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Birth:          ABT 1230 Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Death:          1274 

Notes
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Longleg,_Lord_of_Douglas
William, Lord of Douglas (c. 1220 – c. 1274), known as 'Longleg', was a Scoto-Norman 
nobleman. He was the son of Archibald I, Lord of Douglas.

The years of the minority of King Alexander III (1249–1262) featured an embittered 
struggle for the control of affairs between two rival parties, the one led by the 
nationalistic Walter Comyn, Earl of Menteith, the other by pro-English Alan Durward, 
Justiciar of Scotia. The former dominated the early years of Alexander's reign. In 1255 
an interview between the English and Scottish kings at Kelso led to Menteith and his 
party losing to Durward's party. Later both parties called a Meeting of the great 
Magnates of the Realm to establish a regency until Alexander came of age. William 
Lord of Douglas was one of the magnates called to witness.[1] Douglas was a partisan 
of Durward's party. This can be explained by the fact that although most of his 
territories lay in Douglasdale, through his wife, Constance, he had obtained the rich 
Manor of Fawdon in Northumberland and it would do well to keep English Royal 
favour.[2]

David Hume of Godscroft, the arch-panegyricist of the House of Douglas, states that 
Longleg married Marjorie, Countess of Carrick and had by her two sons and a 
daughter, the daughter inheriting the Earldom of Carrick. Marjorie went on to marry 
Robert the Bruce, father to King Robert I of Scotland; this, however, does not make 
any sense historically.

William Longleg, Lord of Douglas (died c. 1274) married Constance Battail of Fawdon, 
and had two sons and a daughter:[3]
Hugh I, Lord of Douglas (died c. 1274)
William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas (1240–1298)
Willelma de Douglas (d. 1302)

Parents
DOUGLAS Archibald (1188 - 1240)
CRAWFORD Margaret (ABT 1215 - )

Siblings
DOUGLAS William "Longlegs" (ABT 1230 - 1274)
DOUGLAS Andrew (ABT 1232 - )

Marriage To BATAIL Constance (ABT 1230 - AFT 1274)
    m.  

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Children by BATAIL Constance ABT 1230 - AFT 1274
DOUGLAS William "le Hardi" (1255 - 24 Jan 1298)

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