Cook Family Ancestry William Douglas 8th Earl of Douglas [16840] This title is just so we know which tree we are working in, as there are many families represented here.

Archibald the Grim Douglas 3rd Earl of Douglas [13031]
(Abt 1325-1400)

Joan Moray [13032]
(-1409)

Henry Sinclair 2nd Earl of Orkney [15176]
(-1421)

Egidia Douglas [15177]
(-Aft 1438)

James the Gross Douglas 7th Earl of Douglas [14061]
(-1443)

Beatrix Sinclair [15175]
(-Bef 1462)

William Douglas 8th Earl of Douglas [16840]
(Abt 1425-1451)

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Spouses/Children:
Beatrix 'Fair Maid of Galloway' Douglas [16841]

William Douglas 8th Earl of Douglas [16840] ²⁴

Born: Abt 1425
Marriage: Beatrix 'Fair Maid of Galloway' Douglas [16841] on 24 Jul 1444
Died: 22 Feb 1451, Stirling Castle about age 26

bullet Cause of his death was Murdered by the King himself.

bullet General Notes:

The Complete Peerage vol.IV,p.436. Murdered by the King himself.
The Complete Peerage vol.XIV,p.273.
http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal09539

bullet Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded, 1443.

William married Beatrix 'Fair Maid of Galloway' Douglas [16841] [MRIN: 8018], daughter of Archibald Douglas 5th Earl of Douglas [14056] and Lady Euphemia Graham Countess of Stratherne [16827], on 24 Jul 1444. (Beatrix 'Fair Maid of Galloway' Douglas [16841] died in 1475.)

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William Douglas 8th Earl of Douglas [16840] ²⁴