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Life. He was the son of James Douglas, 2nd Lord of Dalkeith and Elizabeth Gifford, daughter of James Gifford of Sheriffhall. [2] His father resigned all his estates to James in 1456 when James became the 4th Lord of Dalkeith. [3] James was created Earl of Morton in 1458 [a] [4] upon his marriage to Joan Stewart [b] (1428-1493), the daughter of ...
28 de abr. de 2022 · Wikipedia Biographical Summary. " James Douglas, jure uxoris 4th Earl of Morton (c. 1516 – 2 June 1581) was the last of the four regents of Scotland during the minority of King James VI. He was in some ways the most successful of the four, since he did manage to win the civil war which had been dragging on with the supporters of the exiled ...
28 de sept. de 2021 · For the young James VI (notwithstanding the fact that his mother was also party to the conspiracy to kill his father) this was enough to condemn Morton to death. James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, was executed in Edinburgh on 2 June 1581: ironically with a guillotine called "The Maiden" which he had himself procured some years previously from a ...
In 1562, Morton joined Lord James (now Earl of Moray) on an expedition to the north against George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly, and was largely responsible for his defeat at Corrichie. He now replaced Huntly as Lord Chancellor. In 1565, (perhaps surprisingly) Morton backed Henry, Lord Darnley, his cousin, in his suit to marry Mary.
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.
When James Douglas 4th Earl of Morton, Regent of Scotland was born in 1516, in Morton, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Sir George Douglas of Angus - 1st of Pittendreich, was 24 and his mother, Sarah Elizabeth Douglas, was 19. He married Elizabeth Douglas in 1543. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters.
18 de abr. de 2024 · 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. Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Morton (c. 1555–1588), also 8th Earl of Angus (forfeiture reversed 1586)
