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James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas. 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 ...
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 ...
James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Angus. James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Angus, Lord of Liddesdale and Jedburgh Forest (1426–1446) was a Scottish nobleman. He was the son of William Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus and Margaret Hay of Yester . Angus succeeded at the age of eleven years and was soon involved in strife with his Black Douglas cousins.
When James Douglas 9th Earl of Douglas and 3rd Earl of Avondale was born in 1426, in Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland, his father, James Douglas 7th Earl of Douglas, was 55 and his mother, Beatrice Sinclair of Orkney, was 28. He married Lady Anne Holland in 1462, in England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter.
James, 9th Earl of Douglas. 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. In February 1449, a tournament took place before King James at Stirling.
Douglas's brothers, James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas, Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray, Hugh Douglas, Earl of Ormonde, and John Douglas, Lord of Balvenie went into open rebellion against the Crown, but were finally put down in a skirmish in 1455 known as the Battle of Arkinholm; the royal forces were led by another Douglas, the "Red" George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus.
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 ...
