Talk:William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas

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Children of William the Hardy: The Scotsweb article on Galbraith [1] states Sir Arthur Galbraith, fifth chief of the clan, supported Robert the Bruce and also married a sister of 'the Good' Sir James Douglas. This marriage is also stated by Stirnet [2]. Sadly, the name of the daughter is not given in either instance. ~~ Hweha ~~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hweha (talk • contribs) 01:34, 29 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

First, it needs to be proved Sir. James Douglas had a sister or half-sister. Secondly Sir Arthur Galbraith, if a son of William Galbraith (as indicated on Stirnet) would have entered into a consanguineous/affinal marriage if he married a daughter of William 'le Hardi', Lord of Douglas. There are too many problems with this suggested connection, enticing as it might be. Bearpatch (talk) 15:26, 30 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The title to this article seriously needs to be corrected, but that is beyond my abilities. His sobriquet was not 'the Hardy' but 'le Hardi'. The words may sound about the same but they do not mean the same thing. Page 138 of Vol III of the Scots Peerage, for example, refers to him as "Sir William Douglas, known as 'le Hardi', Lord of Douglas as he described himself..." 50.39.101.188 (talk) 00:29, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]