William (10th Earl of Angus) Douglas^[1]

Abt 1552 - 1611  (59 years)

• Name	William (10th Earl of Angus) Douglas
  Birth	Abt 1552
  Gender	Male
  Death	3 Mar 1611	Paris, France
  Burial	St. Germain DE Prés, Paris, Seine, France
  Person ID	I119619	First tree
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	William (9th Earl of Angus) Douglas,   b. Abt 1532   d. 1 Jul 1591 (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Gille (Egidia) Graham   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	14 Feb 1551-1552
  Family ID	F10374	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Oliphant   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1585
  Children	1. Sir Francis (of Sandilands) Douglas   d. Aft 1598, Scotland   2. Catherine Douglas   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Mary (of Angus) Douglas   d. Yes, date unknown   4. William (1st Marquess of Douglas) Douglas,   b. 1589   d. 19 Feb 1659 (Age 70 years)   5. James (1st Lord Mordington) Douglas,   b. Abt 1591   d. 11 Feb 1656 (Age 65 years)   6. Elizabeth (of Douglas) Douglas   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F10367	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

• Notes

  Son of the Ninth Earl.This Douglas was born 1554 and rather early in life joined the household of Earl Morton. Coming into contact with Huntly and Errol, he joined in a plot to restore the Catholic religion in Scotland, having turned Catholic. He was disinherited by his father but subsequently came into the title and estates. In 1592 he gets into trouble over the Spanish Succession, in which Bothwell and his friends were interested. Later we find him as King's Lieutenant in the North of Scotland, and the following year imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle for treason, when with the assistance of his Countess he escapes. Now he joins Huntly and Errol in an insurrection in the North, which being unsuccessful, he is persuaded to renounce the Catholic faith to avert punishment. He was reinstated in all his former honors in 1597, made a Privy Councillor, and the King's Lieutenant of Southern Scotland. In the "Raids of Dumfries" he proved his loyalty to the King against the Johnstones, and was rewarded. He slipped again, turning Catholic in 1608 and mixing with his old associates, he was banished, and died in 1611, in Paris.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2822] .