Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-30-2024.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom available to be downloaded.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: James DOUGLAS
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Abt 1288 b
  • Death: 25 Aug 1330 in Tebas de Ardales, Granada d
  • Burial: Douglas u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Sir William DOUGLAS Birth: 2 Death: Before 24 Jan 1298/9 in Tower Of London
    • Mother:
  • Elizabeth STEWART Death: Before 1289

Family:
Children:
  1. William DOUGLAS Death: 19 Jul 1333 in Halidon Hill

Marriage: Children:
  1. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas Birth: Abt 1330 Death: 24 Dec 1400 in Threave

Bibliography
  1. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 04 Dacre-Dysart. London: St Catherine Press, 1916. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 4 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo04byucoka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP IV [Ap][p0-9].*].
  2. MacEwen, Andrew B W, Boyd Tomb at Kilmarnock, in The Genealogist, vol 24 no 1 (Spring 2010), pp52-64. NYPL APA 82-1000. Available at https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/genealogist-the/image/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: MacEwen BoydTomb p[0-9]*].
  3. Paul, Sir James Balfour, Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that Kingdom. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904. NYPL ARO (Scots Peerage) (too fragile to copy). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/216265. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: SP I p[0-9]*].
  4. Paul, Sir James Balfour, Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that Kingdom. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904. NYPL ARO (Scots Peerage) (too fragile to copy). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/216265. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: SP III p[0-9]*].
  5. Thompson, Neil D, and Hansen, Charles M, Medieval Heritage: The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England, The Genealogist, 2:157-68, 3:25-44, 3:175-94, 4:144-58, 5:64-72, 5:226-39, 6:100-3, 6:148-65, 7-8:137-43, 9:40-4, 10:73-85, 11:63-72, 11:184-93, 12:83-90, 12:250-6, 13:92-9, 13:252-6, 14:81-4, 14:207-10, 15:99-103, 15:220-4, 16:93-8, 16:227-31, 17:61-4, 17:250-5, 18:123-7, 18:228-31, 19:62-8, 19:251-5, 20:85-8, 20:184-90, 21:71-5, 21:250-4, 22:101-6, 22:186-91, 23:73-9, 23:203-8, 24:110-27, 24:239-54, 25:56-73, 25:214-32, 26:77-101, 26:202-26, 27:189, 28:90, 33:300. NYPL APA 82-1000. Available at https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/genealogist-the/image/. Reprinted, with further corrections, as Thompson, Neil D, and Hansen, Charles M, The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England: A Medieval Heritage. Saline, Michigan: McNaughton & Gunn, 2012. NYPL ARF 13-5787. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v[0-9]*-[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1288 [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v24-114]
elder brother [Ref: CP IV p430]
first on [Ref: SP III p140],
parents:
[Ref: SP I p13, SP III p140],
father:
[Ref: CP IV p432],
brother:
Archibald Douglas Regent of Scotland [Ref: CP IV p430]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP IV p430, SP III p146, Thompson CharlesII v24-114]
1330 [Ref: CP IV p432],
place:
[Ref: Thompson CharlesII v24-114]
Spain [Ref: CP IV p430]
battle of Theba, Spain [Ref: SP III p146]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Thompson CharlesII v24-114]
Sources with Information about marriage to unknown
child:
[Ref: CP IV p432, SP III p146]
Sources with Information about marriage to Euphemia De MORHAM
date:
concubine [Ref: MacEwen BoydTomb p64, Thompson CharlesII v24-115],
child:
[Ref: CP IV p432, CP IV p433, MacEwen BoydTomb p64, SP III p146, Thompson CharlesII v12-255, Thompson CharlesII v24-114]
Research Notes:
called "The Good Sir James" [Ref: CP IV p432, Thompson CharlesII v24-114]

linked with Bruce and Wallace as heroes of Scottish Independence [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v24-114]

1314: knighted before the battle of Bannockburn [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v24-114]

by his military success against the English and loyalty to Robert I, he raised his family to magnate status, with his power centered on the borders [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v24-114]

slain in battle against the Moors in Spain on his way to the Holy Land with Bruce's heart [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v24-114]

his bones were brought back to Scotland by Sir William Keith (father of Sir William Keith of Galton) [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v24-114(79)]

name of wife is unknown; they had a son William Douglas, who succeeded to his estates [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v24-115(81)]

Andrew B W MacEwen believes they (James Douglas and Euphemia his mistress) planned to marry, but Sir James left for the Holy Land before it could take place [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v24-115(82)]



