Lord of Liddesdale
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The Lord of Liddesdale was a magnate in medieval Scotland
; the territorial lordship of Liddesdale
was first created by David I of Scotland
, perhaps between 1113 and 1124 when the latter was Prince of the Cumbrians. He gave it over to Ranulf de Sules, a knight from the Cotentin Peninsula
. It was forfeited by the Soulis (de Sules) family in the 14th century and eventually passed to the Douglases.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
; the territorial lordship of Liddesdale
Liddesdale
Liddesdale, the valley of the Liddel Water, in the County of Roxburgh, southern Scotland, extends in a south-westerly direction from the vicinity of Peel Fell to the River Esk, a distance of...
was first created by David I of Scotland
David I of Scotland
David I or Dabíd mac Maíl Choluim was a 12th-century ruler who was Prince of the Cumbrians and later King of the Scots...
, perhaps between 1113 and 1124 when the latter was Prince of the Cumbrians. He gave it over to Ranulf de Sules, a knight from the Cotentin Peninsula
Cotentin Peninsula
The Cotentin Peninsula, also known as the Cherbourg Peninsula, is a peninsula in Normandy, forming part of the north-western coast of France. It juts out north-westwards into the English Channel, towards Great Britain...
. It was forfeited by the Soulis (de Sules) family in the 14th century and eventually passed to the Douglases.
- Ranulf I de Soules († x 1170)
- Ranulf II de Soules († 1207)
- Fulk de Soules († x 1227)
- Nicholas I de Soules († x 1264)
- William I de Soules († 1292x3)
- Nicholas II de Soules († 1296)
- William II de Soules († 1320x1), forfeit
- Sir Robert BruceRobert Bruce (bastard)Lord Robert Bruce was an illegitimate son of King Robert I of Scotland and an unknown mother. His father made him Lord of Liddesdale...
(illegitimate son of Robert I), († 1332) - Sir Archibald Douglas, († 1333)
- William Douglas, 1st Earl of DouglasWilliam Douglas, 1st Earl of DouglasWilliam Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas was a Scottish magnate.-Early Life:William Douglas was the son of Sir Archibald Douglas and Beatrice Lindsay, and nephew of "Sir James the Good", Robert the Bruce's trusted deputy...
(loses 1342; † 1384) - Sir William Douglas of Lothian, († 1353)
- George Douglas, 1st Earl of AngusGeorge Douglas, 1st Earl of AngusGeorge Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus was born at Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland. The bastard son of William, 1st Earl of Douglas and Margaret Stewart, Dowager Countess of Mar & Countess of Angus and Lady Abernethy in her own right....
, († 1403)- Sir James Douglas of Dalkeith († 1420), held lordship until 1397;
- Crown wardship: 1403-09x
- William Douglas, 2nd Earl of AngusWilliam Douglas, 2nd Earl of AngusWilliam Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus was a Scottish nobleman and soldier. The son of George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus and Princess Mary of Scotland, he was a grandson of King Robert III....
, († 1437) - James Douglas, 3rd Earl of AngusJames Douglas, 3rd Earl of AngusJames Douglas, 3rd Earl of Angus, Lord of Liddesdale and Jedburgh Forest was a Scottish Nobleman. He was the son of William Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus and Margaret Hay of Yester....
, († 1446) - George Douglas, 4th Earl of AngusGeorge Douglas, 4th Earl of AngusGeorge Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus, Lord Douglas, Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest was a Scottish Nobleman. He was the son of William Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus and Margaret Hay of Yester. Known as the Great Earl of Angus, he succeeded to the Earldom following the death of his childless brother James...
, († 1463) - Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of AngusArchibald Douglas, 5th Earl of AngusArchibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus , was a late medieval Scottish magnate. He became known as "Bell the Cat"...
, (forfeit 1491; † 1513) - Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of BothwellPatrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of BothwellPatrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell was Lord High Admiral of Scotland. Under his territorial designation of Sir Patrick Hepburne of Dunsyre, Knt., he was Sheriff of Berwickshire, 15 June 1480...
, († 1508) - Adam Hepburn, 2nd Earl of BothwellAdam Hepburn, 2nd Earl of BothwellAdam Hepburn, 2nd Earl of Bothwell was a Scottish nobleman, who succeeded his father Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell in 1508...
, († 1513) - Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of BothwellPatrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of BothwellPatrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell , was the son of Adam Hepburn, Lord Hailes, who died at the Battle of Flodden the year after Patrick's birth.Hepburn was known as the Fair Earl...
, († 1556) - annexed to the crown in 1540