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Elizabeth Douglas
- Preferred Name: Elizabeth Douglas[1]
- Alternate Name: Elizabeth Somerville
- Gender: F
- FSID: G6Z9-N1T
- Death: NOV 1357 in Linton, Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom at LATI: N5.5289 LONG: E2.3559
- Birth: 1305 in Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom at LATI: N5.5 LONG: E4.5 with note: GEDCOM data
- Burial: 1357 in Linton Church Cemetery, Linton, Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom at LATI: N5.5167 LONG: E2.3667
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
The Life Summary of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Douglas was born in 1305, in Ayrshire, Scotland, her father, Sir Archibald The Tyneman Douglas - Second Earl Douglas Guardian of Scotland, was 16 and her mother, Beatrice de Lindsay Countess of Liddesdale, was 7. She married Sir Thomas Somerville of Linton and Carnwath in June 1354. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She died in November 1357, in Linton, Roxburghshire, Scotland, at the age of 52, and was buried in Linton, Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Parents:
Sir James Douglas, Knight of Laudonia, Lord of Hermiston
Lady Joan Jean Stewart of Blackness
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Elizabeth Douglas1
Elizabeth Douglas was the daughter of Sir James Douglas.2
She married Sir Thomas de Somerville, son of Sir Walter de Somerville and Giles Herring.2
Child of Elizabeth Douglas and Sir Thomas de Somerville
Sir William de Somerville+2 d. 1403
Citations
1. Sir Bernard Burke, C.B. LL.D., A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, new edition (1883; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1978), page 451.
2. Tim Boyle, "re: Boyle Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 16 September 2006.
=== Dau of James Douglas of Laudonia and Joa ===
Dau of James Douglas of Laudonia and Joan. [Alex Nieuwland m. John, 1stBaron Somerville; mother of Walter who m. Janet Preston. [EileenMcKinnon-Suggs BURR LINE - 20th ggrandmother Dau of James Douglas; m.John Somerville; mother of James, David, Thomas and Walter. [RalphRoberts
=== familysearch.org/nlw ===
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Preferred Parents:
Father: James Douglas of Hermiston and Lothian The Good Or The Black, b. 1286 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom d. 20 APR 1323 in Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Mother: Joan Lovel, b. 1278 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom d. 1337 in Scotland, United Kingdom
Family 1: Thomas Somerville - Lord of Linton and Carnwath, b. 1290 in Linton, Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom d. 1372 in Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
- m. 1324 in Linton, Peebles-shire, Scotland
- Walter de Somerville , b. 1329 in Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 1380 in Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Sources:
- Title: Elizabeth Douglas de Somerville, "Find A Grave Index"
Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1V-BWQX : 9 September 2022), Elizabeth Douglas de Somerville, ; Burial, Linton, , Scottish Borders, Scotland, Linton Church Cemetery; citing record ID 144424543, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1V-BWQX;
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