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22 de feb. de 2022 · READ MORE: The tenacious survival of the Douglases despite the plotting of a king. Two brothers of the 9th Earl met grisly ends. Archibald, the Earl of Moray, was killed in the fighting, and his head was removed and presented to King James. Hugh, the Earl of Ormonde, was captured and executed shortly afterwards, while John Douglas, the Lord of ...
Joanna de Moravia. James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas, 1st Earl of Avondale (1371 – 24 March 1443), latterly known as James the Gross, and prior to his ennoblement as James of Balvenie, was a late mediaeval Scottish magnate. [1] He was the second son of Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas, and Joan Moray of Bothwell and Drumsargard (now ...
A Victorian depiction of Sir James (third from left), and other leaders of the Wars of Independence by William Hole. Tomb of Sir James, St Bride's Kirk, Douglas. Sir James Douglas (also known as Good Sir James and the Black Douglas; c. 1286 – 1330) was a Scottish knight and feudal lord. He was one of the chief commanders during the Wars of ...
James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas, 3rd Earl of Avondale KG (1426–1491) was a Scottish nobleman, last of the 'Black' earls of Douglas.. Early life. The son of James the Gross, 7th Earl of Douglas, by his wife Lady Beatrice Sinclair, daughter to Henry II Sinclair, Earl of Orkney; Douglas was a twin, the older by a few minutes, the younger being Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray.
11 de feb. de 2024 · George, 4th Earl of Angus led the King's Army against his kinsman, James, 9th Earl of Douglas, at the Battle of Arkinholm in 1455. The result was the end of the Black Douglases. After the battle an act of parliament gave Angus the lordship of Douglas with the original possessions of his ancestors in Douglasdale.
Brief Life History of James. James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas, 1st Earl of Avondale (1371-24 March 1443), latterly known as James the Gross, and prior to his ennoblement as James of Balvenie, was a late mediaeval Scottish magnate. He was the second son of Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas, and Joan Moray of Bothwell and Drumsargard (now ...
