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Historical person
William Douglas, Lord of Liddesdale, was a Scottish soldier and border lord active during the Second War of Scottish Independence. Known as the Knight of Liddesdale, he fought both English forces and rival Scottish factions.
His shifting loyalties, captivity and violent feuds made him a controversial figure. He was killed in 1353 by his kinsman William Douglas, later 1st Earl of Douglas, during a struggle for regional dominance.
Series
The Archibald the Grim novels follow Archibald Douglas, the illegitimate son of James ‘the Black’ Douglas, from an uncertain childhood during the Second War of Scottish Independence to his emergence as one of the most formidable magnates of fourteenth-century Scotland. Raised amid exile, invasion and disputed loyalties, Archibald…
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