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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 Cambuslang), d. after 1408.
James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas, 3rd Earl of Avondale KG (1426–1488) was a Scottish nobleman, last of the 'Black' earls of Douglas. He succeeded to the earldom on the murder of his brother William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas by King James II and his entourage. He denounced his brother's murderers and took up arms against the king, and he ...
A Victorian depiction of Sir James (third right), and other leaders of the Wars of Independence by William Brassey Hole. Arms of The Good Sir James. 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 Scottish Independence.
1 de mar. de 2022 · James Hamilton, the 7th Duke of Hamilton and 4th Duke of Brandon, who had succeeded his father in 1758 at the age of two, inherited the title of Marquess of Douglas and Earl of Angus when the Duke died in 1761. Yet, the Duke’s property and lands went to Archibald Douglas, plus an income of £12,000 a year, now worth more than £2 million.
James war der zweite Sohn von James Douglas, 7. Earl of Douglas, und dessen Frau Lady Beatrice Sinclair. Als 1452 sein Bruder William Douglas, 8. Earl of Douglas, durch König Jakob II. ermordet wurde, folgte er diesem als 9. Earl of Douglas und 3. Earl of Avondale. [2] James nahm die Ermordung zum Anlass für einen bewaffneten Aufstand gegen ...
7 de nov. de 2019 · As a result of the Black Dinner James became the seventh earl of Douglas. James’s sons used Balvenie Castle as a base from which to expand Black Douglas influence in north-east Scotland. To facilitate this, his son William, 8th earl of Douglas, made a deal of some kind with the other powerful magnates in that region – the earl of Ross and the earl of Crawford.
The Earls of Douglas held the Earldom of Wigtown for the next hundred years, until the attainder of the 9th Earl of Douglas in 1455. The second creation was in 1606, surviving until the death of the 7th earl in 1747, when it became dormant (or extinct). The earls of the second creation bore the subsidiary titles of Lord Fleming and Cumbernauld ...
