewart), Duke of Albany [S.], the Regent, by his 1st wife, Margaret, suo jure Countess of Menteith [S.J.C") If so, she a. s.p., about 1424. He certainly m., apparently as 2nd wife, before 7 Mar. 1^2^/6, Beatrice, da. of Henry (Sinclair), Earl of Orkney [S.J.C^) He d. 24 Mar. 1442/3 or 28 Mar. 1443, and was l^ur. at Douglas. M.I. His widow was living June 1455, at which date she (with her 3 eldest surviving sons) was attainted. She appears to have d. in England before 8 Feb. 1462/3. (*) There is great confusion in the Exchequer Rolls [S.] as to this Janet, who in 1465 and 1469 is called therein '■^Margaret Lyndesay, Countess of Douglas;" in 1472 '■'■Janet, widow of William, Earl of Douglas," and in 1477 "■Margaret Lind- say, formerly Countess of Douglas." Burnett, sometime Lyon King of Arms, in his preface to vol. vii of these Rolls (p. Ixiii) shews conclusively that all these refer to the same lady, vi'z. to Janet, widow of William, 6th Earl of Douglas, da. of the second Earl of Crawford [S.]. C") He is several times referred to as brother of the Regent. [Scots Peerage). V.G. if) It is uncertain whether she was da. of Henry, the nt Earl, who d. about 1400, or of Henry, the and Earl, who d. before 1 41 8.