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.
- 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 de Brus (bastard son of Robert I), († 1332)
- Sir Archibald Douglas, († 1333)
- William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas (loses 1342; † 1384)
- Sir William Douglas of Lothian, († 1353)
- George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus, († 1403)
- Sir James Douglas of Dalkeith († 1420), held lordship until 1397;
- Crown wardship: 1403-09x
- William Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus, († 1437)
- James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Angus, († 1446)
- George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus, († 1463)
- Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus, (forfeit 1491; † 1513)
- Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell, († 1508)
- Adam Hepburn, 2nd Earl of Bothwell, († 1513)
- Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell, († 1556)
- annexed to the crown in 1540
[edit] References
- M'Michael, Thomas, "The Feudal Family of de Soulis", in Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History & Antiquarian Society: Transactions and Journal of Proceedings, 3rd series, vol. 26, 1947-48, pp. 163-93
