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William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas, 2nd Earl of Avondale (1425 – 22 February 1452) was a late Medieval Scottish nobleman, Lord of Galloway, and Lord of the Regality of Lauderdale, and the most powerful magnate in Southern Scotland. He was killed by James II of Scotland.
William Douglas, 8th earl of Douglas was a prominent Scottish lord during the reign of James II of Scotland. The so-called Black Douglases, of whom the 8th earl was a member, had lost their lands through accusations of treason; but the Earl recovered Galloway and Wigtown by marriage with his.
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20 de jun. de 2021 · James would repeat events of the past by inviting William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas to Stirling Castle in AD 1452 under the promise of safe conduct. The King then accused the Earl of conspiring to rival royal authority by forging links with John Macdonald, and Alexander Lindsay, and drew his dagger, stabbing William Douglas 26 times.
7 de nov. de 2019 · Thu 7 November 2019. Castles of the Black Douglases. James Douglas – The Black Douglas – was Robert the Bruce’s right hand man. Follow the fates and fortunes of his family as we explore the castles of the Black Douglases with Dr Callum Watson. The Black Douglases were one of the most powerful and dangerous noble families in Scotland.
William, eighth Earl of Douglas, who inherited all the courage, ambition, and energy of his family, was born about the year 1425, and succeeded to the family title and estates in 1443. In the following year he obtained from Rome a dispensation to marry his kinswoman, Margaret Douglas, Lady of Galloway, heiress of the victims of the Black Bull's ...
Stirling Castle is a magnificent example of the power and ambition of the Stewart dynasty. However, the castle is also the site of one of the most unpleasant events associated with the Stewart kings – the murder of William Douglas, 8th earl of Douglas, at the hands of King James II himself.
Douglas, William Douglas, 8th earl of [S] (c.1425–52). Eldest son of James ‘the Gross’, 7th earl of Douglas. Knighted while still an infant (1430), together with the royal child who would eventually kill him, he grew up to become by far the most powerful magnate in Scotland.
