Sir Robert Douglas of Lochleven (died 1547) was a Scottish courtier and landowner. The son of Thomas Douglas, younger of Lochleven, and Elizabeth Boyd, his home was

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set on an island in Loch Leven. Some of his estate papers survive, including his Rental of

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, which includes his dairy farm at Fossoway tenanted by Robert Kyd.

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sent for three sons of James V, including his step-son, to come to Edinburgh from St Andrews in June 1543 with

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. Douglas intercepted them and took away his wife's son. He built a new hall and kitchen in the courtyard at Lochleven castle, and the Glassin Tower, where, it is believed

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was imprisoned in 1568. He built another home on the shore of the lake, called the "Newhouse", roughly on the site of the present

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, where the castle stables were already located. Douglas hosted his tenants, called "bowmen" who held farms called "bowtouns", at the Newhouse at

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in 1546. He was killed at the

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Marriage and family

In 1527, Robert Douglas married Margaret Erskine, who had a son with

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, James Stewart, later Earl of Moray in 1531, after their marriage. James V even contemplated having them divorced and marrying Margaret Erskine. Robert Douglas and Margaret Erskine's children included: *

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* Robert Douglas, who married Christina Stewart, 4th Countess of Buchan and was the father of James Douglas, 5th Earl of Buchan. * George Douglas of Rungallie, gentleman and usher of the king's bedchamber in 1580 and envoy to France in 1581.William Boyd, ''Calendar of State Papers Scotland: 1574-1581'', vol. 5 (Edinburgh, 1907), p. 531. * Margaret Douglas * Euphemia Douglas, who married

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. * Janet Douglas, who married Sir James Colville of Easter Wemyss (d. 1562). * Catherine Douglas, who married David Durie.

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