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House of Douglas. Clan Douglas, sometimes referred to as the House of Douglas, is an ancient family from the Scottish Lowlands taking its name from Douglas, in South Lanarkshire, spreading through the Scottish Borderland, Angus, Lothian and beyond. The clan does not currently have a chief, therefore it is considered an Armigerous clan.
2,000. Casualties and losses. "heavy". (only 160 survivors) 700 killed. The Battle of Dryfe Sands was a Scottish clan battle that took place on 6 December 1593, near Lockerbie, Scotland. It was fought between the Clan Maxwell and Clan Johnstone after a hundred years of feuding between them. The Johnstones won a decisive victory over the Maxwells.
Provenía de una rama del Clan Douglas y era el hijo menor de Malcolm Douglas, octavo Laird de Mains (alrededor de 1540-1585), de su matrimonio con Janet Cunningham. Ocupó varios cargos judiciales. En ocasiones fue paje honorario y maestro de caballos de Henry Frederick Stuart, príncipe de Gales, caballero de la alcoba de Jacob VI. y Karl I., así como Master of the Household de Karl I.
Joanna de Moravia, Lady of Bothwell (mother) Family. Clan Douglas. Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas, Duke of Touraine (c. 1369 – 17 August 1424), [2] was a Scottish nobleman and warlord. He is sometimes given the epithet "Tyneman" ( Old Scots: Loser), but this may be a reference to his great-uncle Sir Archibald Douglas .
Sir Robert MacLellan, was a courtier both to James VI and Charles I. [2] In 1633 he was raised to the peerage as Lord Kirkcudbright. [2] During the Scottish Civil War the third Lord was such a zealous royalist that he incurred enormous debts in the king’s cause. [2] As a result, the estates were completely ruined.
15 de feb. de 2022 · On February 22, 1452, William Douglas was told by the king that he must dissolve a pact for mutual protection that he had formed with the Earl of Crawford and the Earl of Ross, Lord John of Islay, chief of Clan Donald. Douglas refused and James II lost his temper and promptly drew his dagger – more probably a dirk – before stabbing the earl ...
Unknown. The Battle of the Pass of Brander in Scotland forms a small part of the wider struggle known as the Wars of Scottish Independence, and a large part of the civil war between the Bruce and Balliol factions, a parallel and overlapping conflict. It was a victory for King Robert the Bruce over the MacDougalls of Argyll, kinsmen of John ...
