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28 de sept. de 2021 · For the young James VI (notwithstanding the fact that his mother was also party to the conspiracy to kill his father) this was enough to condemn Morton to death. James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, was executed in Edinburgh on 2 June 1581: ironically with a guillotine called "The Maiden" which he had himself procured some years previously from a ...
18 de abr. de 2024 · James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton was a Scottish nobleman. He played a leading role in the murders of Queen Mary's confidant, David Rizzio, and king Henry Darnley. He was one of the last of the four regents of Scotland during the minority of James VI and I.
Life. He was the son of James Douglas, 2nd Lord of Dalkeith and Elizabeth Gifford, daughter of James Gifford of Sheriffhall. [2] His father resigned all his estates to James in 1456 when James became the 4th Lord of Dalkeith. [3] James was created Earl of Morton in 1458 [a] [4] upon his marriage to Joan Stewart [b] (1428-1493), the daughter of ...
When James Douglas 4th Earl of Morton, Regent of Scotland was born in 1516, in Morton, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Sir George Douglas of Angus - 1st of Pittendreich, was 24 and his mother, Sarah Elizabeth Douglas, was 19. He married Elizabeth Douglas in 1543. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters.
18 de may. de 2024 · James, 4th Earl of Morton, was involved in the most dramatic events of the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots. He was among those who burst into the Queen's chamber and murdered her secretary, David Rizzio. Morton was also implicated in the murder of her second husband, Lord Darnley.
31 de ene. de 2017 · Sir William Douglas (d. 1606), who ranks as 6th or 7th earl of Morton, was the 4th earl’s near kinsman, being the son of Sir Robert Douglas of Lochleven (d. 1547), and was closely associated with him in his career, the two men being occasionally confused in the histories. He was the custodian at Lochleven Castle of Queen Mary.
James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton (c. 1516–1581) (abeyance terminated 1550, forfeited 1580/81) John Maxwell, 8th Lord Maxwell (1552–1593), a grandson of the 3rd Earl, succeeded briefly as Earl of Morton.
