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Douglas, James, 9th earl of Douglas. Douglas, James, 9th earl of Douglas, 1426–88, Scottish nobleman, last earl of Douglas. Following the murder of his brother William, the 8th earl, by James II, he led a rebellion against the king in 1452 but was defeated. He soon entered into a conspiracy with the English, and in 1455 he was again defeated ...
Brief Life History of James. When James Douglas 9th Earl of Douglas and 3rd Earl of Avondale was born in 1426, in Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland, his father, James Douglas of Balvenie, 7th Earl of Douglas, was 55 and his mother, Beatrice Sinclair of Orkney, was 28. He married Lady Anne Holland in 1462, in England, United Kingdom.
5 de ene. de 2014 · James, 2nd Earl of Douglas, like so many other Douglases, was not to die in his bed, but on the field of battle, at Otterburn in 1388. James's sons and (a) daughter(s) were all illegitimate! To ensure their succession, he granted the lands of Drumlanrig to his bastard son William and Cavers to Archibald.
James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas, 3rd Earl of Avondale KG (1426–1491) was a Scottish nobleman, last of the 'Black' earls of Douglas.. Early life. The son of James the Gross, 7th Earl of Douglas, by his wife Lady Beatrice Sinclair, daughter to Henry II Sinclair, Earl of Orkney; Douglas was a twin, the older by a few minutes, the younger being Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray.
James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas, 3rd Earl of Avondale KG (1426–1488) was a Scottish nobleman, last of the 'Black' earls of Douglas. He succeeded to the earldom on the murder of his brother William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas by King James II and his entourage. He denounced his brother's murderers and took up arms against the king, and he ...
The outcome was an attack on Douglas estates followed by the great crime of the reign, James's murder of Douglas at Stirling castle on 22 February 1452, after a two‐day conference which Douglas attended under a royal safe conduct. Civil war followed, with the 9th earl of Douglas pitted against a determined James II.
William Douglas, Earl of Morton (died before 1 November 1681) was a Scottish nobleman and Earl of Morton. He was the son of Robert Douglas, 8th Earl of Morton, and Anne Villiers. He succeeded as the 9th Earl of Morton on 12 November 1649. William tried to preserve the grant of the Islands of Orkney and Zetland which had been given to his ...
