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15 de feb. de 2022 · The split into Black and Red Douglases came because of tragedy when James, the 2nd Earl of Douglas and Earl of Mar, was killed fighting the English at the Battle of Otterburn in 1388. He was the son of the 1st Earl of Douglas and Margaret, Countess of Mar, and had married Princess Isabel, daughter of King Robert II, but had no legitimate children at the time of his death.
27 de feb. de 2024 · William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus (1554 – 3 March 1611) was a Scottish nobleman. He was the son of William Douglas, 9th Earl of Angus (1533–1591). He was a direct descendant of King James I through his paternal grandmother, Agnes Keith, a daughter of William Keith, 3rd Earl Marischal. studied at St. Andrews University and joined the ...
Sir Archibald Douglas. Beatrice de Lindsay. William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas (c. 1323 – 1 May 1384) was a Scottish nobleman, peer, magnate, and head of the Black Douglas family. Under his leadership, the Black Douglases continued their climb to pre-eminence in Scottish politics begun under his uncle, Sir James the Good, as well as their ...
James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton (c. 1516 – 2 June 1581) was a Scottish nobleman. He played a leading role in the murders of Queen Mary's confidant, David Rizzio, and king-consort Henry Darnley. He was one of the last of the four regents of Scotland during the minority of James VI and I. He was in some ways the most successful of the four ...
31 de ene. de 2017 · Sir William Douglas was succeeded by his grandson William (1582–1649), known as 7th or 8th earl of Morton, lord high treasurer of Scotland, a zealous Royalist, who on the outbreak of the Great Rebellion provided £100,000 for the cause by selling his Dalkeith estates to the Buccleuch family; and though John, 8th Lord Maxwell (c. 1586–1613), also claimed the earldom, he was attainted in ...
8 de jul. de 2022 · As a result of her marriage, Beatrice Sinclair was styled as Countess of Douglas on 24 November 1440. Married: BEF. 7 MAR 1424/25 in Orkney, ORKN, Scot. To James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas. Children of James Douglas. William 8th Earl of Douglas b: ABT. 1425. James 9th (Black Douglas) Earl of Douglas b: ABT. 1440.
22 de ene. de 2022 · James Douglas, 2nd Marquess of Douglas (1646–1700), succeeded his grandfather in 1660. His eldest son, John, by courtesy earl of Angus, raised a regiment of 1200 men, first known as the Angus regiment, later as the Cameronians (26th Foot). He was killed at its head at Steinkirk in 1692.
