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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 ...
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 ...
15 de sept. de 2023 · English: Sir James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas, KG HOPE, W. H. St. John, The Stall Plates of the Knights of the Order of the Garter 1348 – 1485: A Series of Ninety Full-Sized Coloured Facsimiles with Descriptive Notes and Historical Introductions, Westminster: Archibald Constable and Company LTD, 1901.
Douglas was the eldest son of James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas, and Beatrice Sinclair, the daughter of Henry Sinclair, Earl of Orkney. His father, having been a part of the conspiracy that led to the " Black Dinner " and execution of the 6th Earl and his brother, on his death only three years later left the title and lands to his eldest son William, who may have taken part in the conspiracy.
19 de oct. de 2022 · Elizabeth Douglas, m. Sir John Wallace of Craigie. [6] James Douglas, called The Gross, was the second son of Archibald, 3rd Earl of Douglas. He was designated 'of Balveny', &c., in Banff; was on the trial in 1425 of the Duke of Albany; was Warden of the West Marches, and was, about 1437, created Earl of Avondale, having a charter of lands in ...
Brief Life History of James. When James Douglas was born in 1426, in Morton, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, his father, Sir James Douglas Third Lord Dalkeith, was 31 and his mother, Elizabeth de Giffard, was 34. He married Joan Stewart of Scotland on 15 May 1459, in Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters.
