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James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton (died 1548 [1]) was a son of John Douglas, 2nd Earl of Morton and a grandson of James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton and Joan of Scotland, a daughter of James I of Scotland. He married Catherine Stewart, an illegitimate daughter of King James IV of Scotland by his mistress Marion Boyd.
26 de abr. de 2022 · James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton (died 1548 [1]) was a son of John Douglas, 2nd Earl of Morton and a grandson of James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton and Joan of Scotland, a daughter of James I of Scotland. He married Catherine Stewart, an illegitimate daughter of King James IV of Scotland by his mistress Marion Boyd.
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James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton, 5th Lord of Dalkeith was the son of John Douglas, 2nd Earl of Morton and Janet Crichton. He succeeded as the 3rd Earl of Morton [S., 1458] between 8 November 1511 and 26 November 1513. He was Envoy to England in 1516 He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Scotland] in 1526. On 17 October 1540 he was coerced by ...
James was named procurator on 10 Jul 1505 place his birth befreo 10 Jul 1484.Allison Weirplaces the date of death in 1548 but this seems to be incorrect as he is alive in the January of the following year although, that would have been considered 1548 at the time as the yea...His sister, Agnes, married Alexander, 5th Lord Livingston, guardian of Mary, Queen of Scots.as his second wife. She was the mother of Mary Livingston, one of the Four Maries who were grew up with t...Burke's Peerage, 2003 volume 2, page 2786.Burke's Peerage, 1938, p. 1788; Wallop Family, p. 280↑Paul, James Balfour. The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, Edinb...Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Salt Lake City: the author, 2013 Vol. I, BRUS.12, p. 659Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Salt Lake City: the author, 2013 Vol. I, BRUS.15, p. 671Johnston, George Harvey, The Heraldry of the Douglases : with Notes on all the Males of the Family, Descrptions of the Arms, Plates and Pedigrees, Edinburgh: W & A K Johnston,...- Male
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When James Douglas 3rd Earl of Morton was born in January 1487, in New Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, his father, John Douglas, was 28 and his mother, Janet Crichton, was 26. He married Lady Catherina Stewart Countess of Morton on 10 December 1507, in Morton, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.
The 3rd Earl of Morton (d. 1550) was succeeded in his estates and title by his son-in-law James Douglas of Pittendriech, Regent of Scotland 1572-78, but in 1558 they reverted to the Douglases of Loch Leven (Kinross-shire).
NumberDescriptionHeld ByReference1National Records of Scotland (formerly ...GD1502National Records of Scotland (formerly ...GD1503National Records of Scotland (formerly ...GD2364National Records of Scotland (formerly ...GD253James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton (d. 1548) ("abeyant" 1548) 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.
James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton (c. 1516 – 2 June 1581) 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.
