Resultado de búsqueda
Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray (1426 – 18 May 1455) was a Scottish nobleman during the reign of King James II of Scotland. He was one of the five brothers from the Black Douglas family who clashed with the king. He was a twin brother of James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas. In later years, James was believed to be the older by only a few ...
21 de oct. de 2021 · In around 1430, the male line of the Dunbar family failed, and the earldom fell into the hands of the Douglas family. In 1455, when Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray died in Battle fighting with his brothers against the powerful King James III, who had decided to curb the power wielded by the Douglas family, the Moray title and estate were forfeited.
Countess, Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray fiel 1455 in der Schlacht von Arkinholm, als er gegen den König rebellierte und der Titel wurde eingezogen. Am 12. Juni 1501 wurde der Titel in vierter Verleihung für James Stewart, den Sohn von König Jakob IV. geschaffen. Dieser Earl starb 1544/45 ohne Nachkommen, der Titel erlosch.
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.
Many of Douglas' leading captains were captured, including his kinsman George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus, Thomas Dunbar, 5th Earl of Moray and Murdoch of Fife. Douglas himself was captured having been wounded five times, including the loss of an eye, despite the fact that allegedly Douglas' armour had taken three years in its construction.
Archibald John Morton Stuart, 19th Earl of Moray (1894–1974) Douglas John Moray Stuart, 20th Earl of Moray (1928–2011) John Douglas Stuart, 21st Earl of Moray (b. 1966) Present peer. John Douglas Stuart, 21st Earl of Moray (born 29 August 1966) is the only son of the 20th Earl of Moray and Lady Malvina Dorothea Murray, elder daughter of ...
