Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas
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Earl of Douglas Duke of Touraine Earl of Wigtown Lord of Galloway Lord of Annandale Lord of Bothwell |
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Seal of the 4th Earl of Douglas
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| Predecessor | Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas |
| Successor | Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas |
| Spouse(s) | Princess Margaret of Scotland |
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| Noble family | Douglas |
| Father | Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas |
| Mother | Joanna de Moravia, Lady of Bothwell |
| Born | 1372 Scotland |
| Died | 1424 killed at Verneuil-sur-Avre |
| Buried | 1424 Cathedral of St Gatien, Tours, France |
Archibald Douglas, Duke of Touraine, Earl of Douglas, Earl of Wigtown, Lord of Annandale, Lord of Galloway, Lord of Bothwell, and 13th Lord of Douglas (1372–17 August 1424), was a Scottish nobleman and warlord. He is sometimes given the epithet "Tyneman" (Old Scots: Loser), but this may be a reference to his great-uncle Sir Archibald Douglas.
The eldest legitimate son of Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas and Joanna de Moravia of Bothwell, he was born either at Threave Castle or at Bothwell Castle c.1372 and was known as the Master of Douglas until his accession. By 1390 he had married the Princess Margaret of Carrick, a daughter of King Robert III of Scotland. Around this time, his father bestowed upon him the regalities of the Ettrick Forest, Lauderdale and Romannobridge, Peeblesshire.
On 4 June 1400, King Robert appointed him Keeper of Edinburgh Castle for life, on a pension of 200 merks a year.
At Candlemas 1400 George I, Earl of March and Henry 'Hotspur' Percy had entered Scotland and laid waste as far as Papple in East Lothian. The villages of Traprain, Markle and Hailes were burnt and two unsuccessful attempts were made to invest Hailes Castle. The Master of Douglas, who held the office of Lord Warden of the Marches, surprised them by night at their camp near East Linton and defeated the English Force. The Douglases chased the enemy away as far as Berwick upon Tweed, slaughtering many stragglers in the woods near Cockburnspath.
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