Pedigree of James DOUGLAS
                            /-----William DOUGLAS
                   /-----Archibald DOUGLAS
                  |        |         /-----(Unk) Of Kerdal
                  |         \-----(Unk) Of Kerdal
          /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
         |        |         /-----Sir John CRAWFORD
         |         \-----Margaret CRAWFORD
 /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|         \-----Constance
James DOUGLAS
|                                                               /-----Alan Fitz Flaald
|                                                      /-----Fleald Fitz Alan
|                                             /-----Alan FITZ FLEALD
|                                    /-----Walter FITZALAN, High Steward Of Scotland
|                                   |        |                  /-----(Unk) De HESDIN
|                                   |        |         /-----Ernulph De HESDIN, Baron Of Keevil
|                                   |         \-----Avelina De HESDIN
|                                   |                  \-----Emmeline
|                           /-----Alan High Steward Of Scotland
|                          |        |         /-----Thomas Of London
|                          |         \-----Sechym De MOILE
|                  /-----Walter Stewart, High Steward Of Scotland
|                 |        |         /-----Swan
|                 |         \-----Eva
|         /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|        |        |                  /-----Gilbride Earl Of Angus
|        |        |         /-----Gilchrist Earl Of Angus
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Crinan The Thane Abbot Of Dunkeld
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Maldred Lord Of Carlisle
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Bethoc
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Gospatric I Earl Of Northumberland
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Uchtred Earl Of Northumberland
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Ealdgyth
|        |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Alfgifu
|        |        |        |         \-----(Unk Dau) Of Dunbar
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----Edgar The Peaceful King Of England
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Ethelred II The Redeless King Of England
|        |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Aelfthryth
|        |        |        |                  \-----(Unk Dau)
|        |        |        |                          |         /-----Thored Ealdorman Of Northumbria
|        |        |        |                           \-----Alfflaed
|        |         \-----Beatrix Of Angus
 \-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |                                    /-----(Unk) De COMYN
         |                           /-----(Unk) De COMYN
         |                  /-----Richard COMYN
         |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
         |        |        |                  /-----Waltheof Of Tynedale
         |        |        |         /-----Uchtred Of Tynedale
         |        |         \-----Hextilde of Tynedale
         |        |                 |                           /-----Crinan The Thane Abbot Of Dunkeld
         |        |                 |                  /-----Donnchad (Duncan I) Mac CRINAN, King Of Scots
         |        |                 |                 |         \-----Bethoc
         |        |                 |         /-----Domnall Bane (Donald) Mac DONNCHAD, King Of Scots
         |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sigurd Digera Earl Of Northumbria
         |        |                 |        |         \-----Sibylia Of Northumbria
         |        |                 |        |                  \-----Aelflaed
         |        |                  \-----Bethoc Of Scotland
          \-----Joanna
                  |                           /-----Colban Earl Of Buchan
                  |                  /-----Roger Earl Of Buchan
                  |                 |        |                  /-----Cainneach (Kenneth)
                  |                 |        |         /-----Gartnach Mormaer Of Buchan
                  |                 |         \-----Eve Countess Of Buchan
                  |                 |                 |         /-----Gillemichel MACDUFF, Earl Of Fife
                  |                 |                  \-----Ete
                  |         /-----Fergus Earl Of Buchan
                   \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan



Descendants of James DOUGLAS
1. James DOUGLAS m1. m2. Euphemia De MORHAM
m. Euphemia De MORHAM father: Sir Thomas MORHAM mother: Isabella De ROSS

2nd generation

3. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas m1. m2. Joan MORAY
m. Joan MORAY father: Sir Thomas MORAY, Lord Of Bothwell mother: Joan MORAY

3rd generation

4. Sir William DOUGLAS m. Jill STEWART
m. Jill STEWART father: Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots mother: Euphemia Of Ross
5. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas m1. Christian De RAMSAY m2. Margaret STEWART
m. Christian De RAMSAY
m. Margaret STEWART father: Robert III King Of Scots mother: Annabella DRUMMOND
6. James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas m1. Beatrice STEWART m2. Beatrice SINCLAIR
m. Beatrice STEWART father: Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany mother: Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
m. Beatrice SINCLAIR father: Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney mother: Jean HALYBURTON
7. Mary DOUGLAS m1. David STEWART, Duke Of Rothesay m2. Walter HALYBURTON, Lord Of Dirletoun
m. David STEWART, Duke Of Rothesay father: Robert III King Of Scots mother: Annabella DRUMMOND
m. Walter HALYBURTON, Lord Of Dirletoun father: Walter HALYBURTON, Lord Of Dirletoun
8. Joan DOUGLAS m. Murdoch STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
m. Murdoch STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany father: Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany mother: Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith

