[1] Lord Dalkeith descended from Andrew Douglas of Hermiston (or Herdmanston) (d.b.
1277), who it has been argued, might have been younger son of Archibald I, Lord of Douglas (fl.
Andrew was succeeded by his son William Douglas of Hermiston, a signatory of the Ragman Roll in 1296.
[2] He married Elizabeth (Princess) Stewart, daughter of King Robert III, about the year 1387.
They had five children before she died: William, James, Henry, Janet (who married John Hamilton of Cadzow) and Margaret.