4th generation

10. Jill DOUGLAS m1. Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney m2. Sir Alexander STEWART
m. Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney father: Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney mother: Jean HALYBURTON
m. Sir Alexander STEWART father: Murdoch STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany mother: Isabel LENNOX, Countess Of Lennox
11. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas m. Eupheme GRAHAM
m. Eupheme GRAHAM father: Sir Patrick GRAHAM, Earl Of Strathern mother: Eupheme STEWART, Countess Palatine Of Strathern
13. Elizabeth DOUGLAS m1. John STEWART, Earl Of Buchan m2. Sir Thomas STEWART m3. William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness
m. John STEWART, Earl Of Buchan father: Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany mother: Muriel KEITH
m. Sir Thomas STEWART father: Sir Alexander STEWART, Earl Of Mar
m. William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness father: Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney mother: Jill DOUGLAS
14. Mary DOUGLAS m. Sir Simon GLENDINNING
m. Sir Simon GLENDINNING father: Sir Adam GLENDINNING mother: Margaret De WAUCHOPE
18. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Moray m. Elizabeth DUNBAR
m. Elizabeth DUNBAR father: James DUNBAR, Earl Of Moray mother: Margaret SETON
19. Hugh DOUGLAS, Earl Of Ormond m.
23. Beatrice DOUGLAS m1. Sir William HAY, Earl Of Erroll m2. Arthur FORBES
m. Sir William HAY, Earl Of Erroll father: Gilbert HAY mother: Alice HAY
m. Arthur FORBES father: Sir William FORBES mother: Agnes FRASER
24. Janet DOUGLAS m. Robert FLEMING, Lord Fleming
m. Robert FLEMING, Lord Fleming father: Sir Malcolm FLEMING mother: Elizabeth STEWART
25. Margaret DOUGLAS m. Sir Henry DOUGLAS
m. Sir Henry DOUGLAS father: Sir James DOUGLAS, Lord Dalkeith mother: Elizabeth STEWART
27. John HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun m. Janet SETON
m. Janet SETON father: Sir William SETON mother: Janet DUNBAR
31. Robert STEWART m.

5th generation

33. William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness m1. Elizabeth DOUGLAS m2. Marjorie SUTHERLAND m3. Janet YEMAN m4.
m. Elizabeth DOUGLAS father: Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas mother: Margaret STEWART
m. Marjorie SUTHERLAND father: Alexander SUTHERLAND mother: Catherine CHALMER
m. Janet YEMAN
34. Helen SINCLAIR m. John SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
m. John SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland father: Robert SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland mother: Margaret STEWART
37. Margaret DOUGLAS, Countess Of Douglas m1. William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas m2. James DOUGLAS, K.G., Earl Of Douglas m3. Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
m. William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas father: James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas mother: Beatrice SINCLAIR
m. James DOUGLAS, K.G., Earl Of Douglas father: James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas mother: Beatrice SINCLAIR
m. Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl father: Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn mother: Joan De BEAUFORT
38. Margaret STEWART m. George SETON, Lord Seton
m. George SETON, Lord Seton father: Sir William SETON mother: Janet DUNBAR
39. Elizabeth SINCLAIR m1. Sir Andrew LESLIE, Master Of Rothes m2. Sir John HOUSTOUN Of That Ilk
m. Sir Andrew LESLIE, Master Of Rothes father: George LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes mother: Christian HALYBURTON
m. Sir John HOUSTOUN Of That Ilk father: Sir Patrick HOUSTOUN Of That Ilk mother: Mary COLQUHOUN
40. William SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair m. Christian LESLIE
m. Christian LESLIE father: George LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes mother: Christian HALYBURTON
41. Janet GLENDINNING m. Gilbert GRIERSON
m. Gilbert GRIERSON father: Malcolm MacGREGOR
51. William HAY, Earl Of Erroll m1. Isabel GORDON m2. Elizabeth LESLIE m3.
m. Isabel GORDON father: Sir George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley mother: Annabella STEWART
m. Elizabeth LESLIE father: George LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes mother: Christian HALYBURTON
53. Isabel HAY m. Laurence OLIPHANT, Lord Oliphant
m. Laurence OLIPHANT, Lord Oliphant father: Sir John OLIPHANT mother: Margaret OGILVY
54. Elizabeth HAY m1. Sir George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley m2. Andrew GREY, Lord Grey
m. Sir George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley father: Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon, Earl Of Huntley mother: Elizabeth CRICHTON
m. Andrew GREY, Lord Grey father: Patrick GRAY, Master Of Gray mother: Annabel FORBES
55. Margaret HAY m1. Alexander FRASER m2. Sir Gilbert KEITH m3. Sir Robert DOUGLAS
m. Alexander FRASER father: Sir Alexander FRASER mother: Marjorie MENZIES
m. Sir Gilbert KEITH
m. Sir Robert DOUGLAS father: Sir Robert DOUGLAS mother: Elizabeth BOSWELL
56. Maria HAY m. Alexander FORBES
m. Alexander FORBES father: Sir William FORBES mother: Agnes FRASER
57. Elizabeth FLEMING m. James LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston
m. James LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston father: Alexander LIVINGSTON
59. Malcolm FLEMING m. Eupheme LIVINGSTON
m. Eupheme LIVINGSTON father: James LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston mother: Marian
65. George HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun m. Mariot
m. Mariot